Family LEGUMINOSAL 147 
Bracts nearly orbicular, large, generally as long as the pedicels or 
longer; calyx of the fertile tiowers 5-6 mm. long. 2. F. pitcheri. 
1. Faleata comosa (L.) Kuntze. Wild Peanut. 
In moist thickets in the eastern part of the state. Beaver creek; 
Franklin; Halsey; Lincoln; Feru; St. Paul; Weeping Water. 
2. Faleata pitcheri (T. & G.) Kuntze. 
Common in woods and thickets in the central and eastern parts of 
the state. Ashland; Endicott; Halsey; Red Cloud; Wahoo. 
25. Meibomia (Desmedium). 559. 
' Tick-trefoils. 
Leaves crowded at the top of the stem; panicle terminal; pods on a 
stipe much longer than the calyx lobes. 1. M. grandiflora. 
Leaves scattered aiong the stem; stipe, if present, shorter tnan the 
calyx lobes. 
Petioles about as long as the lateral leaflets; stipules ovate, per- 
sistent. 
Jcints of the pod longer than wide, about 12 mm. long. 
2. M. canescens. 
Joints of the pod not longer than wide, about 6 mm. wide. 
3. M. illinoensis. 
Petioles not more than half as long as the lateral leaflets; stipules 
lanceolate or subulate. 
Flowers 10-15 mm. long; stipules linear-lanceolate, persistent. 
4. M. canadensis. 
Flowers 6-8 mm. long; stipules subulate, deciduous. 
Stems pubescent; leaflets not over 7.5 cm.long. 5. M. dillenii. 
Stems glabrous, or nearly so; leaflets over 7.5 cm. long. 
6. M. paniculata. 
1. Meibomia grandiflora (Walt.) Kuntze. 
In rich soil in woods in the eastern part of the state. Crete; Endi- 
cott; Fremont island; Lincoln; Niobrara; Weeping Water. 
2. Meibomia canescens (L.) Kuntze. 
In woods and thickets in the eastern part of the state. Beaver 
creek; Lincoln; Omaha; Wabash; Weeping Water. 
3. Meibomia illinoensis (A. Gray) Kuntze. 
Dry prairies in the eastern part of the state. Lincoln; Walton. 
4. Meibomia canadensis (L.) Kuntze. 
Common in the eastern part of the state and along streams in the 
western part. Chelsea; Guide Rock; Kearney; Lincoln; Mullen; 
Omaha; St. Paul; Talmage. 
5. Meibomia dillenii (Darl.) Kuntze. 
In the southeas.ern part of the state. Weeping Water. 
6. Meibomia paniculata (L.) Kuntze. 
Wooded bluffs in the southeastern part of the state. Nemaha; 
Richardson county; Washington county. 
26. Lespedeza. 562. 
1. Lespedeza capitata Michx. Bush-clover. 
Common on prairies in the eastern and central parts of the state. 
Ainsworth; Halsey; Kearney; Laurel; Lincoln; Republican City. 
