VETCH FAMILY. 553 



Loiiisianian area. ^Torth Carolina, valley Cape V^nr River to Florida, west to 

 eastern Texas. 



Alabama: Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Rich banks of streams. Pike 

 Connty, Troy. Mobile County, reported from the swamps of Chickasa Creek. 

 Flowers white, February, March ; very rare in the wild state. More evidence is 

 wanted Itefore it can be considered truly indigenous in the State. 



Economic uses: Ornamental. The leaves are poisonous. 



Type locality: "Native of South Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb.Mohr. 



CHRYSOBALANTJS L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1: 513. 1762. 



Three species, tropical regions. 

 Chrysobalanus oblongifoliu 3 Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 283. 1803. Deer Plum. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 539. Chap. Fl. 119. 



Louisianian area. Georgia and Florida west to ilississippi. 



Alabama: Coast Pine belt. Drj- pine woods. Througiiout the upper and lower 

 divisions; freijuent. Monroe County, Claiborne. Mobile County, .Springhill. 

 Flowers white, June; fruit ripe in September, yellowish red. Low shrub, stems 

 creeping. 



Type locality: "Hab. in sabnlosis sylvarum Georgiae et Floridae. " 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



VICIACEAE (LEGUMINOSAE). Vetch Family. 



ALBIZZIA Durazz. Mag. Tosc. 3, iv:ll. 1772. 



Thirty species, tropical regions of the Old World. 

 Albizzia julibrissin (Willd.) Durazz. Mag. Tosc. 3, iv : 11. 1772. Silk Tree. 



Mimosa jiilibrissin Willd. Sp. PI. 4 : 1065. 1806. 



Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 223. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 619 ; ed. 3, 128. 



Asia Minor to Chixa. Cultivated in all warmer countries. 



Louisianian area. Florida to Louisiana. 



Alabama: Coast ]dain. A rare escape from gardens. Flowers white, with pink 

 stamens; May. Tree 12 to 18 feet high. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Oriente." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ACACIA Adans. Fam. PI. 2 : 319. 1763. 



A large genus of about 425 species, tropical countries of both hemispheres. 

 Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. Sp. PI. 4 : 1083. 1805. Opopoxax. Sweet Acacia. 



Mimosa farnesiana L. Sp. PI. 1 : 521. 1753. 



Chap. Fi. Suppl. 619; ed. 3, 128. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 99. Sargent, Silv. 

 if.A.3:n9,f. 141. 



Tropical America, West Indies. Extensively cultivated in the warmer regions 

 of the globe. 



Louisianian area. Naturalized from western Texas, along the Gulf shore to South 

 Carolina. 



Alabama: Coast ]t]ain. Dry waste places. Mobile County. Flowers deep yellow, 

 highly fragrant; November to March. Freciuent along the western shore of Mobile 

 Bay. Shrub or small tree. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Domingo." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



NEPTUNIA Lour. Fl.Cochinch. 1:6.53. 1790. 



Eight species, of tropical regions Northern and Southern hemispheres. North 

 America 1. 



Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Benth. in Hook. Jouru. Bot. 4 : 356. 1842. 



J/imosa ruY/a<a Bartram, Travels, (ed.2, 419.) 1791. Not L. 



Acacia lutea Leavenworth, Am. .lourn. Sci. 7 : 61. 1821. 



Neptunia viriiata Branner & Coville, Ark. Geol. Surv. Ann. Rep. 1888, 4: 178. 1891. 



Desmanthus luteus Benth. ; Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 128. 1897. 



Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1: 403. Chap. Fl. 117; ed. 3, 128. Coulter, Contr. Nat. 

 Herb. 2: 95. 



