25 PRELIMINARY CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



Tephrosia, Pers HOAEY-PEA. 



T. Virginiana, Pers. Goat's Rue. Catgut. Common on the Yellow 

 Drift, but rare north of it. Western bank of Greenwood Lake oppo- 

 site Cooper's, W. H. Rudkin. 



Desmodium, DC TICK TREFOIL. 



D. nudiflorum, DC. Naked-flowered T. Dry woods. Quite com- 

 -moii throughout. 



D. acuminatum, DC. Naked-flowered T. Sparingly in the middle 

 and northern parts of the State. Palisades, T. F. Allen; Snake Hill, 

 N. L. Britton ; Essex Co., H. H. Rusby. 



D. rotundifolium, DC. Round-leaved T. Sandy or rocky woods. 

 Most common in the northern counties. 



D. canescens, DC. Hairy Tick Trefoil. Swampy ground. Not 

 common. Banks of the Delaware near Gloucester, C. F. Parker ; 

 along First Mt., Essex Co., H. H. Rusby. 



D. cuspidatum, Torr. & Gray. Large-bracted T. Not uncommon 

 in the northern and middle counties. Chatham, W. H. Leggett. 



D. Isevigatum, DC. Smooth Tick Trefoil. Sparingly in the south- 

 ern and middle counties. Pine barrens of Ocean Co., P. D. Knies- 

 kern ; Bergen Point and Chatham, W. H. Leggett. 



D. viridiflorum, Beck. Green-flowered T. Sparingly in the south- 

 ern and central parts of the State. 



D. Dillenii, Darlingt. Dillenius' Tick Trefoil. Open woods. Quite 

 common throughout. 



D. paniculatum, DC. Panicled Tick Trefoil. Copses and borders 

 of woods. Common throughout. 



D. strictum, DC. Erect Tick Trefoil. Confined to the area of the 

 Yellow Drift, and quite common in the pine barrens. Woodbury, C. 

 E. Smith ; Malaga, Gloucester Co., C. F. Parker ; rare in Ocean Co., 

 P. D. Knieskern. 



D. Canadense, DC. Canadian Tick Trefoil. Quite common in 

 woods throughout the State. 



D. ciliare, DC. Ciliate Tick Trefoil. Quite common on the Yellow 

 Drift, but rare north of it. 



D. Marylandicum, Boott. Maryland Tick Trefoil. Copses and open 

 woods. Quite common throughout the State. 



Lespedeza, Michx BUSH CLOVER. 



L. repens, Bart. (Includes L. procumbens, Michx.) Creeping Bush 

 Clover. Sandy woods and fields. Common in the southern and mid- 

 dle counties ; sparingly in the northern parts of the State. 



L. violacea, Pers. Violet Bush Clover. Dry fields and copses. 

 Common throughout. 



