\l{) OEOI.OlirrAIi SITRVKY OK (VVNADA. 



141. ROBINIA, Linn. (LOCUST-TREE.) 



(48(5.) R. Pscudacacia, Linn, tlommon Locust. 



Ciillivatotl and ^^nowiiii^ s|toiit:inoously iVom l»olh snckoi's and seeds. 

 Vvonx Xova Seoiia to wostoni Oniaiio. It. l)0('omos a lars^o tree and is 

 olU'n CO foot lii.i:;Ii. 



(487.) P. viscose, Vont. (.'lammy [ioousl. 



/'. iiisjiiild, Matoiiii's Cat., No. \'24. 



Cidtivatod with tho j)rooedini:c. '"K never attaining a large size. 

 Hotli spooics are very showy and aro much valuo(l foi' oi-naniental 

 j>urpo.ses. 



142. ASTRAGALUS, Linn. (MILK VETCH.) 



(488.) A. lentiginosus, Oougl. Hook. Fl. L, 15L 



A. diapJuiniiK, Dougl. Hook. Fl. 1., 151. 



]5arren grounds in tlie valley of the Columbia. (Douglas.) Nicola 

 Valley, B.C. (Daivson.) 



(480.) A. caryocarpus, Ker. Hook. Fl. I., 150. 



Hilly grounds of the Saskatchewan, especially about Carlton. {Doug- 

 las.) Quite common on the prairie, from the Eed Eiver, westward. 

 It grows in large tufts, which He flat on the ground in fruit. {Macoun.) 



(490.) A. Lyailil, Gray. 



Probably in the mountains, along the southern boundary of British 

 Columbia. (Lyall.) 



(491.) A. Canadensis, Linn. Canadian Milk Vetch. 



A. CaroUnianus, Linn. Pur.sh, 472. 



Eiver banks and rocky margins of fields. Vicinity of Quebec to the 

 Eocky Mountains, and north to Nelson Eiver, near Hudson's Bay. 



(492.) A. adsurgens, Pall. Hook. Fl. L, 149. 

 .1. siriatus, Xutt. Torr. & Gray, FL 1, 330. 



Plains of the Saskatchewan and Assiniboine Eivers, as far as the 

 mountains. (Bichardson.) Very abundant on the prairie, from the 

 Eed Eiver to the Eocky Mountains, and north to Green Lake, Lat 56°. 

 (Macaiin.) Nelson Eiver, between Lake \Yinnij)eg and the coast of 

 Hudson's Bay. (R. Bell.) Common along the 49th parallel, and at 

 Woody Mountain. (Dawson.) 



