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*281. Li. palustris, L. Th. 



Ann Arbor ; Ionia ; Bay City; Antrim Co.; Petoskey to L. Sup. This and the next are both common in 

 C., growing in marshes along with Apios tuberosa, Campanula aparinoides, etc. 



*282. var. myrtifolius, Gray. Th. 



Infrequent. 



1OO. APIOS, BOERHAAVE. 



* 283. A. tuberosa, Moench. Ground-nut. Wild Bean. C. & S. 



A curious vine, with edible tubers, and fragrant, chocolate-brown flowers. Common. 



101. STKOPHOSTYLES, Ell. 



284. S. aiigulosa, Ell. Wild Bean. S. 



S. E. along shore, and on the islands of Lake Erie, and shore of Lake Michigan at So. Haven, Bailey. 

 Probably not much farther north, and not found in the interior. 



1O2. AMPHICARP^EA, Ell. HOG PEA-NUT. 

 *285. A. moiioica, Nutt. Th. 



Fields and woods. Common. 



*286. A. Pitcheri, T. & G. 



Moist woodlands. Hubbardston; Lenawee Co., Dr. Beal. 



1O3. CEKCIS, L. RED-BUD. JUDAS-TREE. 



*287. C. iJanadeiisis, L. C. & S. 



Indigenous throughout the southern part of the State, and as far N. in the west as Grand River valley. 

 Plaster creek, Grand Rapids Garfield ; Ionia Le Valley; banks of Thornapple river. Eaton Co.; Ann 

 Arbor; Adrian; South Haven, etc. This tree is quite frequent in the valley of the river Raisin, 10 miles S. 

 W. of Adrian, in company with Negundo, Gymnocladiis, and JEscuhis glabra. The largest trees are ten 

 inches in diameter, Henry Owen. 



1O4. CASSIA, Tourn. SENNA. 

 *288. C. Jlarilamlica, L. Wild Senna. C. & S. 



Lyons ; Grand Haven ; Ann Arbor, etc. River banks; a tall weed with bright yellow blossons. Infre- 

 quent. 



1O5. GYMNOCLAOUS, Lam. KENTUCKY COFFEE-TREE. 

 *289. O. Canadeiisis, Lam. C. & S. 



A slender tree along the river banks as far N. as Maple river, in Clinton Co.; alsp Fish creek, Mont- 

 calm Co.; banks of Grand river, etc. The largest specimen seen was about 60 feet high, and less than a 

 foot in diameter. Farther south a large tree. Infrequent. 



106. OLEDITSCHIA, L. HONEY-LOCUST. 



290. O. triacaiithos, L. Three-thorned Acacia. Honey-Locust, S. 



Grows along the river Raisin, and is certainly indigenous. Often two feet in diameter, Dr. Beal, 

 Henry Owen, et al. Along the St. Joseph, also, and in other localities in the extreme S. D.undee, Niles, - 

 Wheeler. 



XXX. ROSACES. EOSE FAMILY. 



107. PKUNUS, Tourn. PLUM, CHERRY, ETC. 



*291. P. Americana, Marshall. Wild Yellow or Red Plum. Th. 



Along our rivers ; the fruit either round or oblong, yellow, red, or green, and pleasant or bitter. Along 

 Black River, Cheboygan Co., B. & K. 



292. P. pumila, L. Dwarf Cherry. Sand Cherry. Th. 



L. Sup.; Emmet Co.; Honghton Lake; Mecosta Co.; South Haven; Saginaw Bay. Winchell, etc. 

 Frequent in the N. half of the L. P., but not yet found in the interior 8. of Saranac, Ionia Co., where it 

 occurs in a dry glade along with Synthyris, Castilleia, Lupinus, and Senecio aureus. 



*293. P. Pennsylvania, L.f. Wild Red Cherry. Th. 



Very abundant on sandy land in the N. half of the State, but less common southward, where P. 

 serotina, takes its place. Occasionally it becomes a good sized tree, 40-50 feet high, a foot and a half in 

 diameter. One such stands by the roadside near Prairie Creek, in Ronald Tp., Ionia Co. 



