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Alabama : Lower Pino region. Coast plain. .July, August. Not rare. By inter- 

 gradiug forms closely fonnected with the type. 



Type locality : " Missouri, Arkansas, Indian Territory, and Louisiana." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Galactia volubilis intermedia Vail, Bull. Torr. Club, 22 : .508. 1895. 



(ralactia pilosa angusiifolia Torr. &. Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 287. 1840. 



Louisianian area. Coast region. Western Florida and Mississippi. 



Alabama: Sandy borders of river marshes and shores of marine inlets, Mobile. 

 Flowers pale ])urple. August, September. Not rare. Close to the last, l)ut easily 

 distiuguished by the more slender, almost filiform, stems, twining over low bushes, 

 the almost-glabrous leaves, which are bright green, smoothish, from lance-linear to 

 linear, obtuse or acute, and the numerous peduncles, longer than the leaves. 



Type locality : " Florida to Louisiana." 



Herb. GeoL Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Galactia floridana Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 288. 1838. Florida Milk Pea. 



Chap. Fl. 108. 



Louisianian area. Western coast of Florida. 



Alabama: Lower Pine region, near the coast. Dry sandy ))iiie barrens. Mobile 

 County. Springhill. Flowers pink or pale purple. August; fruit rij^ens iii Sep- 

 tember; rare. 



Type locality : " Sandy places about Tampa Ba^^, Florida, Dr. Burrows!" 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Galactia erecta (Walt.) Vail, Bull. Torr. Club, 22 : 502. 1895. Erect Milk Pea. 



Ervum erectum Walt. Fl. Car. 187. 1788. 



Galactia sessilifiora Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 288. 1838. 



Chap. Fl. 109. 



Louisianian area. Florida to Mississippi. 



Alabama: Lower Pine region. Dry sandy ])ine barrens. Washington and Escam- 

 bia counties. Mobile County, Springhill. Flowers white. May, June; fre(iueut. 

 Rootstock stout, fusiform. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



PHASEOLUS L. Sp. PI. 2 : 723. 1753. Bean. 

 (Stropiiostyles Ell. Sk. 2:229. 1821-24.) 



About 160 species, warmer regions of the globe. 



Phaseolus polystachyus (L. ) B. S. P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 15. 1.S88. Wild Bean. 



DolicJws pohjstaclnjus L. Sp. PI. 2 : 726. 1753. 



Phaseolua perennis Walt. Fl. Car. 182. 1788. 



Ell. Sk. 2: 228. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 144. Chaj). Fl. 106. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New England west to Minnesota, Dakotas, 

 Nebraska, Kansas, south to the Ohio Valley, and from New York to Florida. 



Alabama: Mountain region to Coast plain. Shady dry woods. Dekalb County, 

 Mentone, 1,600 feet. Talladega County, summit Alpine Mountains, near the Signal 

 Station, 1,800 feet, aud near Renfroe, 1,200 feet. Mobile County, West Fowl River. 

 Collected in fruit September, October. In the barren rocky soil of the mountains 

 somewhat dejiauperated. Rare. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Phaseolus helvolus L. Sp. PI. 2 : 724. 1753. Angular-Leak Bean. 



Plta-seolus diversifolius Pers. Syn. 2 : 296. 1807. 



/*. anqulalns Ort". Nov. PI. 24. 1797. 



StrophoHUfUH angulosa Ell. Sk. 2 : 229. 1824. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 229. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 144. Chap. Fl. 106. C^oulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 90. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Quebec, Ontario; New England west to Minne- 

 sota, Nebraska, and Kansas, south to Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. 



Al.abama: Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Damp thickets. Montgomery 

 County, Pintlala Creek. Mobile County. Flowers pale greenish jjurple; July. 

 Infrequent; chiefly near the coast. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



