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west to Mich., Mo. and Tex. — Pennsylvania : Northampton ; Bucks ; 

 Chester ; Lancaster. 



13. Meibomia Dillenil (Darl.) Kuntze. Dillen's Tick-trefoil. 

 (Man. p. 562 \ \. ¥. f. 21S6. ) Woods, Me. to Minn., Va., Ky., Mo. and 

 Tex. — Pennsylvania : Northampton ; Bucks ; Delaw.\re ; Chester ; 

 Lancaster ; Philadelphia ; Bedford ; Franklin ; Huntingdon. 



14. Meibomia Canadensis ( L- ) Kuntze. Canadian or Showy 

 Tick-trefoil. ( Man. p. 562 ; 1. F. /. 21SS. ) Thickets and river-banks. 

 N. B. to Man., south to N. C, Mo. and the I. Terr. — Petmsylvatiia : Pike ; 

 Luzerne ; Northampton ; Bucks ; Chester ; Lancaster ; Dauphin ; 

 Delaware ; Allegheny. 



15. Meibomia rigida (EU. ) Kuntze. Rigid Tick-trefoil. (Man. 

 p. 562 ; I. F. /. 2iSg.) In dry soil, Mass. to Fla., west to Mich., Neb. 

 and La. — Pennsylvatiia : Lackawanna ; Northampton ; Bucks ; 

 Delaware; Chester; Lancaster; Franklin; Huntingdon. 



16. Meibomia Marylandica (L.) Kuntze. Smooth Small-LEaved 

 Tick TREFOIL. (Man. p. 562 ; I. F./. 2190.) In dry soil and in copses, 

 Ont. to Mass., Fla., Mich, and La. — Peyinsylvania : Northampton ; 

 Bucks ; Delaware ; Chester ; Lancaster ; Huntingdon. 



17. Meibomia obtusa (Muhl.) Vail. H.mry Small-LEAyed Tick- 

 TREFOiL. (Man. p. 562; I. V. f. 2igi.) Dry soil, Ont. to Mass. and 

 Fla., west to Mich, and La. — Pennsylvania : Northampton ; Bucks ; 

 Delaware ; Chester ; Lancaster ; Lebanon ; Huntingdon. 



19. LESPEDEZA Michx. 

 Plants with both petaliferous and apetalous flowers : corolla purple or purplish : 

 pod manifestly surpassing the calyx. 

 Flower-clusters on slender peduncles which generally surpass the leaves. 

 Petaliferous flowers in close spike-like clusters or capitate. 

 Plants with slender trailing or diffusely procumbent stems. 



Stems glabrous or pubescent with appressed hairs, i . L. repens. 

 Stems wooll}' or pubescent with downy hairs. 2. L. procumbens. 



Plants with rather stout erect stems. 3. L. Nuttallii. 



Petaliferous flowers loosely paniculate. 4. L. violacfa. 



Flower-clusters of both the petaliferous and apetalous flowers sessile or 

 nearly so. 

 Leaflets with oblong oval or suborbicular blades. 

 Stem and leaves closely and softly pubescent. 5. L. Stuvei. 



Stem and leaves glabrate or thinly appressed-pubescent. 



6. L./rtilescens. 

 Leaflets with linear or linear-oblong blades. 7. L. Virgtnica. 



Plants with complete flowers : corolla whitish or yellowish : pod shorter than 

 the calyx or rarely a little longer. 

 Leaflets with oblong to suborbicular blades. 



Peduncles surpassing the leaves. 8. L. hijta. 



Peduncles shorter than the leaves. g. L. capilata. 



Leaflets with linear blades. 10. L. angtistifolia. 



1. Lespedeza repens (L.) Bart. Creeping Bush-clover. (Man. p. 

 563 ; I. F. /. 2ig2.) In dry or sandy soil, L. I. to Fla., Minn., and Tex. 



