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Descriptive Flora 



Meibomm paniculate, (L.) Kuntze. 



Plants with trifoliolate leaves, small blue or violet, bonnet- 

 shaped flowers, followed by flat pods, y 2 to iy 2 " long, and con- 

 sisting of 2 to 7 triangular divisions called " joints". Leaves 

 compound. Leaflets 3, 1 to 2" long, oblong-lanceolate to oval, 

 glabrous or with few minute hairs, paler beneath. Flowers small, 

 blue to violet, in loose elongated clusters, 2 to 8" long, at the ends 

 of the one to several erect or reclining branches. This genus is 

 easily distinguished from all other genera by the oddly con- 

 stricted, perfectly flat pods. Summer and fall. In shaded 

 bottoms and along creek beds. 



Lespedeza prairea (Mack. & Bush) Britton. Bush Clover. 



Plants with long, slender, trailing, vine-like branches that 

 come from the same root. Leaves trifoliate. Leaflets 3, one-half 

 to one inch long, oval or elliptic, firm, prominently veined, obtuse 

 or retuse at the apex, deep green above, pale below. Flowers 

 small, bonnet-shaped, bright purple, in pairs at intervals along 

 thread like axillary stalks which are longer than the subtending 

 leaves. Pods flat, oval, 1-seeded, veiny, less than *4 inch long. 

 June to November. Prefers limestone hills and hillsides. 



Dolicholus minimus (L.) Medic. 



Slender trailing vines with trifoliate leaves, and tiny, yellow, 

 bonnet-shaped flowers scattered along slender axillary flower 

 stalks. Leaves compound. Leaflets 3, rhombic-ovate, y 2 to iy 2 

 inches long, blunt- tipped, dotted with minute glands on the under 

 surface. Pods y 2 to 1" long, curved, usually turned upward, and 

 usually containing 2 small, bean-shaped seeds. May to No- 

 vember. Poor, dry soil, frequently gravel. Not common. 



Dolicholus wmerimnus (Mill.) Vail. Yellow Pea. 



(Rhynchosia menispermoidea DC.) 



Broad-leaved perennial with long, slender, trailing, vinelike 

 stems, kidney-shaped, rough veiny leaves, and clusters of 1 to 3 



