Phaseolus LEGUMINOSAE Amphicarpa 



Phaseolus L. Kidney Bean. 

 P. polystachios (L.) BSP. See Rhodora 44, 419. 1942. 



Infrequent in thickets, New Castle County, in both Piedmont 

 and Coastal Plain. July, Aug. 



Vigna Savi. Cow Pea. 



V. sinensis (L.) Endl. 



Rare escape from cultivation: near Milford (S), Commons, 12 

 Aug. 1897 (A); Franklin City (Ac), S. Brown, 22 Sept. 1907 (A). 

 Introd. from Asia. 



Strophostyles Ell. 



V S. helvola (L.) Britton. 



Frequent; stream banks, marshes and coastal sands, throughout. 

 Aug. .SviLA- S^V C< \ 



S. umbellata (Muhl.) Britton. 



Infrequent, on serpentine soil, New Castle and Cecil Counties; 

 frequent on dry, sandy soil, coastal dunes and borders of brackish 

 marshes, southward to northern Accomac County. Aug., early 

 Sept. 



Clitoria L. Butterfly Pea. 

 C. mariana L. 



Frequent on dry, sandy soil of the Coastal Plain; rare on rocky 

 hillsides of the Piedmont: bank of Brandy wine Creek at Bancroft's 

 dam, R, R. Tatnall, 22 July 1886, and later collections (T, G, A). 



Glycine L. 

 G. Soja Sieb. & Zucc. Soya Bean. 



Escaping from cultivation, to roadsides and fields. Introd. 

 from Asia. 



Centrosema Benth. Spurred Butterfly Pea. 



C. virginianum (L.) Benth. 



Infrequent, in dry, sandy soil of the Coastal Plain, from northern 

 Accomac County northward to Talbot and Queen Anne's Counties. 

 July to mid-Sept. 



Amphicarpa Ell. Hog Peanut. 



A. bracteata (L.) Fern. {A. monoica (L.) Ell. See Rhodora 35, 

 276. 1933.) 



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