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Obs. a shrub, 2 — 3 feet high. Flowers in May. This 
plant is undoubtedly quite distinct from C. intermedins, Piirsh, 
which is merely a narrow-leaved form of C. Americamis, 
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. 
LEGUMINOSiE. 
8. Lathyrus pisiformis, Li7m. De Cand. Prodr. II. p. 
371. HooJc. 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. ocHROLEUCUs, Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1. p. 158. L. 
pisiformis, Rich, in Franhl. Jonr. app. p. 28. L. glaucifolius, 
Beck. Bot. and Middle States, p. 90. 
Gorham, Ontario county. Dr. H. P. Sartwell : Watertown, 
Jefferson county. Dr. Craioe. 
Obs. This species resembles L. venosus, Miihl. 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. Pitrsh, 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. Ptirsh, 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. Leaves elliptical or oval, in 
3 — 4 pairs, {^'■foUs quatuor,'''' Pursh.) Stem naked or winged ; 
stipules variable in size. 
