MICHIGAN FLORA. 



Black Sugar 

 M. 



Silver Maple. 

 White M. 



Red Maple. 

 Swamp M. 



Negundo. 

 Box-elder. 

 Ash-leaved 

 Maple. 



213. saccharinum, Wang., var. nigrum, T. & Gr. 



Th. 



Along with the preceding, and much resembling it. Distinguished best 

 by its prominent stipules and downy leaves. Common. 



214. dasycarpum, Ehrh. C. & S. 



Low ground along rivers. This and the next are fine shade and orna- 

 mental trees. Often planted. Common. 



215. rubrum, L. Th. 



On low ground and along streams. Very common. 



NEGUNDO 



216. aceroides, Moench. 0. & S. 



River banks. A small, handsome tree, with green twigs, ash-like leaves, 

 a H P?j? f .^ an ^ flowers and keys. Sometimes planted, and would be more 



Frequent. 



often if its value was known. 



Purple Poly- 

 gala. 



Poly gala. 



Polygala. 



Seneca Snake- 

 root. 



Broad-leaved 

 S.S. 



Pink Poly- 

 gala. 



Flowering 

 Wintergreen. 

 Fringed Poly- 



POLYGALACE^E. 



(Milkwort Family.) 



POLYGALA 



217. sanguinea, 



L. (***) 



C. &S. 



Local, but usually abun- 



s. 



Rare. 



c. &s. 



Flint; Lansing(!); Macomb Co.; Wayne Co.(!), etc. Common in some 

 places, rare in others. The fresh roots have the smell of wintergreen, 

 or Spirea lobata. 



Belding(!); Ionia(!); Flint; Macomb Co. 

 dant when found at all. 



218. cruciata, L. 



S. Mich— Wright Cat. 



219. verticillata, L. 



220. Senega, L. (*) 



221. Senega, L., var. latifolia, T. & Gr 



Hubbardston (!); Flint, etc. 



222. polygama, Walt. (***) 



Sandy soil. Ionia (!), Clinton (!) 



Th. 



Common. 

 Rare. 



3. & s. 



223. paucifolia, Willd. (***) 



Montcalm (!), and comities southward. 

 Infrequent. 



Common on pine land; the large, rose-purple flowers very beautiful. 

 Complonia, Rhus aromalica, Moneses, and this are often found together. 

 Dr. Wright found a variety with white flowers. 



LEGUMINOSiE. 



(Pulse Family.) 



LUPINUS 



Wild Lupine. 224. perennis, L 



Abun( 

 forn 



TKIFOL1UM. 



C. & S. 



Abundant in light sand. Flowers, a fine blue-purple, in May and Juno 

 forming great masses of color. Worth cultivating. 



Red Clover. 



225. pratense, L. (***) Th. 



Meadows and fields. Very extensively cultivated for hay and pasture, 

 and as a fertilizer of the soil, in which capacity it has no "equal. 



White clover. 226. repens, L. Th. 



Meadows, pastures, and road-sides. Very com. 



227. procumbens, L. 0. ft S. 



Yellow 

 Clover. 

 Low Hop-C. 



Ionia (!); Lansing (!), etc. Blossoms bright yellow and very pretty. 



Infr. 



Yellow 

 Melilot. 



MELILOTUS 



228. officinalis, Willd. (***) 



0. &S. 



Rare. 



