404 FABACEAE 



Tertiary, not on Beacon Hill, scattered elsewhere: Cretaceous, 

 common : Older Formations, scattered. Predominating south of the 

 moraine. 170-224 days. Sea level-1,750 ft. 



10. M. bracteosa (Michx.) Kuntze. In thickets: Me. to Ont., 



Fla., Mo. and Tex. 



Conn. Not uncommon in Fairfield Co. and along the coast and 



up the Connecticut Valley, rare or wanting elsewhere. 

 N. Y. On L. I. and S. I., unknown in the Bronx, decreasing up the 



Hudson Valley to Dutchess Co. Not known from the Catskills. 

 N. J. Rare in Gloucester Co. near the Delaware, thence wanting 



northward to Middlesex Co., thence increasing but not common 



northward. 

 Pa. Monroe, Northampton, Montgomery, Bucks, Philadelphia, 



Delaware and Chester counties. 



Tertiary, o: Cretaceous, very rare: Older Formations, not very 

 common. 138-220 days. Sea level-2,100 ft. 



11. M. paniculata (L.) Kuntze. Indrysoil: Ont. to Minn., Mass., 



Fla. and Tex. 



Common throughout the range, except in the pine-barrens of N. J., 

 there rare or wanting; not abundant on the coastal plain of L. I. 



12. M. laevigata (Nutt.) Kuntze. In dry woods: S. N. Y. to 



Fla., Mo. and Tex. 



N. Y. Common on L. I., particularly eastward and south of the 

 moraine, and on S. I.; formerly local in the Bronx Valley. 



N.J. Very rare in the pine-barrens at Winslow Junction; increas- 

 ing in the region surrounding the pine-barrens; reported from 

 Morris Co.; scattered in Mercer and Hudson counties north of 

 the coastal plain. 



Pa. Known only from Northampton (?), Montgomery, Phila- 

 delphia and Delaware counties. 

 Tertiary, very rare on Beacon Hill, increasing elsewhere, but 



nowhere common: Cretaceous, more common: Older Formations, 



rare and scattered exclusively south of the moraine, except for a 



few records on L. I. 189-220 days. About sea level. 



13. M. viridiflora (L.) Kuntze. In dry woods: E. Pa. and S. 



N. Y. to Fla., Mich., Mo. and Tex. 



N. Y. Reported but not definitely known from L. I., rare on S. I. 



and at Woodlawn, N. Y. City; formerly at Inwood; unknown 



elsewhere. 



