r)7() n.ANT MKK OK A I, A KAMA. 



Ai,.\iiAM.\: IJKoral ni;jioii. 1 laiiiii hjiihIv Huil. Muliil.- < '<>iiiit,\ , 1 •Miipliiii Isl.nnl. 

 .hil\ ; v<n liiro. I'ert'iini.il. 



Tyin" loiality: "11:111.111 .iiciiusiH iiisiiliir CmnlHrlaiKl ct KluridMc ' 

 lltTh. (Jfol. Smv. Ilci li. Molir. 



STYLOSANTHES Sw . I'r.xli. II. Iinl. < )(i-. Ids. ITSS. 1'kn< ii. l-i.oui-.i;. 



.\1mimI 'J:> .s|t<'ijcs. tropiiiil rcf;it)iiH, West IiidicH. .Mcxicn In Hra/.il, riiKtcni Asia, 

 AfricM. Nortli Aiiierica. 1. 

 Stylosanthes bifloca (L. ) H. S. I'. I'n-l. Cat. N. Y. IH. 1888. 



Tril'oliiim hitlonim L. Sji. I'l. 2 : 77:^ 17.')S. 



.^li}loK(i)illirM (latior S\v. S\cii.sk Acad. I laiidl. 1789 : !-'!•«!. /. //. ./. .'. 178i). 



S. hispidti var. iiikUiihciiIii Miclix. Fl. Ifor. Am. 2 : 7r>. 18tl3. 



KM. 8k. 2 : L'OH. (iray. Man. ed. 0, 1 12. Chai>. Fl. l()(t. 



NOKTIIKRN MK.MCC), SdUTII AXI) Wk.st ArKicv. 



Carolinian and Louisianiaii arca.s. Ni'w York ( Loiij,' IslaiuF), New Jersi-y, and 

 Wi?st Vir;rinia to southern Indiana, sontlnTn IllinoiN, Missouri, and Arkansas, .soiitii 

 to the (iiilf Iroin Florida to Louisiana. 



Alau.vm.v: Over tlie State. Dry light soil. Flowers yellow, June, July. Coiu- 

 inon; abundant in the pine barrens. I'erennial. 



Tyjie locality: •Hah. in Xirj^inia, Canada." 



Herb. Ceol. Surv. Herli. Mohr. 



Stylosanthes biflora hispidissima (Michx.) Hispik I'kncii. Fi.owkk. 



Sli)lo.-<(ititlicx Itiapidu var. hispidissima Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 7."). 1><0!1 



A taller plant, stem over 2 feet Ion;;, assnrfrcnt, with close ajipressed ])ube8ceuee 

 and hispid with loiijj; still" spreading hairs; leaves, stipules, and calyx lobes hispid- 

 eiliate. 



Louisianiaii area. 



Alahama : Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Dry sanily places. Mobile County 

 {(rates). Flowers yellow. Perennial. 



Tyjie locality : ''Hab. in Virginia et Carolina." 



Herb. (ieol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Stylosanthes riparia Kearney, Bull. Torr. ( 'lub, 24 : .^fi."). 18<I7. 



Ukcumhknt Pencil Flowkk. 



Perennial, with several steins from the strong woody root, decumbent, widely 

 spreading, much branched; petioles jiubescent, slightly exserted from the stipular 

 sheath; stipules large, inflated, ajipressed-pubescent with two subulate aiistale 

 teeth. I^eaves elliptical to cuneate-oltovate, sul)spiiiesceiit-cu8])idatc. Sjiikelets of 

 the inllorescence biacted, 1-llowered ; prophyllum deeply lobed; loment strongly 

 reticulated, gibbous with a strongly hooked beak. 



Carolinian to Loiiisianian area. Delaware, North Carolina, Florida. 



Alahama: Metamorphic hills. Dry sandy places. Lee County, Auburn (Jiaker .>'■ 

 /i'ar/c, July. 18U7). Dekalb County, Mentone. Local. 



Type looality: " Banks of the French Broad River near XNolf Creek [Tennessee]." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ZORNIA (imcl. Sy.st. 2: 1096. 17!»1. 



F^leveu species, warmer regions of both heiiiispliercs, largtdy in tropical America 

 to Brazil. 



Zornia bracteata (Walt.) Gmel. Syst. 2 : lOSHi. 17i>L Bkactkd Zoi.nia. 



Ationi/miit Inacteata Walt. PI. Car. 18L 1788. 



Zornia tetraiihi/lla Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 76, t. 41. 180.3. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 2l!t! Chap. Fl. 100. Coulter, Coiitr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 85. 



NoKTH Mkmco, Wkst ani> Sol rii Africa. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern N'irginia, North Carolina west to 

 eastern Texas. 



Alabama: Lower Pine region. Dry sandy pine barrens. Washington County. 

 Monroe County, Claiborne. Bahlwin and Mobile counties. Flowers yellow. .July. 

 l'rei|uent. Perennial. 



type locality: South Carolina. 



Herb. Cieol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



