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RJiyncJiosia siniplicifolia Wood, Bot. & Fl. 96. '^'^71' 

 In dry soil, Virginia to Florida, west to Louisiana, 

 Type in the Herbarium of the British Museum. 



13. Dolicholus intermedius (Torn & Gr.) 



Rliyjiclwsia tonicntosa ^ intermedia Torr. & Gray, FL N. Am. i: 



285. 1838. 



Psoralea alopecnrina Bertol. Mem. Acad. Sci. Bolog. 2: 275. 



pL 14^ f. 2. 1849. 



Stems erect, simple or possibly with i or 2 branches, angled, 

 soft pubescent-tomentose, especially on the angles, 1.2-3 ^"^' high; 

 stipules obliquely lanceolate, 6-9 mm. long, striate, red-brown^ 

 persistent: petioles 2.5-5 ^^^' l^^g» densely pubescent; basal 

 leaves simple; blades nearly orbicular or rhombic-orbicular, obtuse 

 or depressed; upper leaves or only the uppermost 3-foliolate ; 

 terminal leaflet 2.5-5 ^^^ ^^"^^y ^"^^^ to ovate-orbicular, obtuse, 

 sparingly pubescent above, pubescent and rugosely veined beneath 

 when old ; lateral leaflets obliquely oval or oblong, 2-3 cm. 

 lone:, mucronulate, some of them subcordate at base : racemes ter- 

 minal and axillary, sessile or short -pcduncled ; bracts lanceolate - 

 linear, i cm. long, red-brown, pubescent outside, glabrous within : 

 calyx 8-9 mm, long ; teeth slender, veined, pubescent, resinous- 

 dotted : corolla yellow ; vexillum glabrous, the teeth at the base 

 much shorter than the claw : le^rume not seen. 



Allied to D. siviplicifolins from which it differs in 

 upper leaves, and generally taller and larger habit. 

 Georgia to Florida and Alabama. May to Jun 

 Type in the Herbarium of Columbia University. 



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14. Dolicholus erectus (Walt.) 



turn Walt. Fl. Car. 184. 1788. 



Glycine tomcntosa var. crecta Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 6^. 1803- 

 Glycine erecta Nutt. Gen. 2: 114. 1818. ? 

 Arcyphyllnm erectnvi Ell. Journ. Acad. Phila. i: 372. 18 18. 

 Rhynchosia erecta DC. Prodr. 2: 384. 1825. 

 Glycine Caroliniaiia Spreng. Syst. 3: 197. 1826. 

 In dry soil, Delaware to Florida, west to Tennessee and Lou- 

 isiana. Very variable. 

 Type apparently lost. 

 An oblong-leaved, rather remarkable form of this species has 



