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8. PSORA LEA, L Perennial Herbs. 



P. melilotoides, Michx. Dry soils — May, June— Lee, 

 MoDtgoraery (Mell), WasliingtoD, Cullman, Monroe, Shelby, 

 St. Clair, Calhoun (Dr.Mohr),Eussell (Dr. Neisler), counties. 

 Tennessee (Killebrew). 



P. canescens, Michx. Dry sandy soils in south Ala- 

 bama, probably extending into lower middle. Mobile (Dr. 

 Mohr), county— April, May. 



9. AMORPHA, L. Fahe indir/o. Shrubs. 



A. herbacea, Walt. Middle Alabama, Lee (Mell), Russell 

 (Dr. Neisler) counties. 



A. fruticosa, L. False indigo — Lead plant. Tall shrub 

 sometimes ar))orescent along banks of streams. — May, June. 

 Montgomery (Mell), Mobile, Baldwin, Hale (Dr. Mohr), 

 counties. Tennessee (Killebrew). 



10. PETALOSTEMON, Michx. Prairie clover. Peren- 

 nial Herbs. 



p. gracilis, Nutt. Sandy soils in south Alabama, Mobile, 

 Baldwin (Dr. Mohr), counties. August. 



P. carneum, Michx. Dry sandy soils in lower middle 

 and south Alabama— Henry (Dr. Mohr), Dallas (Mell), 



counties. 



P. candidens, Michx. Montgomery (Dr. Mohr), county. 



P. carymbosum, Michx. Virginian lupnie — Silk, prairie 

 clover. Dry sandy soils in middle and south Alabama, 

 Lee (Mell), Russell (Dr. Neisler), Mobile (Dr. Mohr) 

 counties. It may also be found in north Alabama since 

 Dr. Killebrew reports it as growing in Tennessee. 



P. decumbens, Nutt. Loiv prairie clover. Northern 

 portions of State. Franklin (Dr. Mohr), Jackson (Dr. E. 

 A. Smith), counties. 



p. vioiacens, Michx. Hale (Dr. Mohr), county. 



IL TEPHROSIA, Pers. Hoarij pea. Perennial Herbs. 

 T. Virginiana, Pers. Goats rue. Common in all parts of 

 the State — June, July. 



