Glycine 



Leguminosae 



621 



50 



Map 1280 

 ialactia volubilis 

 var. mississippiensis Vail 



50 



Map 1281 



Phaseolus polystachyus (L.) BSP. 



la. Amphicarpa bracteata var. comdsa (L.) Fern. (Rhodora 39: 

 318. 1937.) (Amphicarpa Pitcheri T. & G. and Falcata Pitcheri (T. & G.) 

 Ktze.) Map 1278. Infrequent to frequent in moist woods throughout the 

 state and sometimes in prairies. This species much resembles the pre- 

 ceding but, besides the characters given in the key to distinguish it, the 

 plant is larger and coarser, and the leaflets especially are thicker and 

 larger. 



Maine to Mont., southw. to Ga. and Tex. 



3864. GLYCINE L. 



See excluded species no. 408, p. 1069. 



3874. APIOS [Boerh.] Ludwig 



1. Apios americana Medic. (Apios tuberosa Moench and Glycine Apios 

 L.) Potatobean. Map 1279. Infrequent to rare in all parts of the state 

 in soil with little humus in low ground in woods about ponds, sloughs, 

 and lakes. 



N. B., N. S. to Minn., southw. to Fla. and Tex. 



3882. GALACTIA P. Br. 



Stems with a dense, spreading pubescence, decumbent, mostly twining; leaflets pubescent 

 above 1. G. volubilis var. mississippiensis. 



Stems glabrous or sparingly short, appressed-pubescent, prostrate; leaflets glabrous 

 above. (See excluded species no. 409, p. 1069.) G. regularis. 



1. Galactia volubilis (L.) Britt. var. mississippiensis Vail. Downy 

 Milk Pea. Map 1280. Local on the crests of a few chestnut oak ridges of 

 the southern part of the state. I have, however, a specimen from very 

 sandy soil in a low depression in a very sandy woods on the Herschel 

 Green farm about 4 miles north of Washington, Daviess County. This 



