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Lespedeza, Bush Clover. 

 L. capitata. Prairies; common. 

 L. violacea. 

 L. repens. 



Crotalaria, Rattle Pod. 



C. sagittalis. 



Trifolium, Clover. 

 fT. repens. White clover. 

 tT. pratense. Red clover. 

 T. reflexum. Buffalo clover. Rare. 



T. . One plant on bank of Waka- 



rusa. At the time I made it T. carolinianum, 

 but ? Flowers flesh-colored. 

 Melilotus. 

 fM. alba. Sweet clover. Gardens. 

 Psoralea. 

 P. floribunda. Prairies ; common. 

 *P. argophylla. Prairies ; scattered. 



P. stipulata. Prairies ; rare. 

 *P. esculenta. Prairies; not common. Has 

 a root shaped like a turnip, cnie inch in di- 

 umeter ; eaten by Indians. 



Amorpha, Lead Plaut. 

 A. fruticosa. Prairies ; common. 

 A. canescens. Prairies ; common. 

 Dalea. 



D. alopecuroides. Prairies ; common. 



Petalostemon. 

 P. candidum. Prairies ; common. 

 P. violaceum. Prairies ; common. 



Astragalus, Milk Vetch. 

 A. Canadensis. Occasional. 

 A. caryocarpus. Prairie pea. Rocky pla- 

 ces ; common. 



A. Mexicanus. Snow. 



Tephrosia, Goat's Rue. 

 T. Virginica. Handsome. Indicates sand 

 in the soil. 



Robinia, Locust. 

 fR. pseudacacia. Yellow locust. Likes 

 the country, but not the borers. 

 Apios, Ground Nut. 

 A. tuberosa. Wet places; tubers, several 

 on a root : eatable when cooked. 



Phaseolus, Kidney Bean. 

 P. diversifolius. Sandy places. 

 P. pauciflorus. Not common. 



Amphicarpea, Pea Vine. 

 A. monoica. Bushes. 

 A Pitcheri ? 



ROSACEAE. 



Prnnus, Plum and Cherry. 



P- Americana. Wild Plum. Common. 



P. serotina. Black Cherry. Rare. 

 Rubus, Bramble. 



R. villosus. High blackberry. Bushes, 

 common. 



R. Canadensis, Northern dewberry. 

 Stowy places ; occasional. 



R. occidentalis. Black raspberry. Bush- 

 es ; common. 



Geum, Avens. 

 G. album. Not rare. 

 G. Virginianum. Not rare. 



G. ? Root leaves polywoggy. 



Fragaria, Strawberry. 



F. Virginiana. Polygamous; the pistillate 

 blossoms have saiiall petals ; common. 



Potentilla, Cinquefoil. 

 P. Canadensis. Five-finger. 

 P. Norvegica. 

 P. paradoxa. Snow. 



Rosa, Rose. 

 R. setigera. Prairie Rose. Bushes, fine, 

 cultivated. 



R. lucida. Prairies. 



R. blanda. More common than the last. 

 A variety of one of these has fruit conical, 

 eight or ten together. 



Agrimonia, Agrimony. 

 A. eupatoria. 

 A. parviflora. 



Crataegus, Thorn. 

 C. tomentosa. Blackthorn. Common. 

 C. crus-galli. Cockspur thorn. Miami 

 county. 



Pyrus, Apple, Pear, etc. 

 P. coronaria. Wild Crab. Common. 



Saxifragaceae. 

 Ribes, Currant, Gooseberry. 

 R. lacustre. Gooseberry, with prickly 

 stems' and bristly fruit ; wet ground. 



R. rotundifolium. A smooth gooseberry, 

 woods ; common. 



Crassulaceae. 

 Sedum, Stone Crop. 

 S. pulchellum. Snow. 



Penthorum, Virginia Stone Crop. 

 P. sedoides. Wet places. 



Lythraceae. 

 Lythrum, Loosestrife. 

 L. alatum. Damp ; common. 



Ammannia. 

 A. latifolia. Wet. 



Onagraceae. 

 Jussirea. 

 J. repens. River mud. 



CEnothera, Evening Primrose. 

 Qi. sinuata. Snow. 

 CT^. biennis. Common. 

 Q!- pumila. 



CK. linearis. Near Black Jack. 

 (E. Missouriensis. Common ; flower very 

 large : fruit large, four-winged. 



Ol speciosa. Common ; flowers change 

 from white to red. 



Gaura. 



G. biennis. Common. 



■*G. linifolia. Common ; pretty. 

 *(i. mollis. 



