No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 25 1 



Rare. Fields and waste ground: Naugatuck (Mrs. C. H. 

 Lyman & B. B. Bristol), Bridgeport (Eames). June — Sept. 

 Adventive from Europe. 



AMORPHA L. 



Amorpha fruticosa L. (shrubby). 

 False or Bastard Indigo. 



Rare. Roadsides as an escape from cultivation: Middle- 

 town (Harger), Southington (Andrews), New Haven (D. 

 C. Eaton), Hartford and Wethersfield (Bissell). May— July. 

 Adventive from the West. 



TEPHROSIA Pers. Hoary Pea. 



Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers. 

 Cracca virginiana L. 

 Goat's Rue. Catgut. 



Rare or local. Dry sandy or rocky soils. June. 



The roots are sometimes used medicinally. 



ROBINIA L. Locust. 



Robinia Pseudo-Acacia L. (false Acacia). 

 Common or Black Locust. False Acacia. 



Frequent. Fields and roadsides as an escape from cultiva- 

 tion. June. Naturalized from the SoutTh 



Cultivated for ornament and sometimes planted to cover 

 sand-blows. The wood is hard and very durable, used for 

 fence-posts and railroad ties. The bark of the root is 

 medicinal. 



Robinia viscosa Vent, (sticky). 

 Clammy Locust. 



Occasional. Roadsides, fields and woods, usually in sandy 

 ground. June — July. Naturalized from the South. 



Robinia hispida L. (rough-hairy). 



Rose Acacia. Flowering or Bristly Locust. 



Rare. Dry or sandy roadsides as an escape from cultiva- 

 tion: Groton (Graves), Guilford (G. H. Bartlett), South 

 Windsor (Weatherby), North Haven (Harger), Berlin and 

 Southington (Andrews & Bissell), Seymour and South Nor- 



