. 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 . Rhomb-leaved Tick-trefoil. Fig. 2589. rhombifolium EU. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 2 : 216. 1825. DC. Prodr. 2 : 330. Chapm. Fl. 102. i860 ntze. Rev. Gen. PI. 198 ull. Torr. Club 19: 113. Hcdysamm 1S24. Dcsmodium rhombifolii Dcsmodium floridanu Meibomia ftoridana I< M. rhombifolia Vail, Bull. Torr. Club 19: 113. 1892. Erect or ascending, 2°-3° high or more, uncinate- pubescent
. 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 . Rhomb-leaved Tick-trefoil. Fig. 2589. rhombifolium EU. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 2 : 216. 1825. DC. Prodr. 2 : 330. Chapm. Fl. 102. i860 ntze. Rev. Gen. PI. 198 ull. Torr. Club 19: 113. Hcdysamm 1S24. Dcsmodium rhombifolii Dcsmodium floridanu Meibomia ftoridana I< M. rhombifolia Vail, Bull. Torr. Club 19: 113. 1892. Erect or ascending, 2°-3° high or more, uncinate- pubescent, simple or branched. Stipules subulate, taper-pointed; leaves ovate, often mucronulate, coriaceous, scabrous above, villous and reticulated beneath, z'-^V long, the terminal rhomboid, the lateral ones often wanting; racemes terminal, simple or panicled, elongated, usually leafless; bracts minute, deciduous; acute, the upper one 2-toothed; loment2-5-jointed, the joints obliquely semi-rhomboid, rounded on the back, uncinate-pubescent; stipe often as long as the lowest joint. In sandy soil and pine lands, Virginia to Florida, west to Alabama and Louisiana. May-Sept. 15. Meibomia viridiflora ( L.) Kuntze. Velvet-leaved Tick-trefoil. Fig. 2590. Hedysanim â â iridiflorum L. Sp. PI. 748. 1753. Dcsmodium viridiflorum Beck. Bot. 84. 1833. Meibomia viridiflora Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 197. 1891. Erect, rather stout, downy-pubescent, 2°-4° high. Stipules lanceolate, mainly deciduous; petioles i'-ii' long; leaflets broadly ovate, obtuse, rough above, densely velvety-pubescent beneath, 1-3^' long, the terminal one somenliat rhomboid; racemes com- pound, elongated, terminal, uncinate-pubescent; bracts deciduous; upper calyx-lobe minutely 2- toothed, the 3 lower ones attenuate; flowers purple, 3"-4" long; lomcnt 2-4-jointed, the joints semi- rhomboid, uncinate, about 2" long; stipe about equalling the lower lobes of the calyx. Dry woods, eastern Pennsjdva
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