72 EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT ON THE STATE CABINET. 



*PROCUMBENS,L. Hop, Procumbent Clover. 



Hillsides. Tarrytown. frequent; also along the Central railroad at Skanea- 

 teles lake outlet, I. H. Hall. Scarce. August. 



MELILOTUS, Tourn. Sweet Clover. 



* OFFICINALIS, "Willd. Yellow, Officinal Melilot. 



River-banks and roadsides. Not infrequent throughout the valley of the 

 Mohawk. Troy. Schenectady, Pearson. Fort-Plain, B. D. Gilbert. Little- 

 falls; Utica; Deerfleld. Uncommon. July - September. 



* ALBA, Lamarck. White-flowered Melilot. 



Roadsides and railroads. Utica. Syracuse. Auburn, Hall . 



Frequent. July - October. 



MEDIC AGO, L. Nonesuch. Black Medick. 



* LUPULINA, L. Hop-like Medicago. 



Waste places, streets, railroads. Common. May- November. 



MACULATA. Willd. Spotted-leaved Medicago. 



Barren grounds. About the Dexter factories, Oriskany, introduced among 

 wool, Vasey. Scarce. June - September. 



AMORPHA, L. False Indigo. 



fruticosa, L Shrubby Amorpha. 



var. lewisii. Collected by Lewis. 



Gravelly banks, along the Hudson river railroad, Tarrytown, well established, 



I. H. Hall. June, July. 



ROBINIA, L. . Locusts. 



pseudacacia, L. False-acacia Robinia. 



A common shade tree. Banks of the Hudson near Troy, Beck in herb. Ex- 

 tensively cultivated along the Central railroad, between Utica and Schenec- 

 tady, for timber. May, June. 



TEPHROSLA, Pers. Hoary Pea. 



VIRGINIANA, Persoon. Virginian Tephrosia. 



Sterile hills and sandy woods. Schenectady plains, Pearson. Fairfield, Her- 

 kimer county, in herb. Beck. Junius, Seneca county, Sartwell in herb. Ham. 

 Coll. Greece, Monroe county, Bradley. Rare. June - August. 



ASTRAGALUS, L. Milk-vetch. 



canadensis, L. Canadian Astragalus. 



Banks and shores. Along the east side of Onondaga lake. Seneca lake, Sart- 

 well in herb. Ham. Coll. Rare. June, July. 



cooperi, Gray. Discovered by William Cooper. 



Gravelly sides of lakes. Slopes along Onondaga lake between Salina and 

 Liverpool. Rare. July, August. 



DESMODIUM, DC. Tick- trefoils. Desmodia. 



♦ nudiflorum, DC. Naked-flower- stemmed Desmodium. 



Open woods, along streams. Schenectady, Pearson. Valley of the Mohawk. 



Frequent. July - August. 



•acuminatum, DC. Acuminate-leaflet ed Desmodium. 



Rich moist woods, bottoms of ravines. Common. August. 



