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Obs. A shrub, 2 — 3 feet high. Flowers in May. This 

 plant is undoubtedly quite distinct from C. intermedins, Pursh, 

 which is merely a narrow-leaved form of C. Americanus, 

 nearly confined to the Southern States. The specific name of 

 Bigelow is not happily chosen, as the leaves are for the most 

 part oblong-lanceolate. 



LEGUMINOS^E. 



8. Lathyrus pisiformis, Linn. De Cand. Prodr. II. p. 

 371. Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. I. p. 158. L. maritimus, Bigel. 

 Fl. Bost. ed. 2. p. 268. Pisum maritimum, Linn, et aliorum. 



Shore of Lake Ontario. Flowers June — August. It agrees 

 with our sea-shore plant in every respect. 



9. L. ochroleuctjs, Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1. p. 158. L. 

 pisiformis, Rich, in Frankl. Jour. app. p. 28. L. glaucifolius, 

 Beck. Bot. and Middle States, p. 90. 



Gorham, Ontario county, Dr. H. P. Sartwell : Watertown, 

 Jefferson county, Dr. Crawe. 



Obs. This species resembles L. venosus, Muhl. but differs 

 in its ochroleucous flowers and larger stipules. L. venosus also 

 has larger leaves, which, with the segments of the calyx, are 

 much more prominently veined. 



10. L. palustris, Linn. Pursh, Fl. II. p. 147. 

 Along the banks of rivers and lakes. Its leaves from lan- 

 ceolate (the ordinary form) to oblong-ovate. 



11. L. myrtifolius, Muhl. in Willd. Spec. III. p. 1091. 

 De Cand. Prodr. II. p. 371. Pursh, Fl. II. p. 471. L. stipu- 



laceus, Le Conte, in Cat. N. Y. Plants, p. 92. 



Grows in similar situations with the preceding, from which 

 it may not be specifically distinct. Leoeves elliptical or oval, in 

 3 — 4 pairs, ( u folis quatuor," Pursh.) Stem naked or winged ; 

 stipules variable in size. 



