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T, hybridum l>. Ai >ikk Ci«)\ i'.k. IIonkn Ci.<»VKk. kecoming 

 conmiou. 1' lowers rosc-tintcd ; stems nol rootinj^ at the joints, 

 otherwise much hke the precedinj^. 



T. agrarium L. Yei.i.uw Clun kr. Hop Ci.ovkr. Abundantly 

 nalurah/.ed in dry fields, along roadsides, etc. A pretty clover, 

 with bright yellow tlower-heads, somewhat resembling hops. 



T. procumbens L. Dwaki- Hoi' Ciovkk. Very common in Ti- 

 t)ga ami l->roome counties, for the most part restricted to the 

 railways, growing between the ties, J'e>i;io, Cluic. Roadsides, 

 common. Jh-Ou'ii. Not reported elsewhere. Plant procumbent, 

 spreading, with llower-heads one-fourth the size of the preced- 

 ing. 



T. incarnatum L. Ckimso.n Ci.o\kr. Rare. Is occasionally 

 planted for forage and in time will doubtless become common. 

 Apalachin, Fenjio. Binghamton ; Tunkhannock, Clutc. 



MELILOTUS Juss. 



M, officinalis (L. ) Lam. Yellow Melilot. Yellow Sweet 

 Clovkr. Rare in the eastern part of our range; more common 

 west. In waste grounds, wet or dry. 



M. alba Lam. White Sweet Clover or Melilot. Very common 

 throughout, growing in the same places as the preceding and 

 especially along railways and river banks. The flowers and 

 leaves of both emit a strong, sweetish odor when drying. 



MEDICAGO L. 



M. sativa L. Alialfa. Lucerne. Found occasionally in Broome 

 county, Clutc. Flowers bluish-purple, racemed. Pods spirally 

 coiled. 



M. lupulina L. Black Medick. None.such. Infrequent; banks 

 of the Chemung near Elmira, Lucy . Becoming a weed in lawns, 

 Covillc. Flowers yellow. 



ROBINIA L. 



R. pseudacacia L. Common Locust. False Acacia. Plentiful, 

 especially near streams. Flowers large, white, sweet-scented, 

 in racemes. The wood is famed for its durability in exposed 

 situations ; fence posts of this wood have been known to last for 

 more than seventy years. 



