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Easily overlooked, as it much resembles the Indian Cucumber-root 

 (Medeola Virginiana, L. ) 



PEA FAMILY 

 Desmodium Canadense, DeCaiidolle 

 Bloomfield, roadsides and adjacent fields; common 

 Canaan, base of the mountain in good soil; one plant 

 Canton, dry roadside soil ; in quantity 

 Cromwell, roadsides throughout the hill section ; common 

 East Hartford, in poor soil throughout the town; common 

 East Granby, prolific growth on roadside margins; common 

 Enfield, as a wayside plant 

 Hartford, fairly good soil in Keney Park 

 Manchester, roadsides almost hedged in with it; handsome 

 Meriden, diy sandy fields along the lailroad ; common 

 Milford, railroad grounds; noticeable 

 Naugatuck Junction, clumps in poor soil, partly cinders 

 Portland, in long stretches by the roadside; common 

 Rocky Hill, as a roadside plant it is the most noticeable 

 Simsbury, roadsides and oi)en fields between the mountain ranges 

 Somers. as a wayside plant; common 

 South Glastonbury, sandy hillsides; common 

 South Windsor, sandhills about Pleasant Valley; abundant 

 Tolland, gravelly loadside soil; common 

 Vernon, sandy sterile soil along the railroad; abundant 

 Wallingford, sand blows throughout 

 Windsor, poor soil; abundant 



Desmodium canescexs, DcCandolle 

 Cromwell, along roadsides and probably elsewhere 

 East Hartford, tobacco land and dry soil generally; common 

 East Granby, margins of tobacco fields; common 

 Farmington, dry roadside soil to Rattlesnake Mt. ; noticeable 

 East Windsor, along roadsides at frequent intervals 

 Middletown, dry banks, roadsides; frequent 

 Norwalk, dry soil in fields, etc. ; frequent 

 Portland, about gravel banks; common 

 Rocky Hill, dry hills; well distributed 

 Somers, places along the roadside; plentiful 

 South Glastonbury, dry hills and fence rows ; frequent 

 South Windsor, sands and roadsides; common 



"" Desmodium bracteosum, DeC'andoUe 

 Canton, thicket along the railroad; few plants 

 East Granby, roadside to Rainbow; few plants 

 East Windsor, along the Scantic River below Broad Brook; many 



plants 

 Manchester, wooded slope north of the Wickham estate; few plants 



