. 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. Botany. FABACEAE. Vol. II. 20. Meibomia marylandica (L.) Kuntze. Smooth Small-leaved Tick-trefoil. Fig. 2595. Hedysarum marylandicum L. Sp. PI. 748. 1753. Desmodium marylandicum Boott.; Darl. Fl. Cestr. 412. 1837. Meibomia marylandica Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 198. 1891. Erect or ascending, glabrous, or rarely with a few scattered hairs, slender, 2°-3° high. Stipules subulate, de
. 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. Botany. FABACEAE. Vol. II. 20. Meibomia marylandica (L.) Kuntze. Smooth Small-leaved Tick-trefoil. Fig. 2595. Hedysarum marylandicum L. Sp. PI. 748. 1753. Desmodium marylandicum Boott.; Darl. Fl. Cestr. 412. 1837. Meibomia marylandica Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 198. 1891. Erect or ascending, glabrous, or rarely with a few scattered hairs, slender, 2°-3° high. Stipules subulate, deciduous or persistent; petioles 3"-6" long; leaves crowded; leaflets 3"-l2" long, ovate or nearly orbicu- lar, obtuse, glabrous on both sides, the lateral often subcordate; upper lobe of the calyx emarginate or mi- nutely 2-toothed; racemes oanicled; corolla purplish, very small, i"-2" long; loment sessile in the calyx or nearly so, i-3-iointed,. the joints small, obliquely oval or semi-orbicular. In dry soil and in copses, Ontario to Massachusetts, Florida, Minnesota, Missouri, Arkansas and Texas. July- Sept. Meibomia obtusa (Muhl,) Vail. Hairy Small- leaved Tick-trefoil. Fig. 2596. Hedysarum oblustim Muhl. : Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : Hedysarum ciliarc Muhl.: Willd. Sp. PI. 3; i: Desmodium ciliare DC. Prodr. 2: 329, 1825. Meibomia obiusa Vail, Bull. Terr. Club 19: 11 1803. 1892. Erect or ascending, bushy, i°-3° high, pubescent. Stip- ules subulate, deciduous; leaves crowded; petioles ciliate, shorter than the leaflets; leaflets broadly ovate or oval, obtuse, somewhat coriaceous, more or less pubescent on both sides, ciliate, 6"-i2" long; racemes terminal, coin- pound or simple, uncinate-pubescent; upper lobe of the calyx entire or minutely 2-toothed, the lower ones acute; flowers i"-2" long; loment 2-3-jointcd, the joints obliquely oval; stipe not exceeding the calyx-lobes. Dry soil, Ontario to Massachusetts and Florida, west to M
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