FABACEAE. 



Vol. II. 



2. Meibomia grandiflora (Walt.) Kuntze. 

 Pointed-leaved Tick-trefoil. Fig. 2577. 



Hedysarum grandifiorum Walt. Fl. Car. 185. 1788. 



H. acuminatum Michx. Fl, Bor. Am. 2 : 72, 1803. 



Desmodiuni acuminatum DC. Prodr, 2: 329. 1825. 



Meibomia grandiflora Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 196. 1891. 



Erect, glabrous, or somewhat pubescent, i°-5° 

 high. Leaves in a cluster at the summit of the stem, 

 from which rises the slender peduncle ; petioles ^'-6' 

 long; stipules subulate, generally persistent; leaf- 

 lets ovate, acuminate, 2'-6' long, pubescent with scat- 

 tered hairs on both surfaces; panicle ample; bracts 

 deciduous; flowers large, purple ; loment 2-3-jointed; 

 joints longer than wide, concave above, obhquely 

 rounded below, uncinate-pubescent ; stipe as long as 

 the pedicel. 



In dry or rocky woods, Quebec to Ontario, South Da- 

 kota, Florida, Alabama, Kansas and Oklahoma. June- 

 Sept. Beggar-ticks. 



3. Meibomia pauciflora (Nutt.) Kuntze. 

 Few-flowered Tick-trefoil. Fig. 2578. 



Hedysarum paucifiorum Nutt. Gen. 2: 109. 1818. 

 Desmodium paucifiorum DC. Prodr. 2 : 330. 1825. 

 M. pauciflora Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 198. 1891. 



Decumbent or ascending, more or less pubes- 

 cent with scattered hairs, i°-3° long. Stipules 

 subulate, deciduous ; leaves alternate, distant, pe- 

 tioled ; leaflets ovate, obtuse or bluntly acuminate, 

 pubescent, i'-3' long, the terminal one rhomboid; 

 racemes terminal or sometimes also axillary, sim- 

 ple, few-flowered ; calyx-lobes acute, ciliate ; co- 

 rolla white, about 3" long; loment 1-4-jointed, 

 the joints concave or straight on the back, ob- 

 liquely rounded below, larger than those of the 

 preceding species, uncinate-pubescent ; stipe slight- 

 ly shorter than the pedicel. 



In woods. Ontario to western New York, southern 

 Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio, Arkansas and Louisiana. 

 July-Aug. 



4. Meibomia arenicola Vail. Sand Tick- 

 trefoil. Fig. 2579. 



Hedysarum lineatum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 72. 

 1803. Not L. 1759. 



Desmodium lineatum DC. Prodr. 2 ; 330. 1825. 



Meibomia arenicola Vail, Bull. Torr. Club 23: 140. 



Decumbent or prostrate, pubescent or glabrate, 

 slender, i°-2° long. Stipules subulate, persistent; 

 petioles about i long ; leaflets ovate-orbicular, 

 i'-i' long, glabrous or nearly so, coriaceous, 

 reticulate-veined ; racemes terminal and axillary, 

 elongated, usually pubescent ; flowers purple, 

 about 2"-3" long; pedicels slender; loment small, 

 2-4-jointed, the joints uncinate-pubescent, less 

 convex above than below, ii"-2i" long; stipe 

 about equalling the calyx-lobes, or shorter. 



In dry woods, Maryland to Florida, west to Louis- 

 iana. July-Sept. 



