356 SYNOPSIS OP THE FLOE A OF THE 



Melilotus, Toiirn. Melilot. Sweet Clover, 



M. officinalis, Willd. Yellow Melilot. 



Introduced. Waste or cultivated grounds. River side, near Belleville,. 

 Onfc. (Macoun). Near the Citadel, Quebec (Brunet). Montreal (Maclagan).. 

 New Brunswick (Dr. Fowler). Toronto (Buclian). 



M. alba, Lam. White Melilotus. 



Introduced. Waste or cultivated grounds. A weed or flower in gardens, 

 Belleville (Macoun). Bank of tlie St. Lawrence, near Prescott (Billings), 

 New Brunswick (Dr. Fowler). 



Medicago, L. Medick. 



M. sativa, L. Lucern. 



Introduced. Sandy fields. Nortkumberland County, rare, and Owen 

 Sound (Macoun.) 



M. liipulina, L. Black Medick. 



Introduced. Waste places. Abundant in Central Canada. Common in 

 Eastern Ontario (Billings). Frequent in Western Ontario (Logic, Gibson). 

 New Brunswick (Dr. Fowler). 



RoBiNiA, L. Locust Tree. 



H. Pseudacacia, L. Common Locust or False Acacia. 



Introduced. Cultivated as an ornamental tree. 



R. viscosa, Vent. Clammy Locust. 



Introduced. Cultivated as an ornamental tree. Scarce. This is much 

 smaller than the H. Pseudacacia. 



Astragalus, L. Milk-Yetch. 



A. Canadensis, L. Canadian Milk-Yeteli. 



Indigenous. River banks. New Brunswick (Dr. Fowler). Borders of 

 rivers near Quebec (Brunet). Montreal Island (Dr. Holmes). Prescott and 

 Brockville (Billings). Rice Lake, Belleville on the Moira, banks of Trent 

 (Macoun). Near Cove, vicinity of London (Saunders). Burlington Heights 

 (Logie). River aux Sables, south. Lake Huron (Gibson). Kingston, Wolfe 

 Island, Goat Island, Navy Island, Maiden (Maclagan). Michipicotin Island, 

 Kaministiquia River, and New Portage, Dawson Route (Macoun). Plains of 

 Saskatchewan (Bourgeau). 



A. Cooperi, Gray. '. 



Indigenous. Rocky grounds. Meyersburg and vicinity of Marmora Village ; 

 Bruce Peninsula, Ont. (Macoun). La Cloche Island and Whiskey Island, Lake 

 Huron (Dr. Bell). Hamilton (Logie). Montreal Island (Maclagan). 



A. Robbinsii, Gray, 



Indigenous. Reeky ledges. Acadia, valley of the St. Lawrence (G. F^ 

 Matkcw.) 



