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barely 2cm long; blade of wing abruptly contracted into 
the slender claw; keel rather broad, (each portion). spat- 
ulate in outline. Calyx short, 6mm in length, as broad 
as long, the very short, broad lobes, 2-3mm long, abrupt- 
ly acute, smooth, or minutely pubescent when young, 
Pod slender, many seeded, smooth, even when young. 
A shrub with virgate branches, 1.5m to 2.5m in height, 
or exceptionally larger and assuming an arborescent 
form. Mountains of Virginia (7) and western North Car- 
olina to Georgia, usually at high elevations. It is one of 
the handsomest of the Appalachian species of the genus, 
equalling in brilliance of color and abundance of flowers 
R. viscosa. Growing specimens of this plant have been 
extensively distributed by the Kawana Nurseries of Ka- 
wana, N. C. 
Specimens examined: 
Kelsey: Mitchell county, N.C. 
J. A. Tatham: Cherokee county, N. C. 
Ashe: Randolph county, N. C. 
Ashe: Greenville-county, 5S. C: 
The plant is local, but fairly abundant where it occurs, 
and it should be frequent in cultivation. Pobsnia hispida 
L. with which it has been confused has the following 
characters: 
Robinia hispida ., Mant. 1: 101. 
Robinia rosea Duham., Arb. 1. ¢. 18. 
Pobinia rosea Marsh., Arb. 134. 
Robinia montana Bartr., Trav. 335. 
Pscuducacia hispida Moench, Meth. 145. 
Aeschynomene hispida Roxb. (7%) 
Mature twies rather stout, 4-5mm thick, terete, dark 
brown, bristly-hispid, papillate, or nearly smooth. Shoot 
of the season from densely bristly-hispid with stiff pur- 
ple hairs to nearly smooth; stipules, minute early decidu- 
ous. Leaves rather large, 12-20cm long, petiole usually 
hispid; leaflets 7-11, rarely 13, mostly opposite, short- 
stalked, ovate or orbicular, 2-3cm wide, 2-4cm long, 
