582 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA, 
Phaseolus umbellatus ( Mull.) Britton, Trans. N.Y. Acad. 9:10. 1889, 
FRAGRANT WILD BEAN, 
Glycine umbellata Muhl.; Willd. Sp. P13: 1058. 1803, 
Strophostyles peduncularis KM. Sk. 2:280. 1824. 
Phaseolus helvolus Torr. & Gray, Fl.N.A.1:280. 1848. Not L. 
Ell. 8k. 2:230. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 145. Chap. FL. 106 (inter 2. helvolus 1..). Coulter, 
Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:90. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Long Island (New York) to Florida and 
throughout the Ohio Valley to the Gulf. 
-ALABAMA: Over the State, with the exception of the highest mountain ranges. 
Dry siliceous soil. Lauderdale, Calhoun, Tuscaloosa, and Mobile counties. / lowers 
rose pink, fragrant; July to September. Common, most abundant on the cherty 
hills of the Coosa Valley and dry sandy fields near the coast. Perennial. 
Type locality: “ Hab. in Pensylvania.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Phaseolus semierectus lL. Mant. 1:100. 1767. 
Stem silky-pubescent or glabrate, erect, twining near the top; leaves ovate to 
lanceolate; peduncles elongated, longer than the leaves; flowers umbellately clus- 
tered; pedicels short, at length recirved; calyx 5-toothed; teeth ovate-lanceolate, 
pointed, the superior somewhat shorter; lezumen subeylindrical, sericeous or ela- 
brescent, with a linear, acuminate beak, straight or reflex. (Condensed from Griseb. 
FL. Brit. W. Ind. 197.) 
West INpiEs, Mexico Tro BraziL, Peru, East INDIES. 
ALABAMA: Adventive on ballast. Flowers buff yellow, with a dark purple spot 
in the center. To all appearance firmly established. Perennial. 
Type locality (Willd. Sp. Pl.): ‘Hab. in Ameriea calidiore. ’ 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
RHYNCHOSIA Lour. Fl. Cochin. 562. 1793, 
About 100 species, perennial herbs or shrubs, warmer temperate tropical regions 
of both hemispheres. 
Rhynchosia erecta (Walt.) DC. Prodr. 2: 384. 1825. Erect RiryNcHosta, 
Trifolium erectum Walt. FL. Car. 184. 1788. 
Glycine tomentosa var. erecta Michx. F1. Bor. Am. 63. 1808. 
Rhynchosia tomentosa var. erecta Torr. & Gray, FI.N.A.1:285, 1840. 
EM. Sk. 2:235. Gray, Man.ed.6, 17. Chap. FL, 105. 
Jarolinian and Louisianian areas. Delaware to Florida, west to Louisiana, Arkan- 
sas, and ‘Tennessee. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Lower Pine region. Dry open woods. Caihoun 
County, Anniston, Marshall, Cullman, Autaugua, Clarke, Monroe, Mobile, and Bald- 
win counties. Flowers yellow. June to August; frequent, particularly in the pine 
forests with a closer soil. 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Rhynchosia simplicifolia (Walt.) Wood, Bot. & F196. 1X70. 
ROUND-LEAF RILYNCHOSIA,. 
Trifolium simplicifolium Walt. Fl. Car. 184, 178%, 
Glycine tomentosa monophylla Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:63, 1803. 
Rhynchosia reniformis DC, Prodr. 2:381, 1825. 
Khynchosia tomentosa var. monophylla Torr. & Gray, PILN.A.1:284, 1840. 
WH. Sk. 2:234, Gray, Man.ed.6, 147. Chap. FI. 105. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia; North Carolina to Florida, 
west to Louisiana and Arkansas, 
ALABAMA: Mountain rezion, Metamorphic hills. Central Pine belt to Coast plain. 
Dry sandy borders of fields, pastures, open pine woods. Lee County, Auburn ( Baker 
§ Earle). Tallapoosa, Autauga. Mobile. May, June. Common throughout the dry 
pine barrens. 
Type locality : South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
Rhynchosia tomentosa (L.) Hook. & Arn, Comp. Bot. Mag. 1:23, 1835, 
TRAILING RILYNCHOSIA, 
Glycine tomentosa LL. Sp. Pl. 2:754. 1753. 
G. tomentosa volubilis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:63. 1803. 
Areyphyllian difforme Ell, Journ. Acad, Phila, 1:372. 1817. 
Rhynchosia difformis DC. Prodr, 2:384, 1825. 
