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ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



[Oct. 8, 



219. 



XOI. DESMODIUM Desv. [Meibomia Adans.] 



D. nudiflorum DC. [Meibo?nia nudiflora (L.) Kuntze.] 



Dry open woods ; frequent. 



A form with white flowers occurs on the bank of Genesee river, near 

 Hanford's Landing. 

 220. D. acuminatum DC. [Meibomia grandifiora (Walt.) Kuntze.] 



Rich woods, river banks, ravines ; common. 

 22i. D. pauciflorum DC. [Meibomia ft auciflora (Nutt.) Kuntze.] 



Rare. Woods on the bank of Irondequoit bay, Dr. Searing. 



222. D rotundifolium DC. [Meibomia rotundifolia (Michx.) Kuntze.] 



Dry woods, oak openings, copses, river banks ; frequent. 



223. D. canescens DC. [Meibomia canescens (L.) Kuntze.] 



Rare. Orleans county, Miss Lucy Weld. 



224. D. cuspidatum Torr. & Gray. [Meibomia bracteosa (Michx.) Kuntze.] 



Dry woods and along streams ; frequent. 



225. D. Dillenii Darl. [Meibo?nia Dillenii (Darl.) Kuntze.] 



Dry woods, banks, ravines ; not common. 



226. D. paniculatum DC. [Meibomia ft aniculata (L.) Kuntze.] 



River banks, ravines, woods, thickets ; frequent. 



227. D. Canadense DC. [Meibomia Canadensis (L.) Kuntze.] 



Woods and banks of streams ; common. 



228. D. rigidum DC. [Meibomia rigida (Ell.) Kuntze.] 



Rev. J. E. Baker. Dr. Searing. 



229. D. ciliare DC. [Meibomia obtusa (Muhl.) A. M. Vail.] 



Rare. Bank of Allen's creek, G. T. Fish. Mendon, M. S. Baxter. 



230. D. Marilandicum F. Boott. [Meibomia Mary landica (L.) Kuntze.] 



Rare. Bank of Irondequoit bay, Dr. C . M. Booth. Wayne county. 



102. LESPEDEZA Michx. 



231. L. violacea Pers. (L. violacea var. divei'gens Man.) [L.violacea (L.) Pers.] 



Dry banks, thickets, sandy woods ; frequent. 



232. L. Stuvei Nutt. 



Dry banks ; scarce . Along Genesee river and around Irondequoit bay. 



233. L. Stuvei Nutt. var. intermedia Watson. (Z. violacea var. sessiliflora 



Man., p. 137.) [L. frutescens (L.) Britton.] 

 Same range as the two preceding, but more abundant. 



234. L. polystachya Michx. (L. hirta Ell.) [L. hirta (L.) Ell.] 



Dry banks and woods ; frequent. 



235. L. capitata Michx. 



Rare. Near Rochester, L. Holzer. Wayne county. 



103. VICIA Tourn. [L.] 



236. V. sativa L. Common Vetch. 



Roadsides and borders of fields ; scarce. 



