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Juncus tenuis Willd. 
Colorado: Boulder, occasional along brooks, September 2 (762). 
de: Manhattan, in wet meadows, common, July 17-19 (441); Bozeman, in 
s with Juncus neradensis, July 22 (2211); Logan, wet river banks, com- 
inon, July 27 (507); Townsend, banks of the Missouri River, July 15 (2149). 
Juncus torreyi Coville. 
Montana: Gallatin, in wet, sandy soil, common, July 29 (533). 
Juncus xiphioides montanus Engelmann. 
a Idaho Springs, along the margins of a mountain brook, scarce, July 26-28 
Idaho: Tak Canyon, along brooks, August 7 (583, 2335). 
Montana: Lima, around a large spring, not common, June 30 (2066); Helena, in wet 
places along streams, and in such places forming a small part of the hay; Man- 
hattan, in meadows near the Gallatin River, July 17-19 (2197). 
Juncoides campestre (L.) Kuntze. 
Montana: Bozeman, on the east side of Mystic Lake, rare, July 25 (2255). 
Juncoides parviflora (Ehrh.) Coville. 
Colorado: Georgetown, along small streams, rare, August 17-21 (2372); Silver Plume, 
common along streams, iot 21 (2426). 
à POLYGONACEZ. 
Polygonum A 
eee Butte, common, July 31 (548). *'I noticed cattle eating this in a pasture 
t Dillon” * ar). 
CHENOPODIACES. 
Eurotia lanata L. (White Sage, Winter Fat). 
Montana: Melrose, on the dry bench lands, common, July 6 (361, 2114). A valuable 
winter forage plant, especially for sheep 
APOCYNACEZ. 
Apocynum cannabinum L. (Indian Hemp). 
Montana: Logan, in low meadows along the river, common, July 27 (518). Said to 
e eaten by stock when cured with grass. 
LEGUMINOSA.: 
Leguminose are the clovers, peas, beans, etc., including many of our best forage 
plants. "They are particularly rich in nitrogen. Several native species are found 
to be of value in the Rocky Mountain region, especially the wild clovers (species of 
Trifolium). 
Thermopsis tana Nutt 
Montana: Melrose, common in wet meadows, and said to be eaten by stock when in 
ay; it is perhaps worth investigation, August 1 (544). 
T beckwithii Brewer; (Red Wild Clover). 
oming: Near Green River, rare, June 25 (2047). 
bok ery Dillon, frequent in irrigated meadows, July 3 (338). 
Growth often quite large, and the species is apparently worthy of cultivation. 
Trifolium longipes Nutt. (White Wild Clover). 
‘Determined by Mr. C. L. Pollard. 
