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ASTRAGALUS L. 

 A. Carolinianus L. (A. Canadensis L.). 



River banks. Monongalia : near Camp Eden. Preston : 

 along- Cheat River. Webster : Long Glade. Fayette : near 

 Hawk's Nest (James); near Nuttallburg {Nuttall). Sum- 

 mers : near Hinton. 



Specimens found by Mr. Nuttall in his locality resemble 

 so completely Linnaeus' description of A. Carolinianus — 

 which, however, is not sufificiently different from his A. 

 Canadensis published later, to consider these as two spe- 

 cies — the former must, theiefore, take precedence and stand 

 for the species. 

 A. distortus T. & G. 



Since the publication of the Preliminary Catalogue, Dr. 

 Gamble has succeeded in securing fruits of this species, re- 

 ported generically only in that work. This is the farthest 

 eastern extension of the species, which ranges, according to 

 the manual, from Illinois to Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and 

 Texas. 



Hardy: near Moorefield (Hopkins; Gamble) 



STYLOSANTHES Swartz. 

 S. biflora (L.), B. S. p. Pencil Flower. (S. clatior, Sw.). 

 Dry, open woods. Wirt : near Burning Springs. Up- 

 shur : summit on Staunton Pike. Summers : near Hinton. 

 Fayette : rocky banks of New River near Nuttallburg, 

 (Nuttall). Monongalia: near Camp Eden. 

 S. RiPARiA Kearney. (S. procumhens, Siv.). 



Shores of New River. Summers : near Hinton. 

 First report of this species north of Tennessee. 



MEIBOMIA Heist. 

 (Desmodium Desv.) 



M. NUDiFLORA (L.). Kuntze. Tick Tree-foil. 



Rich woods, common. Wood : near Leachtown. Randolph : 

 on Point Mountain. Webster : Buffalo Bull Mountain. Gil- 

 mer : near Glenville (Brown). Fayette: near Nuttallburg 

 (Nuttall). Summers: near Hinton. Preston: near Aurora 

 Mr. & Mrs. Steele). 

 M. PAuciFLORA (Nutt.) Kuutze. 



In woods along Laurel Branch east of Oceana, Wyoming 



county, alt. 2,000 feet, August 22, 1900 (Morris, 1291). 



M. GRANDiFLORA (Walt.). Kuutzc. D. acumintwn, D. C. 



Rich woods. Monongalia : Marion : Preston : Wetzel : 



Mineral : Jefferson : Berkeley and Calhoun counties. Fayette: 



