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so-called liald prairies. June I'O. Mowers bright rose-purple, or rather pink. 

 Rare. 



The ])laiit from Russellville, with the si)ike.s more lax and the calyx with a longer 

 shining silvery pubescence. An ornamental plant worthy of cultivation. 



Tvjie locality : "About Nashville and Lavergne. Teuu." Also collected "at Kussell- 

 villi',A]a." 



Herb. Oeol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Kuhiiistera purpurea (Vent.) MacMillan, Metasp. Minn. Vail. 321'. 1892. 



Purple Prairie Clover. 



Dalea purpurea Vent. Jard. Cels. t. 40. 1800. 



Petalostemon riola(eus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 50, t. 37, f. ;.'. 1803. 



Gray, Man ed. 6, 132. Coulter, Contr. Nat Herb. 2 : 79. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 101. 



AUegheuian to Lonisianian area. Canada; northwestern plains to Saskatchewan; 

 Manitoba, Nebraska, Minnesota to Missouri, south I'rom Tennessee to Arkansas and 

 northwestern Texas. 



Alabama : Prairie region. Autauga County. Adveutixe from the ^^'e^t {E. A. 

 Smith, July, 1874). .Sole locality known in the State. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Kuhnistera pinnata (Walt.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL 1 : 192. 1891. 



PlNE-RAHREN PRAIRIE CloVER. 



Auomjmos pinnaia Walt. Fl. Car. 103. 1788 



Kuhnistera carol inetish Lam. Encyel. 3 : 370. 1789. 



Petalostemon corijml)osiis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 50. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 2:176. Cha]). FL93. 



Louisianian area. Florida through the coast region to North Carolina, west to 

 Mississippi. 



Alarama: Lower Pine region. Dry sandy pine barrens. \\'a8hington, Monroe, 

 Baldwin, and Mobile counties. Flowers white, July, September; fruit ripe October. 

 Frequent. 



Ty))e locality: South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



INDIGOFBRA L. Sp. PI. 2 : 751. 1753. 



Two hundred and twenty species, of tropical and subtropical regions, Asia, Cen- 

 tral and South Africa, Mexico, South America. North America, 2. 



Indigofera caroliiiiana Walt. Fl. Car. 187. 1788. Wild Indkio. 



Ell. Sk. 2: 244. Chap. Fl. 96. 



Louisianiau area. Coast of North Carolina to Florida, west to western Louisiana 

 (Hale). 



Alaba:ma: Central Prairie region. Exposed sandy banks. Montgomery County, 

 on Pentulalla Creek, July, 1880. Flowers yellowish brown, June. Infrequent. 



Type localit.^ : South Carolina 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Indigofera miniata Ort. Hort. Matr. Dec. 98. 1797-1800. 



Vermilion-flowkred Ini>u;o. 



ClRA. 



Alabama: Fugitive on l)allast. Mobile, Se])tember, 1892. with seed well matured. 

 Not ol>served since. 



Type locality doubtless Cuban. 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Indigofera tinctoria L. Sp. PI. 2 : 1061. 1753. Indigo. 



Alai5AMA: Mol)ile. An escape from the plantations of the earliest settlers. 

 Type locality : " Hab. in India." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. 



CRACCA L. Sp. PI. 2 : 752. 1753. Goat's Rue.' 

 (Tephrosia Pers. Syn. 2 : 328. 1803.) 



One liundred and twenty species; perennial herbs, mostly in warmer regions. 

 Eastern Asia, troi>ical South Africa. West Indies, South America. Eastern North 

 America 14, mostly southern. 



' Anna M. Vail, Review of North American Species of the Genus Cracca, Bull. Torr, 

 Club, vol. 22, pp. 25 to 36. 1895. 



