VETCH FAMILY. 5538 
Lounisianian area, North Carolina, valley Cape Fear River to Florida, west to 
eastern ‘Texas. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Rich banks of streams. Pike 
County, Troy. Mobile County, reported from the swamps of Chickasa Creek. 
Flowers white, February, March; very rare in the wild state, More evidence is 
wanted before it can be considered truly indigenous in the State. 
Economic uses: Ornamental. The leaves are poisonous. 
Type locality: ‘‘Native of South Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
CHRYSOBALANUS L. Sp. Pl.ed.2,1:513. 1762. 
Three species, tropical regions. 
Chrysobalanus oblongifolius Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 283, 1803, DEER PLUM. 
El. Sk.1:539. Chap. F1. 119. 
Louisianian area, Georgia and Florida west to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Coast Pine belt. Dry pine woods. Throughout the upper and lower 
divisions; frequent. Monroe County, Claiborne. Mobile County, Springhill. 
Flowers white, June; fruit ripe in September, yellowish red. Low shrub, stems 
creeping. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in sabulosis sylvarum Georgiae et Floridae. ’ 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
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VICIACEAE (LEGUMINOSAE). Vetch Family. 
ALBIZZIA Durazz. Mag. Tose.3, iv: 11. 1772. 
Thirty species, tropical regions of the Old World, 
Albizzia julibrissin (Willd.) Durazz. Mag. Tose. 3, iv: 11. 1772. SILK TREE. 
Mimosa julibrissin Willd, Sp. Pl. 4:1065, 1806. 
Griseb. F1. Brit. W. Ind. 223. Chap. Fl. Supp]. 619; ed. 3, 128. 
Asta MINOR TO CHINA. Cultivated in all warmer countries. 
Louisianian area. Florida to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. A rare escape from gardens. Flowers white, with pink 
stamens; May. Tree 12 to 18 feet high. 
Type locality: ‘Hab, in Oriente.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
ACACIA Adans. Fam. Pl. 2:319. 1763, 
A large genus of about 425 species, tropical countries of both hemispheres. 
Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. Sp. Pl. 4: 1085, 1805, OPOPONAX, SWEET ACACIA, 
Mimosa farnesiana L. Sp. P1.1:521. 1753. 
Chap. Fl. Suppl. 619; ed. 3, 128. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2:99. Sargent, Silv. 
N.A.3: 119, t. 147, 
TropicaL AMERICA, West INDIES. Extensively cultivated in the warmer regions 
of the globe. 
Louisianian area. Naturalized from western Texas, along the Gulf shore to South 
Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Dry waste places. Mobile County. Flowers deep yellow, 
highly fragrant; November to March. Frequent along the western shore of Mobile 
Bay. Shrub or small tree, 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Domingo.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Molir. 
NEPTUNIA Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 1: 653. 1790. 
Eight species, of tropical regions Northern and Southern bemispheres. North 
America 1. 
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 4: 356, 1842, 
Mimosa virgata Bartram, Travels, (ed. 2,419.) 1791. Not L. 
Acacia lutea Leavenworth, Am. Journ. Sci. 7:61, 1821. 
Neptunia virgata Branner & Coville, Ark. Geol. Surv. Ann. Rep, 1888, 4: 178. 1891. 
Desmanthus luteus Benth. ; Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 128. 1897. 
Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1: 403. Chap. Fl. 117; ed. 3, 128. Coulter, Contr. Nat. 
Herb. 2: 95. 
