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Plants Rlabrous or nearly so (except varieties of M. paniculata) 

 Leaflets lanceolate or oblong M paniculata 



Leaflets broadly ovate or oval, glaucous beneath 



M I ae Virata 

 Plants pubescent 



Leaves velvety-puU-scvnt beneath, thick and coriaceous . 



M viri.liflora 



Leaves appressed-pul>esoent or villous beneath and scarcely 

 coriaceous M. dillenii 



Loment sessile in the calyx or nearly so 



lament joints four to seven, flowers showy; leaflets not coriaceous. . 



M canadensis 

 Loment joints one to three 



Leaflets scabrous, i to 2 inches long M r i n i d a 



Leaflets not scabrous, one-half to i inch lonj; 



Plant nearly glabrous throughout . M. marylandica 

 Stem pubescent ; leaflets and petioles ciliate . M . o b t u s a 



Prostrate Tick Trefoil 



Meihomin miclwuxii \';iil 



PUw no 



Stems prostrate, 2 to several feet long, softly pubescent or villous. 

 Leaves petioled; leaflets nearly orbicular, pubescent, I to 2 inches long; 

 stipules triangular-ovate, persistent, pointed, striate. Flowers in loose 

 terminal and axillary panicles, purple, one-fourth to one-half of an inch 

 long; calyx lobes ciliated. Loment about i inch long, three to five- join u-l. 

 the joints obliquely rhomboid below, slightly concave above, pubescent 

 with hooked hairs, on a stipe about equaling the calyx lobes or slightly 

 longer. 



Dry or sandy woods. New England and Ontario to Minnesota, Florida. 

 Missouri and Louisiana. Flowering from July to September. 



