Vail : Studies ix the Leguminosae 113 



In dry soil, X'irginia to Florida, Mississippi and probably also 



in Texas. 



Dolicholus tomentosus undulatus n. var. 



Perennial. Steins slender, twining, angled and striate, minutely 

 and retrorsely hirsute : petioles 2-4 cm. long, angled, hirsute 

 stipules ovate, 3—4 mm. long, ciliate, persisting: lea\'es 3-foliolatc 

 terminal petiolules 8 mm. to 5 cm. long; terminal leaflets oval 01 

 orbicular-oval, 2—4 cm. long, wide, obtuse or subacute, thinnish, 

 minutely pubescent on both surfaces, with a few broad undula- 

 tions on the margins ; lateral leaflets inequilaterally ovate, 2-4 cm. 

 long: racemes subsessile, 1-4- or 5-flowered: calyx 8-9 mm. 

 long, pubescent, ciliate, resinous-dotted ; lobes oblong, lanceolate, 

 acuminate, foliaceous : corolla orange-yellow? nearly as long as 

 the calyx or barely exceeding it when expanded ; ' vexillum 

 minutely puberulent near the apex and cihate : legume T. 5-1.8 

 cm. long, oblong, obliquely acute, 5—7 mm. wide, minutely 

 pubescent, resinous-dotted and hirsute with longer scattered hairs 

 especially on the sutures, 2-seeded : seeds nearl}' 4 mm. long, 

 semi-orbicular; shining, graj'ish with lighter and also dark brown 

 markings. 



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(Herb. Mo. Bot. Gard.) ; N. Am. PI. Curtiss, no. 660, Jnly ; 



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Curtiss, no. 4256, July 6, 1893. (Distribution from the U. S, 

 Nat. Herb.) ; Second Distr. PL Southern States, Curtiss, no. 4903. 

 July 6-17, 1894. 



9. Dolicholus Torreyi 



RJiyncJiosia TornyiYiul, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 22 : 459. 1895. 



RhyncJiosia latifolia ^ Torn & Gray, Fl. N. Am. i : 285. 1838. 

 Not 7v. latifolia Nutt. 



Sand hills, Texas, Dr. Leavenworth. Apparently not since 

 collected. 



Type in the Herbarium of Columbia University. 



10. Dolicholus Lewtoni 



RJiynchosia reticulata 7 Chapm. P^l. Ed. ;^, 115. 1897. Not DC. 



Soft pubescent and minutely resinous-dotted throughout. Stem 

 prostrate, 3—5 dm. long or more, 4-angled, spreading or obscurely 

 retrorse hirsute-pubescent, apparently not twining at the summit: 

 stipules obliquely lanceolate, (^—Z mm. long : petioles rather dis- 

 tant, 4-6 cm. long, angled : terminal leaflets dilated or obovate- 



