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STYLOSANTHES, Pencil Flower, perennial. elatior, n a t i v e . Gray. LESPEDEZA, Bush Clover, perennials. procumbens, native, L a p h a m . repens, native, Lapham. violacea, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babeock. (The varieties divergens, sessiliflora and angustifolia are all found in the s t a t e . ) hirta, n a t i v e . Vasey. capitata, native L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babeock; Champaign county. (Var. augustifolia, Gray, Winnebago county, Bebb; McHenry, Vasey; Hancock, Mead.) DESMODIUM, Tick Trefoil, perennial herbs. nudiflorum, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babeock. a c u m i u a t u m , native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babeock; Champaign, Macauley. pauciflorum, native, Lapham. canescens, native, L a p h a m ; Champaign county. cuspidotum, native, L a p h a m ; Champaign county, Macauley. verihiflorum, native, L a p h a m . dillenii, native south, L a p h a m . paniculatum, native, South. L a p h a m ; Champaign county, Macauley. canadense. n a t i v e , L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babeock; Champaign, Macauley. sessiflorum, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babeock. rigidum, native, Lapham. ciliare, native, Vasey; St. Clair county, Brendel. marilandicum, native, Vasey; St. Clair county. Brendel. rotundifolium, D. C., J a c k s o n county, Vasey; Union, Forbes. illinoense, Gray, Marion county, Bebb; and frequent northward, P a t t e r s o n . CORONILL A. —Perennial. varia—cultivated from E u r o p e for ornament. H a r d y herb. ARACHIS, Pea-nut, Ground-nut. Hypogsea—cultivated from South America for the nut-like pods, and for forage further south. This plant can be and is grown in the south p a r t of the state, b u t the climate seems to be too cold for its profitable production. Southern V i r g i n i a and Tennessee are m o r e successful. GALACTIA. mollis, Michx. J a c k s o n county and southward, Forbes. TEPHROSIA, Hoary Pea. Perennial herbs. virginiana Goats Bice, Catgut, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babeock. ROBINIA, Locust Tree, t r e e s and s h r u b . pseudaeacia, Common Locust, native south, L a p h a m : Randolph county, Brendel; Vasey; Champaign county. Native only in some of t h e southern counties, t h o u g h introduced nearly everywhere. Cultivated for o r n a m e n t and its rapidly grown durable wood; b u t has been to a considerable e x t e n t discarded on account of its destruction by t h e b o r e r and its troublesome tendency to s p r o u t . On o u r white or forest soils however, it seems to be nearly free from the a t t a c k s of t h e borer and will be grown as a timber t r e e , hispida, Rose Acacia, ornamental shrub cultivated from t h e south. COLUTEA, Bladder Senna. arborescens, cultivated from E u r o p e . cruenta, Oriental Bladder Senna, cultivated for o r n a m e n t . Not quite hardy. ASTRAGALUS, Milk Vetch, perennials. mexicanus, native, Lapham. plattensis, native, V a s e y ; Bebb. canadensis, native, L a p h a m ; Mason county, Mead; Champaign county. distortus, T. and G, Mason county, Mead, Bebb; Menard county, Hall. WISTARIA, Woody Twiners. frutescens, American Wistaria, native south, L a p h a m . Worthen describes one in Randolph county four inches in diameter of t h e stem. Prof. Swallow m e a s u r e d one in Mississippi county. Mo., four inches in diameter and seventy-five feet long. sinensis, cultivated from China or J a p a n in considerable A^ariety. Not quite hardy North. APIOS, Ground Nut, Wild Bean. tuberosa, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babeock; Champaign county, Macauley. PHASEOLUS, Bean, Kidney Bean. perennis, Wild Bean, native, Lapham. diversifolius, annual, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babeock; Champaign c o u n t y . helvolus, perenial, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babeock. pauciilorus, annual, native, Lapham. vulgaris, Common Kidney, String and Pole Bean, cultivated for food, e t c . , from E a s t Indies in g r e a t variety. Tender annual. n a n u s , Dwarf or Field Bean, perhaps a variety of last. lunatus, Lima Bean, Sieva Bean, e t c . multiflorus, Spanish Bean, Scarlet Runner, cultivated for ornament, b u t is edible. Illinois produecd in 1870, 115,854 bushels of peas and beans, r a n k i n g f o u r t e e n t h as compared with other s t a t e s . Franklin, Randolph, Hamilton and P e r r y counties stand first in their production; b u t this may include castor beans—very distant relations, botanically.

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