FABACEAE 403 



N. J. Frequent throughout the state. 



Pa. Northampton, Bucks, Philadelphia, Delaware and Chester 



counties. 



A rare and very local species about whose distribution little is 

 known. 



5. M. ochroleuca (M. A. Curtis) Kuntze. In woodlands: N. J. 



and Pa. to Ga. and Mo. 



Known only from Salem Co., N. J. and Northampton Co., Pa. 

 and with distributional features not easy of explanation. 



6. M. glabella (Michx.) Kuntze. In dry sandy woods: E. Mass. 



to N. Y., Pa. and S. Car. Very rare. 



Conn. Known definitely only from Waterford. 



N. Y. Known only from near Yonkers on the Hudson. 



N. J. Hunterdon and Morris counties, rare; not collected since 



1887. 

 Pa. Bucks Co. 



Distributional features unknown. 



7. M. sessilifolia (Torr.) Kuntze. In dry soil: Mass., R. I. and 



Conn, to Mich., Ky., Ark. and Tex. 



Conn. Rare and local in New London Co., near the drainage area 



of the Thames. 

 N. J. Known only from Hammonton, Atlantic Co. 



A very rare and local species whose distribution is little known. 



8. M. stricta (Pursh) Kuntze. Pine-barrens: N. J. to Fla., west 



to La. 



N. J. Frequent in the pine-barrens, decreasing in the area sur- 

 rounding them, unknown elsewhere. 



Tertiary, common on Beacon Hill, decreasing elsewhere: Cre- 

 taceous, scattered: Older Formations, o: Not north of the moraine. 

 170-220 days. About sea level. 



9. M. canescens (L.) Kuntze. In rich soil: Ont. to Mass., Fla., 



Minn, and Tex. 



Conn. Common along the coast, decreasing inland, except in the 



Connecticut River Valley. 

 N. Y. Throughout the area, decreasing northward. 

 N. J. Throughout the state, except in the pine-barrens, there 



wanting; common in the valley of the Delaware. 

 Pa. Northampton, Montgomery, Philadelphia, Bucks, Delaware 



and Chester counties. 



