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611. Showy Tick-trefoil. Meibomia canadensis. An erect, ^^ 

 stout, hairy herb, 2-6 ft. high. Leaflets oblong, 2-3 in. long. ^^ 

 Flowers about ^ in. long, in dense, terminal, very num- 

 erous clusters, purple or bluish-purple. Pods about i in. 

 long, jointed, hairy, not stalked. In moist places. Nova Scotia 



to No. Carolina, and westward. August. Fig. 611. 



612. Tick-trefoil. Meibomia paniciilata. Plant more or less 

 smooth, erect, slender, 2-4 ft. high. Leaflets oblong, 1-2 in. 

 long, the central one longer than those each side of it. 

 Flowers about J4 in. long, few, in an open lax cluster, purple. 

 Pod I in. long, shortly stalked. In dry woods. Ontario and 

 Maine to Florida, and westward. August. 



613. Tick-trefoil. Meibomia Dillenii. Plant usually hairy, 

 erect, 2-3 ft. high. Foliage, flowers and fruit resembling 

 No. 612, but the leaflets about twice as wide. In dry woods. 

 Ontario and Maine to Alabama, and westward. August. Fig. 



614. Tick-trefoil. Meibomia nudiflora. Erect or ascending, 

 the leaves mostly at the top of the flowerless stems. Leaflets 

 oval, 1-3 in. long, pale on the under side. Flowers rose- 

 purple, about y3 in. long, clustered at the top of a naked, 

 stalk that arises from the ground. Pods jointed, very long 

 stalked. In dry woods. Quebec to Florida, and westward. 

 August. 



615. Beggar-ticks. Meibomia grandi flora. Unlike all the 

 other tick-trefoils in that the leaves are clustered at the top 

 of the stem and from them the stalk of the flower cluster 

 arises. Leaflets oval or nearly round, pointed, 2-6 in. long, 

 hairy, the middle leaflet larger than the side ones. Flowers 

 about 3^ in. long, in a loose cluster. Pod deeply jointed and 

 long stalked. In dry woods. Quebec and Ontario to Florida, 

 and westward. July. 



616. Trailing Tick-trefoil. Meibomia Michauxii. More 

 or less decumbent or prostrate, 2-6 ft. long, hairy. Leaf- 

 lets nearly round, i-i)<2 in. long. Flowers about Ys in. long, 

 purple, in a loose open cluster. Pod short stalked. In dry 

 woods. Ontario to Florida, and westward. August. Fig. 

 616. 



