LEGUMINOSAE (PtJLSE FAMILY) 



621 



illlnoense. 



798. D. viridiflorum 



subcoriaceous, cinereous beneath, veins and vein- 

 lets prominent, strongly reticulated, the lower 

 leaflets nearly equaling the petiole ; pods scarcely 

 over 2. 5 cm. long, sinuate on both margins (more 

 deeply below). (Meibomia Ktze.) — Dry ground, 

 Lakeside, 0. (Moseley) ; Jackson Co., Mich. 

 {Wheeler); 111. to Neb., Kan., and Okla. Fig. 791. 

 ** Stem 6-15 dm. high, erect; stipules and bracts mostly deciduous, small and 

 inconspicuous ; joints of the pod 3-5, triangular or half-rhimibic or very 

 unequal-sided and rhomboidal, longer than broad, C mm. or less in length ; 

 flowers middle-sized. 



10. D. laevigatum (Nutt.) DC. Smooth or nearly so throughout; stem 

 straight ; leaflets ovate, bluntish, pale beneath, 5-7.5 cm. long, thin and 

 without prominulous reticulation ; panicles mi- 

 nutely rough-pubescent. (Meibomia Ktze.)— Pine 

 woods, s. N. Y. and N. J. to Fla., Mo., and Tex. 

 Fig. 792. From Va. south w. passing to D. rhom- 

 bif6lium (Ell.) DC, a more pubescent plant, 

 with thickish leaves, the veins 

 prominulous beneath. {Mei- 

 bomia Vail.) 



11. D. viridiflbrum (L.) ^gg d laeTiffatum 



Beck. Stem vei-y downy, rough ' ' fi- 



at the summit ; leaflets broadly ovate, very obtuse, rough 

 above, whitened with a soft velvety down underneatli, 

 5-7.5 cm. long. {Meibomia Ktze.) — Dry open woods, 

 common, s. N. Y. to Fla., Mich., Mo., and Tex. Fig. 

 793. 



12. D. Dilldnii Darl. Stem pubescent; leaflets oblong or oblong-ovate, 

 commonly bluntish, pale beneath, softly and finely pubescent, mostly thin, 5-7.5 

 cm. long. {Meibomia Ktze.) — Open woodlands, centr. Me, 

 to Ont., Minn., and south w. Fig. 794. 



13. D. panicul^tum (L.) DC. Essentially smooth 

 throughout ; stem slender, tall ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, 



tapering to a blunt 



point, thin, 7.5-12.5 



cm. long ; racemes 



much panicled. {Mei- 

 bomia Ktze.) — Copses, 



s. w. Me. to Out., 



Minn., and southw. 



Fig. 795. 

 D. paniculatnm. ^^r- angUStifMium 



narrow^er, Ian ce-li near. 

 culata, var. Chapmani Britton.) — Va., Ky., and southw. 



Var. pubens T. & G. Stem puberulent ; leaves sparingly pubescent beneath. 

 {Meibomia paniculata, var. Vail.) — N. J. to Kan., and southw. 



14. D. striatum (Pursh) DC. Stem very straight and slender, simple, 

 6-9 dm. high, the upper part and narrow panicle rough- 

 glandular ; leaflets linear, blunt, strongly reticulated, thickish, 

 very smooth, 2.5-5 cm. long, 6 mm. wide ; joints of the 

 pod 1-3, serai-obovate or very gibbous, only 4 mm. long. 

 {Meibomia Ktze.) — Pine woods, N. J. to Fla. and La. 

 Fig. 796. 



* * * Stipules small and inconspicuous, mostly deciduous ; pods of few roundisl 

 or obliquely oval or sometimes roundish-rhomboidal joints 3-5 mm. long. 



*- Stems erect; bracts before flowering conspicuous ; racemes densely flowered. 



16. D. canad^nse (L.) DC. Stem hairy, 6-16 dm. high ; leaflets oblonr,- 



Dillenii. 



T. & G. Leaflets 

 {Meibomia pani- 



796. D. strictum. 



