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walk (Eames), Salisbury (Mrs. C. S. Phelps). May — June. 

 Adventive from the Southwest. 



Cultivated as as ornamental shrub. 



GLYCYRRHIZA L. Liquorice. 

 Glycyrrhiza lepidota (Nutt.) Pursh (scaly). 

 Wild Liquorice. 



Rare. New Haven, formerly well established on a road- 

 side (D. C. Eaton) ; now apparently exterminated. May — 

 Aug. Fugitive from the West. 



CORONILLA L. 



Coronilla varia L. (variable). 



Crown Vetch. Russian Clover. Axwort. 



Occasional. Roadsides, waste places and in open fields as 

 an escape from cultivation. June — Sept. Naturalized from 

 Europe. 



Very persistent and difficult to eradicate. 



DESMODIUM Desv. Tick Trefoil. 

 Desmodium nudiflorum (L.) DC. (naked-flowered). 

 Meibomia nudiHora Kuntze. 



Occasional or frequent. Dry woods. July — Aug. 



Desmodium grandifiorum (Walt.) DC. (large-flowered). 

 Desmodium acuminatum DC. 

 Meibomia grandiiiora Kuntze. 



Occasional or frequent. Dry rocky woods, usually in rich 

 soil. July — Aug. 



Desmodium rotundifolium (Michx.) DC. (round-leaved). 

 Meibomia Michauxii Vail. 



Occasional or local. Dry woods and hillside thickets. July 

 — Aug. 



Desmodium glabellum (Michx.) DC. 

 Desmodium huuiifusum Beck. 

 Meibomia glabella Kuntze. 



Rare. Waterford, in dry woods (Graves). Aug. 



Desmodium canescens (L.) DC. 

 Meibomia canescens Kuntze. 



