VETCH FAMILY. 571 



MEIBOMIA Adaus. Fani. VI. 2 : 509. 1763. ' TICK TREFOIL. 



(HEDYSARUM L. Sp. PI. 2 : 749. 1753. In part.) 

 (DESMODIUM Desv. Journ. Bot. ser. 2, 1 : 122. 1813.) 



About 160 species. Perennial herbs; mostly of warm and temperate North and 

 South America, Africa, and Australia. United States and Canada, 39. 



Meibomia midiflora (L.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 1 : 197. 1891. 



NAKED-STEMMED PEAVINE. 



Hedysarum nudiflorum L. Sp. PL 2 : 749. 1753. 



Damodium nudijiorum DC. Prodr. 2 : 330. 1825. 



Ell. ,sk. 2 : 209. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 138. Chap. Fl. 102. 



Alleghenian to Loiiisianian area, Ontario, southern New England to Florida, 

 westt TII Minnesota to Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: All over the State. Shady woods. Clay County, 1,600 feet. Franklin 

 County, Russellville. Cullinan County. Bibb County, Pratt's Ferry. Autauga 

 County, Prattville. Montgomery, Clarke, and Mobile counties. Flowers purplish 

 white. July to August; nowhere abundant. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Meibomia grandiflora (Walt. )Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL 1 : 196. 1891. 



LARGE-FLOWERED PEAVINE. 



Hedysarum yrandiftorum Walt. FL Car. 185. 1788. 



H. acuminatum M'ichx. FI. Bor. Am. 2 : 72. 1803. 



Desmodium acuminatum DC. Prodr. 2 : 329. 1825. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 209. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 139. Chap. Fl. 102. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario; New England west to Minnesota and 

 Nebraska, south to Florida, Louisiana, and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Rich woods. Franklin County, Russellville. Cull- 

 man and Bibb counties. Montgomery County, Pintlalla Creek. Mobile County. 

 Flowers purplish, July, August; not infrequent. 



Type locality : South ( 'arolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Meibomia pauciflora (Nutt.) Kuut/e, Rev. Gen. PL 1 : 198. 1891. 



FEW-FLOWERED PEAVINE. 

 . Hedysarum paucijiorum Nutt. Gen. PI. 2 : 109. 1818. 



Desmodium paucijiorum DC. Prodr. 2 : 330. 1825. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 139. Chap. Fl. 101. 



Allegheniau to Louisianian area. Southern Ontario; Pennsylvania to Michigan 

 and Missouri, south to Arkansas, and from Tennessee to Florida and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Rich shaded woods. Montgomery County, 

 Pintlalla Creek. Flowers purplish, June, July; not frequent. 



Type locality: " In the shady forests of Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee (common 

 around Lexington, Ky.)." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Meibomia arenicola Vail. Bull. Torr. Club, 23 : 140. 1896. 



STRIPED TICK TREFOIL. 



Hedysarum lineatitm Michx. FL Bor. Am. 2 : 72. 1803. Not L. 1759. 



Desmodium lineatum DC. Prodr. 2:330. 1825. 



Meibomia Uneaia Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL 1 : 196. 1891. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 218. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 141. Chap. FL 104. 



Carolinian area. Maryland and Virginia to Florida, west to Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Metamorphic hills to Coast plain. Grassy pine woods. 

 Lee County, Auburn (/''. &. Earle), 860 feet. Mobile and Baldwin counties. Flowers 

 purplish, September, October; frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality of Hedysarum lineatum Michx. : "Hab. in Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 

 Meibomia michauxii Vail, Bull. Torr. Club, 23 : 140. 1896. 



ROUND-LEAF TICK TREFOIL. 



Hedysarum rotundifolinm Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 72. 1803. Not Vahl. 



Desmodium rotundifoHum DC. Prodr. 2 : 330. 1825. 



Meibomia rotundifolia Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL 1 : 197. 1891. 



1 Anna M. Vail, A preliminary list of the species of the genus Meibomia Heist, occur- 

 ring in the United States and British America, Bull. Torr. Club, vol. 19, pp. 107 to 

 118. 1892. 



