CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 93 



PAPILIONACEAE. Pea Family. 

 AMORPHA L. False Indigo. 



720. A. canescens Xutt. Lead-Plant. 



Dry bluffs at Plaiiifielcl Village; scarce. Mid-June-Mid-July. 

 Rare in the State. 



AMPHICARPA EH. Hog Pea-nut. 



Falcata Gmel. 



721. A. monoica Ell. 



F. comosa (L.) Kunt/.e. 

 Fields and woods; common. Aug.-Sept. 



Subterranean flowers are abundant when the plant grows in 

 moist soil; in dry soil the flowers are produced on the stem. 



722. A. Pitcheri Torn & Gray. 



In wet woods along Page Creek (Mrs. Mary E. Bennett). Aug. 



APIOS Moench. 



723. A. tuberosa Moench. Ground-nut. Wild Bean. 

 ^1. Aplos (L.) MacM. 



Abundant on low ground. Aug. 



The long underground shoots bear numerous, tuberous thick- 

 enings which are edible. It rarely fruits in the State. 

 ASTRAGALUS L. Milk- Vetch. 



724. A. Cooperi Gray. 



Phaca neyhicta Torr. & Gray. 

 On steep banks. June. 



Rather abundant on the Lakeside Club Grounds, Reed's Lake; 

 Rouge River at Plaiufield Village, it alsov occurs at intervals 

 along this River above the Village. Infrequent in the State, 

 although well distributed. 



DESMODIUM Desv. Tick-Trefoil. 

 Meihomia Adans. 



725. D. acuminatum DC. 



M. graitdlfloru (Walt.) Kuntze. 

 In woodlands; common. Mid- July- Aug. 



