HITCHCOCK — PLANTS OF AMES, IOWA. 49 I- 



r. PRATENSK, L. Spec. 



Meadows and pastures; common. 

 T. KEPEXS, L. 8pee. 



Meadows and open woods; common. 

 T. agrarium, L. Spec. 



Several specimens collected along the railroad two m'les east of 

 Ames in 1S86. 

 T. procumbens, L. Spec. 



Meadows and pastures; infrequent. 



College campus; Union creek; Skunk river northeast of Ames. 



Melilotus officinalis, (L.) Willd. Enum. — Trifolium Melilo- 



tus officinalis^ L. Spec. 



Roadsides and waste places; infrequent. 



Streets of Ames, three miles north of College, and elsewhere. Pods plump and 

 smooth. 



M. ALBA, Lam. Diet. iv. p. 63. 



Roadsides and waste places; infrequent. 

 Abundant along road two miles west of College. 



Medicago sativa, L. Spec. 



Sparinglj' escaped along roadsides. 

 M. lupulina, L. Sjiec. 



Occasionally found in waste places. 

 PSORALEA ARGOPHYLLA, Pursh, Fl. 



Prairie; abundant. 

 Amorpha canescens, Pursh. Fl. 

 Prairie; common. 

 The name first appears in Fraser's Catalogue, which is a seedsman's catalogue 

 and contains no description of it. Pursh uses the same name and publihes a descrip- 

 tion, but does not quote Fras. Cat., although he does quote it for other species. 

 Nuttall in his Genera publishes a description, and quotes " T. N. Fras. Cat." He 

 prefixes the -jf, which indicates n. s/>. The remark is made that Pursh saw a flow- 

 ering specimen only, in Nuttall's herbarium. 



A. FRUTicosA, L. Spec. 



Sloughs and river banks; tVequent. 

 Dalea alopecuroides, Willd. Spec. iii. 



Infrequent along the railroad. 

 Petalostemon violaceus, (Willd.) Michx. Fl. — Dalea violacea, 

 Willd. Spec. iii. p. 1337. — D. furpurea, \'ent. Hort. Cels. iSoo. 

 Prairies; abundant. 

 P. CANDiDUS, (Willd.) Michx. Fl. — Dalea Candida, Wild. Spec. iii. 



Prairie; abundant. 

 P. villosus, Nutt. Gen, 



A few plants collected along the railroad two miles east of Ames 

 in 1S86. 

 Robiuia pseudaeacia, L. Spec. 



Sparingly introduced along hedges two miles south of the College; four miles 

 south of Northwest School. 



