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Astragalus caryocarpus, Ker, Bot. Reg. 1816. 



Prairie; not uncommon. 

 A. Canadensis, L. Spec. 



Moist clay banks; frequent. 

 Glycyrrhiza l elm dot a, Pursh, Fl. 



Prairie ; scarce. 



North of College beyond Squaw creek ; near Ontario depot. 



Desmodium grandielorum, (Walt.) DC. Prod, ii.— H edysarum 

 grandiflorum, Walt. Fl. — D. acumitiatutn, DC. Prod. ii. 



Upland woods ; common. 

 D. Illinoense, Gray, Proc. Arner. Acad. viii. 1870. 



Prairie; not uncommon. 

 D. Dillenli, Darl. Fl. Cest. 2d ed. 



Borders of upland woods ; abundant. 



Stem pubescent at summit, glabrate below ; racemes usually simple and rather 

 few-rlowered; pods often with as many as six joints. 



D. Canadense, (L.) DC. Prod. ii. — Hedysarum Canadense, L. Spec. 

 Upland woods; frequent. 



D. sessilifolium, (Torr.) Torr. &Gray, Fl. i. p. 363.— li Hedysarum 

 sessilifolium, var. cuigustifolium, Tor." in Curtis. Pi. Wilming- 

 ton, 1834. 



Copses; abundant. 

 Lespedeza krutescens, (Willd.) Ell. Sk. ii. — Hedysarum frules- 

 cens. Willd. Spec, ii i - — L. capitata, Michx. Fi. 

 Prairie; abundant. 

 L. leptospachya, Engelm. in Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. xii. 1876. 

 Prairie; rare. 



Beyond road south of Veterinary Barn. There is also a specimen in the Engel- 

 mann herbarium from Ames, collected by Dr. Arthur. 



Vicia Cracca, L. Spec. 



A few plants collected on the campus near South Hall. 

 V. Americana, Muhl. in Willd. Spec. iii. 



Low ground; frequent. 

 Lathyrus venosus, Muhl. in Willd. Spec. iii. 



Upland woods; infrequent. 



Skunk river northeast of Ames, and elsewhere, 



L. palustris, L. Spec. 



Sloughs; not uncommon. 

 Apios tuberosa, Moench, Meth. 1794. 



Moist thickets; not uncommon. 

 STBOPHOSTYLE8 ANQULOSA, (Ort.) Ell. Sk. W.—Pliaseolus angulo- 



SUS, Ort. Nov. PI. 1797--1S00. 



