806 REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



MEIBOMIA Adans. 



M. ntjdiflora (L.) Kuntze. Naked-flowered Tick Trefoil. 

 (Desmodium nudiflorum DC.) 



Widely distributed throughout the State, occurring in dry- 

 soils, usually in rocky, open woods or in thickets. I have found 

 it in splendid development, however, in extremely wet lowlands. 



It flowers in July and August. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Kosciusko (Coulter); Daviess 

 (Clements); Jefferson (J. M. Coulter); Jay, Delaware, Randolph, 

 and Wayne (Phinney); Noble (Van Gorder); Franklin (Meyncke); 

 Clark (Baird and Taylor); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Monroe 

 and Vigo' (Blatchley); Fayette (Hessler); Hamilton (Wilson); 

 Round Lake (Deam); Steuben (Bradner). 



M. grandiflora (Walt.) Kuntze. Pointed-leaved Tick Trefoil. 

 (Desmodium acuminatum DC.) 

 Occurs over practically the same range as the preceding species. 

 It is usually very common in woods and thickets, not being able 

 to maintain itself in the open. 

 Flowers from June to August. 

 Reported counties the same as in the last form. 



M. pauciflora (Nutt.) Kuntze. Few-flowered Tick Trefoil. 

 (Desmodium paueiflorum DC.) 



Confined to the southern half of the State, where it is spar- 

 ingly found in moist woods and thickets. It is nowhere reported 

 as common. 



Flowers from June to August. 



Daviess (Clements); Jefferson (J. M. Coulter); Putnam (Mac- 

 Dougal); Jay, Delaware, Randolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Gib- 

 son and Posey (Schneck); Franklin (Meyncke); Clark (Baird and 

 Taylor); Fayette (Hessler). 



M. Michauxii Vail. Prostrate Tick Trefoil. Round-leaved Tick Trefoil. 

 (Desmodium rotundifolium DC.) 

 In dry woods and thickets in various parts of the State. 

 Flowering season from latter part of July to September. 

 Kosciusko (Coulter); Jefferson (J. M. Coulter); Jay, Delaware. 

 Randolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Noble (Van Gorder); Clark 

 (Baird and Taylor); Vigo (Blatchley); Franklin (Meyncke); 

 Round Lake (Deam); Steuben (Bradner). 



