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MEIBOMIA Adans. Tick Trefoil; Beggar Tick. 
Meibomia nudiflors (1..) '<v itze. (Desmodium nudiflorum DC.) 
Naked-Stemmed Beever Vick. 
Throughout the state .n shaded uplands. Oxford; Madi- 
son; southern Hinds Co.; Fay St. Louis. July-August. 
xeol. Survey Herb. Allison Herb. 
Meibomia sessilifolia (Torr.) Kuntze (Desmodium sessilifolia 
Torr & Gray.) 
In open woods. Oxford. Spring and Summer. 
Geol. Survey Herb. 
Meibomia grandiflora (Walt.) Kuntze (Desmodium acumina- 
tum DC.) lLarge-Flowered Beggar Tick. 
Over the state in rich wovods. Oxford; Ripley. July-Aug. 
Geol. Survey Herb. 
Meibomia pauciflora (Nutt.) Wuntze, (Desmodium pauci- 
florum DC.). Few-flowered Tick Trefoil. 
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Shaded rich woods. Grenada; Toomsuba. June-July. 
Geol. Survey Herb. 
Meibomia arenicola Vail (Desmodium lineatum DC.) Striped 
Tick Trefoil. 
Dry sandy soil toward the coast. Ocean Springs (Tracy) ; 
Ship Island. Sept.-October. 
Geol. Survey Herb. 
Meibomia Michauxii Vail. (Desmodium rotundifolium DC.) 
Round-Leaf Tick Trefoil. 
Dry soil in open woodlands, especially the pine barrens. 
August-October. 
Meibomia stricta (Pursh.) Kuntze (Desmodium strictum DC.) 
Erect Tick Trefoil. 
Common in pine barrens to the coast. Biloxi (Tracy). 
Meibomia canescens (L.) Kuntze, (Desmodium canescens DC.) 
Hoary Tick Trefoil. 
In open shady forests, especially in sandy soil. Lafayette 
and Hinds counties; Vicksburg (Tracy.) August-Sept. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. 
