VP]TCH FAMILY. 569 



SESBAN Adaiis. Fain, PL 2 : 327. 1763. 



Ahout 15 species, .siil»troi»ic:il and tropical regions, mostly of the Northern Hemi- 

 sphere; Asia, America. Southeastern North America, 1. 



Sesban macrocarpum Miihl. ; Ell. Sk. 2 : 221. 1824. 



Ell. 1. c. Chap. Fl. i)7. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 81. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. 



Alabama: Upper Division Coast Pine belt to Coast plain. Low damp ground, 

 niar.!j;ins of ponds. Flowers yellow, dotted with scarlet, June to August; fruit ri])ens 

 September, October. Frequent. Abundant in tide-water districts. 



A coarse tall weed not iufrei|ueutly invading cultivated grounds. 



Tjq)e locality : " Grows around ponds. Not common. Paris Island." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Sesban occideutale Pers. Ench. 2 : 316. 1807. 



West Indies. 



A fugitive with ballast, Mobile. Observed once only in Oc^fcjber; killed by frost 

 before seeds ripened. 



Herb, Geol. Surv. 



DAUBENTONIA DC. Mem. Lc^gum. 285. 1825. 



Four species, tropical legions. Africa, Central America, Brazil. 

 Daubeiitonia loxigifolia (Cav.) DC. Mem. Legnm. 285. 1825. 



Aeschiinomeiie longifolia Cav. Icon. 4 : 8, <. 315. 1797. Not Ortega. 



Piscidia longifolia Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 920. 1800. 



Sesbatiia cavanillesii Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 17 : 342. 1882. 



Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 81. 



Mexico. 



Adventive along the Gulf coast. From western Texas to Mississippi (Hiloxi, col- 

 lected June, 1893) and Florida. 



Alabama: Low places. Mobile, in a ditch beyond the western suburbs. .July, 

 1892; not observed since. Flowers bright yellow. Shrub 4 to 6 feet high Annual. 



Type locality : ' ' Hab. in Nova-Hispania." 



Herb. Geol. Surv, Herb. Mohr, 



Daubeiitonia punicea (Cav,) DC. Mem, L<5gum. 286. 1825. 

 riscidla punicea Cav. Icon. 4 : t. 316. 

 Seshania imnicea Benth. ex Chap, FL ed, 3, 106. 1897. 



Mexico. 



Texas to western Florida along the Gulf shore. Adventive or most probably 

 escaped from cultivation. Observed copiously at Peusacola (July, 1878). Also at 

 Apalachicola ! 



Alabama: Littoral region. Mobile County, low i)ine barrens. Dauphin Island, 

 June, 1893. Flowers deep vermilion to carmine. Eare. Shrubby, 3 to 4 feet high. 



Type locality: "Hab. in America calidiore." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



AESCHYNOMENE L. Sp. PI. 2 : 713. 7.53. Sensitive Jointed Vetch. 



About 55 species, tropical and subtropical regions both heiuisi)hcres, largely South 

 America. 



Aeschynoniene virginica (L.) 1>. S. P. PreL (at. N. Y. 13. 1888. 



Hlsi'id Sensitive Jointed Vetch. 



Hedysarum virginicurn L. Sp. PI. 2 : 750. 1753, 



Aexchynomene hispida Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 1163. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 220, Gray, Man. ed. 6, L38. Chap. Fl. 99. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southeastern Pennsylvania and tide-water 

 region to Florida and Louisiana. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Marshes. Mobile and Baldwin counties. Flowers yel- 

 low, August, September. Common, I'erennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv, Herb. Mohr, 



Aeschynomene yiscidula Michx. I'l, Bor, Am. 2 : 74. 1803. 



PUOSTRATE AESCIIVNOM KNE. 



Ell. Sk. 2:220. Chap -Fl. 39. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina t<> Florida, wc^st to Mississippi (Horn Island). 



