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AMPHICARPiEA, Elliott. Ground Peanut. 



MONOICA, Nuttall. Monmdous AmphicarpcBa. 



Damp thickets, rich wet woods. Common. July - October. 



BAPTISIA, Ventenat. Wild Indigo. 



TINCTORIA, R. Brown. Dyeing Baptisia. 



Dry woods anti -saudysoil. Between Schenectady and Amsterdam. Pearson. 



Saratoga county, L. Collins. Junius, Seneca county. Sartwell in herb. Ham. 



Coll. Greece^ Monroe county, Bradley. Vicinity of Rochester, CM. Booth. 



Scarce. June - August. 



CASSIA, L. Wild Senna. 



MARILANDICA, L. Maryland Cassia. 



Rich moist banlis. Abandant about Ballston lake, Pearson. Chenango val- 

 ley, Knieskern. Uncommon. July, August. 



CHAM.a:cRiSTA, L. Dwarf, Ground-ioicching Cassia. 



Sandy hills and grounds. A\hdiUj, Beck in herb. Whitesboro, Dr. Gates in 

 herb. B^k. Often introduced into gardens. July - October. 



NiCTiTANS, L. Sensitive-plant. Closing Cassia. 



Banks of gravel or sand. Common at Tarrytown, I.H.Hall. From the 

 North river, Sartwell in kerb. Ham. Coll. Troy, Beck in herb. 



Rare. July- September. 



G-YMNOCLADUS, Lamarck. Coffee-tree. 



CANADENSIS, Lam. Canadian Gymnocladiis. 



Rich bottoms along streams and shores Near Cayuga lake, Thompson in 

 Torrey Fl. N.Y. Ithaca, in herb. Van Duzee. Seneca lake, Sartwell in herb. 

 Ham. Coll. Rare. May, June. 



EOSACEJE. Roses. 



PRUNDS, L. Plums. Cherries. 



AMERICANA, Marshall. Wild Plum. 



Thickets on river-banks, along fences. Common over the tiats of the Mo- 

 hawk. ' April. 



SPINOSA, L. Thorny Plum. 



Roadsides and old fields. Frequent. April. 



DOMESTICA, L. Garden Plu7n. 



Common in the northern part of the county,^ spontaneous on edges of gar- 

 dens, dooryards, ami forming thickets along fences. May. 



PUMILA, L. Dwarf Cherry. 



Sterile rocks and sand. On the plains of Schenectady. Pearson Clefts of 

 rocks by the side of Black river opposite Watertown, Jefferson county. 



Rare. April, and early in May. 



PENNSYLVANICA, L. v Bird, Red Cherry. 



Abundant in clearings and ground recently burned over. Common in tho 

 fields of the north wood,s reverting to wilderness. The worthless successor of 

 the noble Spruce and valuable Pine. There is, however, only one generation : 

 after a few years, having attained the height of about thirty feet, they die 

 and fall, to be replaced by the hard woods. May. 



VIRGINIANA, L. Cal:r?£/, CJioke Cherry. 



Borders of woods, thickets, river-banks. Common. June. 



