. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 18. Meibomia canadensis (L.) Kuntze. Canadian or Showy Tick-trefoil. Sain- foin. Fig. 2593. Hedysarum canadense L. Sp. PI. 748. 1753. Desmodium canadense DC. Prodr. 2: 328. 1825. M. canadensis Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 195. 1891. Erect, stout, pubescent, 2°-8° high. Stipules linear-lanceolate, persistent, or at length decidu- ous; lower petioles V-l' long, the upper leaves nearl
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 18. Meibomia canadensis (L.) Kuntze. Canadian or Showy Tick-trefoil. Sain- foin. Fig. 2593. Hedysarum canadense L. Sp. PI. 748. 1753. Desmodium canadense DC. Prodr. 2: 328. 1825. M. canadensis Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 195. 1891. Erect, stout, pubescent, 2°-8° high. Stipules linear-lanceolate, persistent, or at length decidu- ous; lower petioles V-l' long, the upper leaves nearly sessile; leaflets oblong or lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, glabrous or roughish above, appressed- pubescent beneath; racemes terminal, densely panicled; flowers large, 5"-8" long, conspicuous, purple or bluish-purple; bracts ovate-lanceolate, large, acute, ciliate, at length deciduous; calyx- lobes attenuate, the upper 2-toothed, the lower ones elongated; loment nearly sessile in the calyx, about l' long, 3-5-jointed; joints triangular, straight or convex on back, uncinate-pubescent. Thickets and river-banks. Nova Scotia to Mani- toba, North Carolina, Missouri. Nebraska and Okla- homa. Our most showy-flowered species. July-Sept. Beggars'-lice. 19. Meibomia rigida (Ell.) Kuntze. Rigid Tick-trefoil. Fig. 2594. Hedysarum rigid 1824. Desmodium rigidum DC. Prodr. 2 Meibomia rigida Kuntze, Rev. Ge Ell. Eot. S. C. and Ga 30. 18 PI. 198 Erect or ascending, rather rigid, finely uncinate- pubescent, 2°-3° high. Stipules small, lanceolate, deciduous; leaves petioled; leaflets ovate, oblong or oval, obtuse, thickish. scabrous above, pubes- cent, especially along the veins beneath, 1-2' long; racemes terminal, compound; flowers very small, l"-2" long, purplish; upper lobe of the calyx entire or minutely 2-toothed, the 3 lower ones slender; loment sessile in the calyx. 1-3- jointed, the joints obliquely ovate, rounded on the back, uncinate-pubescent, about i*" long
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