316 PAPILIONACEAE. [Vor. II. 
7. Meibomia glabélla (Michx.) Kuntze. 
Trailing Tick-trefoil. (Fig. 2176.) 
Hedysarum glabellum Michx, F1, Bor. Am. 2:73. 1803. 
Desmodium humifusum Beck, Bot. 86. 1833. 
Meibomia glabella Kuntze, Rév. Gen. Pl. 198. 1891. 
Procumbent, glabrous or nearly so, stem terete 
below, striate above, sometimes 8° long. Stipules 
lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate; leaves petioled; leaf- 
lets ovate or oval, obtuse, glabrous or sparingly pu- 
bescent above, pale beneath, 1/-2%4’ long,the ter- 
minal one slightly rhomboid; racemes terminal and 
axillary, panicled; bracts deciduous; flowers purple; 
calyx-lobes acute, the upper one 2-toothed, the 
others attenuate; loment 3-5-jointed, the joints ob- 
liquely semi-rhomboidal, less convex above than 
below; stipe about 2’’ long, equalling or rather 
longer than the calyx-lobes. 
In dry sandy woods, eastern Massachusetts to New 
York, western New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania to 
South Carolina. Aug.—Sept. 
8. Meibomia sessilifolia (Torr.) Kuntze. Sessile-leaved Tick-trefoil. 
(Hig. 2077.) 
Hedysarum sesstlifolium orr.; Curtis, Bost. 
Journ. Nat. Hist. 1:123. 1834. 
Desmodium sessilifolium T. & G. Fl, N. A. 1: 
363. 1838. 
Meibomia sessilifolia Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 
198. 1891. 
Erect, 2°-4° high, uncinate-pubescent. 
Stipules small, deciduous; leaves very nearly 
sessile; leaflets linear or linear-oblong, obtuse 
at each end, nearly glabrous above, reticulate- 
veined and pubescent beneath, 1/-3/ long, 
3//-9/’ wide; racemes terminal, simple or 
compound; flowers small, 2//-3/’ long, pur- 
ple; pedicels very short; bracts deciduous; 
calyx-lobes acute, the upper one obliquely 
2-toothed; loment 1-3-jointed, the joints 
about 2/” long, obliquely obovate, hispid, 
somewhat twisted, less convex above than 
below; stipe not exceeding the calyx-lobes. 
In dry soil, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and 
Connecticut to Michigan, south to Kentucky, 
Arkansas and Texas. July-Sept. 
g. Meibomia stricta (Pursh) Kuntze. Stiff 
Tick-trefoil. (Fig. 2178.) 
Hedysarum strictum Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 483. 1814. 
Desmodium strictum DC. Prodr. 2: 329. 1825. 
Meibomia stricia Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 198. 1891. 
Erect, slender, finely pubescent, 2°-4° high. Stipules 
subulate, deciduous; leaves petioled; leaflets linear, ob- 
tuse, glabrous, thick, reticulate-veined, 1/-214’ long, about 
3/’ wide; flowers 1’/’-2’’ long; loment small, 1-3-jointed; 
joints semi-obovate or semi-rhomboid, often slightly con- 
cave on the back, uncinate-pubescent, about 2’ long; 
pedicels short; stipe about equalling the calyx-lobes. 
Pine barrens of New Jersey to Florida, west to Louisiana. 
July-Sept. 
