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METROPOLITAN PARK FLORA. 



MELILOTUS, Tourn. Melilot. Sweet Clover. 

 M. officinalis, Willd. Yellow Melilot. 



Adv. from Eu. in waste or cult, places. B, occasional. 



MEDICAGO, Tourn. Medick. 



M. lupulina, L. Black Medick. 



Adv. from Eu. in waste places. B, common : — M, com- 

 mon in fields and by roadsides : — B B*, occurs. 



TEPHROSIA, Pers. Hoart Pea. 

 T. Virginiana, Pers. Hoart Pea. Goat's Rue. 



Dry sandy soil and open woods. B, occasional ; E. slope of 

 Great Blue Hill ; by Hoosicwhisick Pond, etc. 



ROBINJA, L. Locust-tree. 



R. Pseudacacia, L. Common Locust. 



Cult, as an ornamental tree and nat. in many places ; native 

 South and West. B, clearing off Willard St. : —M, occasional 

 near roads ; frequent in rocky woods, mostly as a shrub ; a 

 tree 30 ft. high, near Melrose Reservoir : — $;>nd BB, occurs. 



Tick Trefoil. 



B*, common throughout: — M* 



DESMODIUM, Desv 

 D. nudifiorum, DC. 



Dry and rocky woods, 

 frequent : — 8, occasional. 

 D. acuminatum, DC. 



Rich open woods. B*, frequent; S. slope of Great Blue 

 Hill, etc. : — M, rocky open woods ; S. of Melrose Reservoir : 

 — 8, rare. 

 D. roiundifolium, DC. 



Dry rocky woods. B *, common, spreading rapidly in newly 

 burnt ground : — M and 8*, dry woods. 

 D. cuspidatum, Torr. & Gray. 



Thickets. B*, occasional; S. slope "of Great Blue Hill; 

 near Hawk Hill : — M *, rocky open woods near Black Rock : 

 — 8, rocky woods. 



