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Meibomia bracteosa (Michx.) Kmit/.o, Rev. Gen. PL 1 : 195. 1891. 



BR ACTED TICK TREFOIL. 



Hedysarum bracteosum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 73. 1803. 



H. cuspidatum Muhl. ; Willd. Sp. PL 3 : 1198. 1801. 



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



D. cuspidatum Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 1 : 23. 1835. 



Ell. Sk. 2:213. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 139. Chap. FL 102. 



Alleghenian to Carolinian area. Ontario and New England west to Michigan and 

 Missouri, south to Texas; New York to Florida. 



ALABAMA : Coosa Valley. Barren hillsides. Calhoun County, Anniston. Flowers 

 violet purple, September. Rare; never observed in the low country. 



Type locality : " Hab. in montosis Virginiae et Carolinae." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Meibomia longifolia (Torr. & Gray) Vail, Bull. Torr. Club, 23 : 140. 1896. 



Desmodium canadense var. longifolium Torr. & Gray, FL N. A. 1 : 365. 1840 



D. longifolium Nutt. ; Torr. & Gray, FL N. A. 1 : 365. 1840. As synonym. 



Carolinian area. Illinois to Kansas and Arkansas; Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Woods. Dekalb County, Lookout Mountain near 

 the mineral spring of Loring's Hotel. Flowers rose purple, August 26, 1898. 



Type locality: ''Arkansas, Nuttall! Dr. Pitcher!" 



Meibomia pam'culata (L.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL 1 : 198. 1891. TICK TREFOIL. 



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



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



Ell. Sk. 2: 210. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 140. Chap. Fl. 103. Coulter, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:85. 



Alleghenian to Louisiauian area. Ontario; New England wrst to the Dakotas and 

 Nebraska, south to Texas, and from New York to Florida. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Dry woods. Flowers purplish, July, September. 

 Common. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr 



Meibomia viridiflora (L.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL 1 : 197. 1891. 



GREENISH-FLOWERED TICK TREFOIL. 



Hedysarum viridiflorum L. Sp. PL 2 : 748. 1753. 



Desmodium viridiflorum Beck, Bot. 84. 1833. Not DC. 



Ell. Sk. 2: 217. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 140. Chap. FL 102. 



Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. Southern New York, Ohio tp Missouri, south 

 to Florida and western Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Mobile (Gales') ; not yet recorded in the State from any other Ideality 



Type locality : "Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Meibomia dillenii (Darl.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL 1 : 195. 1891. 



DILLENIUS' TICK TREFOIL. 



Desmodium dillenii Darlington, FL Cest. 414. 1837. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 140. Cluip. FL 10H. 



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

 Nebraska, and Missouri, south to Florida and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA : Over the State. Dry woods and copses. Tennessee Valley to Mobile 

 County. Flowers purple, July, August. Common. 



Type locality : " Woodlands and borders of thickets : frequent." Chester County, 

 Pa. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Meibomia laevigata (Nutt.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL 1 : 198. 1891. 



SMOOTH TICK TREFOIL. 



Hedysarum laevigatum Nutt. Gen. 2 : 109. 1818. 



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



Ell. Sk. 2 : 215. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 140. Chap. FL 103. 



Carolinian area. Southern New York, Tennessee, Missouri, and Arkansas ; from 

 South Carolina to Florida. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Dry wooded hillsides. Lee County, Auburn (F. S. 

 Earle). Talladega County, Chandler Springs, rocky ridges, 1,200 feet. Summit of 

 highest ridge, Alpine Mountains, near the Signal Station, 1,800 feet. Flowers pur- 

 plish, September. 



Type locality: "In the forests of New Jersey." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



