2l6 VERMONT FLORA. 



than the preceding though not ;ibuiulant ; along road- 

 sides and waste ground ; Julv. 



Mkdica(;o *ia'PL'I,ina, L. Xoncsnch. Rare ; vSouth 

 Hero, Robbins and a few other phices ; June. The 

 common Lucerne, AI. sativa, is somewhat cultivated as 

 a forage plant. 



RoBiNiA PSEUDACACIA, L. Co/iinioH LocNst. Coniuion 

 in cultivation, and growing spontaneously in many 

 places ; June. 



R. \iscosA, Vent. Rose Acacia. Very sparingly es- 

 caped from cultivation aV)out deserted dwellings and so 

 may perhaps be regarded as having liecomc natural- 

 ized ; June. 



Astragalus Canadensis, L, / etc//. Not c(;mnuHi ; 

 rocky shores of Lake Champlain. 



A. RoBBiNSii, Grav. Phaca Robbinsii, Oakes. This spe- 

 cies is quite common in a restricted locality near Bur- 

 lington, where it grows on the rocky banks of the \\*n- 

 ooski river and also on large rocks in the bed of the 

 stream which are covered only when the river is very 

 high. It has also been found by Mr. C. C. Frost on 

 W'illoughby Mountain, but I do not know of its exist- 

 ence anywhere else though Wood (Class-I3ook of Bot- 

 anv, page 31S), says, '"Ledges by rivers and lakes, 

 northern Vermont." Last <jf May. 



LIedysarum boreale. Xutt. Rare; \Villoughb\' Mount- 

 ain, Wood ; June. 



Desmodii-m acuminatl m. DC. 7)-cJ'oiI. licks. Rather 

 common in dry woods ; ^Vugust, 



U. Canadense, DC. Trefoil. Beggar-Lice. Com- 

 mon along large streams and in woods ; July. 



D. canescens, DC. Dry soil : not common ; August. 



D. DiLLENii, Darlingt. Dry woods in the southern 

 part of the State and very sparingly to the northward ; 

 August. 



D. NUDIFLORUM, DC. Beggar Ticks. Common ; 

 August. 



D, paniculatum, DC. Dry ground : August. 



