492 TRAXS. ST. I.OUrS ACAD. SCIEN'CE. 



Astragalus caryocarpus', Ker, Bot. Reg. 1816. 

 Prairie; not uncommon. 



A. Canadensis, L. Spec. 



Moist clay bankj. ; frequent. 

 GliYCYRRHIZA LEPIDOTA, Pursh, FI. 



Prairie; scarce. 



North of College beyond Squaw creek ; ne;ir Ontario depot. 



Desmodium grandiflorum, (Walt.) DC. Prod. u. — I/ed>jsarum 

 grandiflorutn, Walt. Fl. — D- acumitiaiutn, DC. Prod. ii. 



Upland woods ; common. 

 D. Illinoense, Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. viii. 1870. 



Prairie; not uncommon. 

 D. DiLLENii, Darl. Fl. Cest. 2d ed. 



Borders of upland woods ; abundant. 



Stem pubescent at summit, glabrate below ; racemes usualh- simple and rather 

 fe\v.flowered ; pods often with as many as six joints. 



D. Canadense, (L.) DC. Prod. u.—Hedysarum Canadense, L. Spec. 



Upland woods; frequent. 

 D. sessilifolium, (Torr.) Torr. &Gray, Fl. i. p. 363.— '^Hedysarum 

 sessi'h' folium, var. angustifoliumy Tor." in Curtis. PI. Wilming- 

 ton, 1834. 



Copses; abundant. 

 Lespedeza frutescens, (Willd.) Ell. Sk. ii. — Hedysarum fruies- 

 cens, Willd. Spec. iii. — L. capitaia, INIichx. Fl. 

 Prairie; abundant. 

 Li. leptospachya, Engelm. in Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. xii. 1876. 

 Prairie ; rare. 



Beyond road south of Veterinary Barn. There is also a specimen in the Engel- 

 mann herbarium from Ames, collected by Dr. Arthur. 



Vicia Cracca, L. Spec. 



A few plants collected on the campus near South Ilall. 

 V. Americana, Muhl. in Willd. Spec. iii. 



Low ground ; frequent. 

 Lathyrus venosus, Muhl. in Willd. Spec. iii. 



Upland woods ; infrequent. 



Skunk river northeast of Ames, and elsewhere. 



L. PALUSTRis, L. Spec. 



Sloughs; not uncommon. 

 Apios tuberosa, Moeuch, Meth. 1794. 



Moist thickets ; not uncommon. 

 Strophostyi.es angulosa, (Ort.) Ell. Sk. ii. — Phaseolus angulo- 

 sus, Ort. Nov. PI. 1797-1S00. 



