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Dry woods and sandy fields. Occasional or frequent in 

 the southern half of the state and in the Connecticut Valley; 

 rare or local elsewhere. July — Aug. 



Desmodium bracteosum (Michx.) DC. (having conspicuous 



bracts). 

 Desmodium cuspidatum Hook. 

 Meibomia bracteosa Kuntze. 



Dry wooded, banks and in thickets. Occasional or frequent 

 in the Connecticut Valley and in the southwestern part of the 

 state ; rare or absent elsewhere. July — Aug. 



Desmodium Dillenii Darl. 

 Meibomia Dillenii Kuntze. 



Occasional. Dry woods and thickets in either sandy or 

 rich ground. July — Aug. 



Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC. (panicled). 

 Meibomia paniculata Kuntze. 



Occasional or frequent. Dry woods and copses. July — 

 Aug. 



Desmodium canadense (L.) DC. 

 Meibomia canadensis Kuntze. 

 Showy Tick Trefoil. 



Common. Sandy fields, roadsides and open waste places. 

 July — Aug. 



Flowers rarely pure white. 



Desmodium sessilifolium (Torr.) Torr. & Gray (sessile- 

 leaved). 

 Meibomia sessilifolia Kuntze. 



Dry open or thinly wooded banks and sandy railroad fill- 

 ings. Local or occasional in the valleys of the Thames River 

 system: Montville, Norwich, Preston and Windham (Graves), 

 Franklin and Bozrah (R. W. Woodward) . July — Aug. 



Desmodium rigidum (Ell.) DC. (stiflf or rigid). 

 Meibomia rigida Kuntze. 



Occasional or frequent. Dry banks and sandy roadsides. 

 July — Aug. 



