Tephrosia LEGUMINOSAE Arachis 



Tephrosia Pers. 

 T. virginiana (L.) Pers. Goat's Rue. 



Frequent in dry soil, Piedmont area and southward on the 

 Coastal Plain, at least to Wicomico County. June, early July. 



T. spicata (Walt.) T. & G. 



One collection: dry, sandy roadside, Georgetown (S), C. S. 

 Williamson, 6 July 1908 (P). 



Robinia L. Locust. 



^ -^R. Pseudo-Acacia L. Black Locust. 



Common in northern New Castle County; less frequent south- 

 ward, at least to Talbot County (Earle). May, June. : - Ct^ 



R. hispida L. Rose Acacia. 



An infrequent escape from cultivation, now well established in 

 sandy soil, Sussex County. May. 



R. Elliottii (Chapm.) Ashe. 



Planted for ornament, and persisting for many years about 

 Sharptown (Wi). May. Introd. from s. e. U. S. 



Wisteria Nutt. 



^ W. frutescens (L.) Poir. Wisteria. 



An occasional escape from cultivation ; native farther south, but 

 apparently not in our area: roadside 43^ mi. w. of Princess Anne 

 (So), R. R. Tatnall, 1140, 30 May 1931 (T, P). May. ^^ _ . 



Aeschynomene L. 

 A. virginica (L.) BSP. 



Formerly, but not recently, frequent on tidal shores of the Dela- 

 ware River, from Holly Oak to Delaware City (NC); reported by 

 A. Y . Smith, in 1941, as abundant in border of the Manokin River, 

 on the western outskirts of Princess Anne (So). 



Arachis L. 

 A. hypogaea L. Peanut. 



Spontaneous in waste ground at Wilmington {Commons, E. 

 Tatnall), and at Sharptown (Wi), {Otis). 



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