582 ri-ANT MKK OK ALABAMA. 



Phaseolus umbellatus « Mnlil. > Urilion. Iiuns. N. V. A. ii.1.9: 10. 1SS9. 



lltAllKANI Wir.K HkAN. 



r.W./rnie umhellata Mulil. : Will. I. Sp. I'l. 3 : 10r>»<. 18():i 



Slroi>liosliile/i jieilitiiriiltiriH Illl. Sk. 2 : 'J'MK 1X24. 



I'lniHtohiH hi Iroliis I'-.i-r. A. (Jiiiy. Kl. N. A. 1 : L'SO. IKlH. Not I.. 



Kli.sk. 2:2:!(). (Jriiy, Mim.cd.'tl, 11;"). tbap. Fl. 10(1 (inter I'.lielvohm L.j. ('<. niter, 

 Coiitr. Nat. llerli. 2 :!•(). 



(':iri>iiuian ami Louisinniau arca.s. Long Island (Now York) to Fioriila and 

 tliroiigliont the Ohio Vallt y to tlie (iiilf. 



.Ai..\n.\MA: Over tlie State, with the exception of the highe.st niount.iiM range.s. 

 I)ry silici'<ui8 8oil. Landfi(lai»\ Caliir)nn, Tn.Mcaloosa, and Moliilo counties. 1 lowers 

 rose jjink, t'riigraut ; July to SejitenilnT. ("oninion, nnmt iil)nn(iant on thr cherty 

 liillH ot till- Coosa \ ;(lliy iiml dry sandy Holds near the coast. Terennial. 



Ty))e locality : " Hal>. in r«nsylvania.'' 



llcrli. (ic'ol. ynrv. Herb. Molir. 



Phaseolus semierectus L. Mant. 1 : 1(X). \lCu. 



Stem silky-pnliescent or glalir;ito, croct, twining near tlie top; leaves ovate to 

 lanceol.'ite ; peduncles elongated, longer than the l(;a\cs; flowers nniliellately clus- 

 tered; jtedicels short, at leuytli recurved; calyx 5-toothcd; teeth ovate-lanceolate, 

 pointeil, the superior soniewh.it shorter; legiinien subcylindrical, sericeous or gla- 

 brescent, with a linear, acuminate beak, straight or reflex. (Condensed from (aiseb. 

 Fl. Hrit. W. Ind. 1!I7.) 



We.st Indies, Mi:xico to Bra/ii., Peisu, East Indies. 



Ai.auama: Adventive on ballast. Flowers buff yellow, with a dark purple spot 

 in the center. To all apjiearance firmly established. Perennial. 



Type locality ( Willd. Sp. i'l.) : " Hab. in America calidiore. ' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



RHYNCHOSIA Lour. Fl. Cochin. .562. 1793. 



About 1(M> species, perennial herbs or shrubs, warmer tenii)erate tri'|iical regions 

 of" both hemispheres. 



Rhyuchosia erecta (Walt.) DC. Prodr. 2 : 384. 1825. Erect Kii ynciio.sia. 



Trifolinm erectum Walt. Fl. Car. 184. 1788. 



Chji'int' tmnentosa var. ererta Michx. Fl. I'.or. Am. 63. 1803. 



Ji'hiinchosia tomentosa var. rrecta Torr. & (Jrav, Fl. N. A. 1 : 28."). 1840. 



Eli. Sk . 2 : 23.5. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 147. Chap. Fl. 105. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Delaware to Florida, west to Louisiana, Arkan- 

 eaa, and Tcunessee. 



Ai.Ar.AMA: Tennessee Valley to Lower Pine regitm. Dry open woods. Caihoun 

 County, Anniston. Marsball, Cullman, .Vntangna, Clarke, Monroe, Mobile, and Hald- 

 win counties. Flowers yellow. June to August; Irequent, particularly in the pine 

 forests with a closer soil. 



Type locality: South Carolina. 



Herb. (jle<d. .Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rhynchosia simplicifoUa (Walt.) Wood, Hot. »fc Fl. 96. 1870. 



RolND-l.EAK lillYNCIIOSIA. 



Trifolinm simpHcifoHinii Walt. Fl. Car. 184. 1788. 



(iJilcine tomentosa inonopluiUa Michx. Fl. L5or. Am. 2 : 63. 1803. 



JUiyiichosia rcniiormin DC. Prodr. 2 : 381. 1825. 



Ji'lu/nchosia tomtntoaa var. monophi/lla Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 284. 1840. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 234. Gray, Man. ed. ()" 147- Chap. FL 105. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia; North Carolina to Florida, 

 west to Louisiana and Arkansas. 



Alabama : Mountain region. Metamorphic hills. Central Pine; belt to Coast plain. 

 Dry sandy borders of fields, pastures, open pine woods. Lee County, Auburn (Baker 

 ^•Earh). Tallapoosa, Autauga. Mobile. May, .June. Common throughout the dry 

 pine barrens. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rhynchosia tomentosa (L.) Hook. &, Arn. Comp. Hot. Mag. 1 : 23. 1835. 



Trailing Rhynchosia. 

 Glijciiie tomentosa L. Sp. PI. 2 : 7.54. 1753. 

 G. tomentosa rohthilia Michx. Fl. Hor. Am. 2 : (i3. 1803. 

 .Irn/phnUuin difformc Ell. .lonrn. .Vcad. Pliila. 1: 372. 1817. 

 lihi/nchosia diformis DC. Prodr. 2 : 384. 1825. 



