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AMPHICARPJEA, Elliott. Ground Peanut. 



MONOICA, Xuttall. Monatcious Amphicarp&a. 



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



BAPTISIA, Ventenat. Wild Indigo. 



tixctoria, R. Broicn. Dyeing Baptisia. 



Dry woods and sandy soil. Between Schenectady and Amsterdam. Pearson. 

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

 Coll. Greece. Monroe county, Bradley. Vicinity of Rochester, C .31. Booth. 



Scarce. June - August. 



CASSIA, L. Wild Senna. 



MAB.ILANDICA, L. Maryland Cassia. 



Rich moist banks. Abundant -about Ballston lake, Pearson. Chenango val- 

 ley, Knieskern. Uncommon. July. August. 



CHAMiECRlSTA, L. Dwarf, Ground-touching Cassia. 



Sandy hills and grounds. Albany. Beck in herb. TThitesboro. Dr Gates in 

 herb. Beck. 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 

 Xorth river. Sartwell in kerb. Ham. Coll. Troy. Beck in herb. 



Rare. July- September. 



GYMNOCLADTJS, Lamarck. Coffee-tree. 



canadensis, Lam. Canadian Gymnocladus. 



Rich bottoms along streams and shores Sear Cayuga lake. Thompson in 

 Torrey Fl. X-Y. Ithaca, in kerb. Van Duzee. Seneca lake, Sat-twell in herb. 

 Ham. Coll. Rare. May, June. 



ROSACEA Roses. 



PB.UNUS, L. Plums. Cherries. 



Americana, Marshall. Wild Plum. 



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

 hawk. April. 



SPINOSA, L. Thorny Plum. 



Roadsides and old fields. Frequent. April. 



DO ME STIC A. L. Garden Plum. 



Common in the northern part o'f the county, spontaneous on edges of gar- 

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



ptjmila, L. Divarf Cherry. 



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

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



Rare. April, and early in May. 



pennsylvanica, L. Bird, Red Cherry. 



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

 fields of the north woods 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 1'eet, they die 

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



Virginian A, L. Calinjst, GWke Cherry. 



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



