THE FLORA OF ALABAMA. 



PART V. 



LEGUMINOS^ AND EOSACEiE, 



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Introduction. 



An authentic list of the plants growing wild in Alabama 

 has long been demanded by botanists. No complete work 

 on the subject has ever been printed. With the exception 

 of Chapman's "Flora of the Southern United States," and 

 Darby's "Botany of the Southern States," both of which are 

 now out of date, there is no guide to the botanical explorer 

 in regard to the location and habitat of the plants in this 

 State. In the above works whenever Alabama is mentioned 

 only general references are made, and but little definite in- 

 formation is given when speaking of the location of species. 



During the past few years botanical science has under- 

 gone material change in the classification of genera, the 

 assignment of authority in the naming of species, the weed- 

 ing out of superfluous names and the adjustment of syno- 

 nyms. It is not safe, therefore, tojtrust entirely to jniblications 

 issued ten or twelve years since without first consulting the 

 corrections recently made by the light of authoritative in- 

 vestigations. In this bulletin, and in others that will follow 

 from time to time on the same subject, an effort has been made 

 to bring the names of species up to date. No doubt mistakes 

 will occur and the author will esteem it a great favor to 

 have such errors pointed out so that corrections may be 

 made in the publications to follow. 



In the migration of ''plants species have been found in 



