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4. Meibomia pallida Rose & Painter, Bot. Gaz. 40: 145. pi. 5. 1905. 

 Known only from the type locality, Huilotepec, Oaxaea. 



Low shrub ; leaflets oblong to orbicular, 1 to 2.5 cm. long, obtuse or acute, 

 pale. 



5. Meibomia psilophylla (Schlecht.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 1: 198. 1891. 

 Desinodium psilophyllwm Schlecht. Linnaea 12: 310. 1838. 



San Luis Potosi and Veracruz to Chiapas and Puebla ; type from Chicon- 

 quiaco. Guatemala. 



Slender glabrous shrub, a meter high or less ; leaflets oblong to narrowly 

 lance-oblong, 2 to 8 cm. long, obtuse. 



6. Meibomia plicata (Schlecht. & Cham.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 1: 198. 1891. 

 Desniodium plicatum Schlecht. & Cham. Linnaea 5: 585. 1830. 



Sonora to Veracruz and Chiapas ; type collected between Misantla and Colipa, 

 Veracruz. 



Shrub, 1 to 3.5 meters high ; leaflets 2 to 7 cm. long, densely tomentose be- 

 neath ; flowers purple. " Escobilla " (Michoacdn, Guerrero). 



7. Meibomia plectocarpa (Hemsl.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 1: 198. 1891. 

 Desmodium plectocarpuni Hemsl. Diag. PI. Mex. 46, 1880. 



San Luis Potosi and Veracruz ; type from Orizaba. 



Leaflets 2.5 to 6.5 cm. long, densely pubescent ; flowers violet, in long dense 

 racemes. 



8. Meibomia foliosa (Hemsl.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 1: 198. 1891. 

 Desmodium foliosum Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Amer. Bot. 1: 278. 1880. 

 Veracruz and Oaxaea ; type from Sierra San Pedro Nolasco. 



Slender glabrous shrub ; leaflets ovate or lanceolate, 2.5 to 7 cm. long, usu- 

 ally attenuate, thin, bright green. 



9. Meibomia robinsonii Standi. 



Desmodium jaliscanum obtustim Robinson, Proc. Amer. Acad. 26: 164. 1891. 

 San Luis Potosi and Talisco; type from Tamasopo Canyon, San Luis Potosi. 

 Guatemala. 



Shrub, 1 to 3 meters high ; leaflets oval, 3.5 to 7 cm. long, densely pubescent. 



10. Meibomia conzattii (Greenni.) Standi. 



Desmodium conzattii Greenm. Field Mus. Bot. 2: 331. 1912. 

 Guerrero to Veracruz and Oaxaea ; type from San Bernardino, Oaxaea. 

 Shrub, 1 to 4.5 meters high ; leaflets ovate or oblong, 3 to 8 cm. long ; flowers 

 purplish, rather large. 



11. Meibomia jaliscana (S. Wats.) Standi. 



Desmodium jaliscanum S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 22: 406. 1887. 

 Jalisco and Guanajuato ; type from Rio Blanco, Jalisco. 



Shrub, 1 to 2.5 meters high ; leaflets lance-oblong or ovate-oblong, 3 to 9 cm. 

 long. 



12. Meibomia rubricaulis Rose & Painter, Bot. Gaz. 40: 145. 1905. 

 Sinaloa and Durango to Guerrero ; type from Etzatlftn, Jalisco. 



Slender shrub, 1 to 2 meters high, with purple flowers; leaflets 1 to 2 cm. 

 long, glabrate. 



13. Meibomia orbicularis (Schlecht.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 1: 198. 1891. 

 Desmodium orhiculare Schlecht. Linnaea 12: 311. 1838. 



San Luis Potosf and Veracruz to Chiapas and Oaxaea ; type from Regla. 

 Hidalgo. Guatemala. 



Slender shrub or herb; leaflets 1 to 2.5 cm. long, pale beneath, glabrate; 

 flowers purplish. " Engorda-cabra " (Guanajuato). 



