134. 
7. Venation of leaflets conspicuously 
reticulate. 
8. Flowers 6.5-13.5 mm. long; primary 
bracts up to 12 mm. long; loments 
sessile or nearly SO......sceeeeeeeeeee De Canadense 
8. Flowers and bracts smaller; loments 
on stipes. 
9. Leaflets tomentose beneath, velvety 
to touch, pilose above. Expected 
(D. viridiflorum). 
9. Leaflets appressed-pilose on both ; 
SUTFACES. cee eee veescccesscccsevees De glabellum 
7. Venation of leaflets inconspicuous. 
10. Plant prostrate. (Also, stipules 
ovate- to lance-attenuate). 
Expected (D. humifusum). 
10, Plant erect. (Also, stipules linear- 
to tlance-attenuate)in. JIS aes oc) +s) De perplexum 
Desmodium glutinosum (Muhl.) Wood Tick Trefoil 
Java Farm. Infrequent to moderately abundant along old entrance 
road. Canopy of mature Fagus grandifolia, Quercus alba, Liriodendron 
tulipifera, etc. Associate species: Agrimonia microcarpa, Lactuca 
floridana var. villosa, Eupatorium purpureum, Elephantopus carolinianus, 
Smilacina racemosa, Tovara virginiana, Dentaria laciniata, etc. 
Higman 34, 36. 
D. paniculatum (L.) DC. Tick Trefoil 
Java Farm. Infrequent along old entrance road. Associated 
with D. glutinosum above. Higman 33. 
D. canadense (L.) DC. Tick Trefoil 
Java Farm. Infrequent along old entrance road. Associated 
with D. glutinosum above. Higman 40. 
D. glabellum (Michx.) DC. Tick Trefoil 
Java Farm. Infrequent along old entrance road. Associated 
with D. glutinosum above. Higman 39. 
