502 REPORT OP NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



PL — Late July to early September. Fr. — Late August and 



early October (both approximate). 



Middle District.— A.&h\s.\i&, Mullica Hill, Woodbury (C), Bridgeton (NB). 

 Pine Barrens.— Malaga. (S), Hospitality Branch (T), Quaker Bridge (S), 

 Mays Landing (S), Manumuskin (S). 



Meibomia canesoens (L.). Hoary Tick-trefoil. 



Hedysarum canescens Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 748. I7S3 [Virginia and Jamaica]. 

 Desmodium canescens Britton 84. 



Dry ground ; not very common. A few! stations in the northern 

 counties, and within our limits confined to the Middle district 

 and lower part of the Cape May peninsula. 



Fl. — ^Late July to early September. Fr. — Late August to 



early October. 



Middle District.— Ve.mhe.rton Jnc, Medford (S), Fish House, Delair, 

 Gloucester (P), Swedesboro, Salem (S). 

 Cape May.— Co\A Spring (OHB). 



Meibomia bracteosa (Michx.). Large-bracted Tick-trefoil. 



Hedysarum bracteosa Michaux, Fl. Bor. Am. H. yz. 1803 [Virginia and Caro- 

 lina Mts.]. 

 Desmodium cuspidatum Britton 85. 

 Meibomia bracteosa Keller and Brown, 200. 



Thickets and wood edges; rather common in the northern 

 counties, but very rare within our limits. 



Fl. — Late July to early September. Fr. — Late August to 

 early October. 

 Middle District. — Mickleton (C), Swedesboro. 



Meibomia paniculata (L.). Panicled Tick-trefoil. 



Hedysarum paniculata Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 749. 1753 [Virginia]. 

 Desmodium paniculatum Knieskern 12. — Britton 85. 

 Meibomia paniculata Keller and Brown 200. 



Common in dry woods throughout the State, except in the 

 Pine Barrens, where it occurs only in the vicinity of the larger 

 streams which it has followed up in company with other species 

 of the Coastal strip. 



Fl. — Late July to early September. Fr. — Late August to early 

 October. 



