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Pros' rate and widely spreading. The majority of the pods are shorter 

 than usual in my specimens. 



April 12 (1553); type locality, "in America meridionali." 

 Acuan reticulata (Benth.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL 158 (1891). 



Desmanthus reticulatus Benth. in Hook, Journ. Bot. 4 : 357 (1842). 



Two plants of this species were collected along the roadside northeast 

 of Kerrville, altitude 1 700 feet. Two very good characters are omitted 

 by Coulter, in the Manual of Western Texas, namely, "the glaucous 

 color of the foliage in the fresh state," and the strongly reticulated pod, 

 whence the specific name. 



June 30 (1931); type locality, San Felipe, Texas, collected by 

 Drummond. 



Acuan velutina (Scheele) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL 158 (1891). 

 Desmanthus velutinus Scheele, Linnaea 21 : 455 (1848). 



Common about Kerrville, from the low gravelly banks of Town Creek 

 1600 feet altitude, to about 1800 feet on the hillsides in pasture land. 

 Usually decumbent ; much branched from the stout perennial root. 



April 23 to June 20 (1655); type locality, " auf sumpfigem Boden 

 am oberen Komalkreek bei Neubraunfels. " 



NEPTUNIA Lour. 

 Neptunia lutea (Leavenw.) Benth. in Hook. Jour. Bot. 4 : 356 (1842). 



Acacia lutea Leavenw. Am. Jour. Sci. 7 : 61 (1824). 

 Young plants were seen in sandy ground at Flower Bluff, Nueces 

 county, in flower on April 9, at sea level. Later good fruiting specimens 

 were obtained at Corpus Christi, growing in moist, rich bla-.k land on 

 the edge of a water hole, near the Arroyo, altitude 40 feet. 



June 5 (1822) ; type locality, "prairies of Green county, Alabama." 



PROSOPIS L. Mant. 68 (1767). 

 Prosopis juliflora DC. Prodr. 2 : 447 (1825). 



Occurring at Corpus Christi in low ground outside of the " Bluff City 

 Park" as a prostrate spreading bush flowering profusely. Also a good 

 sized shrub near by, and on higher land often a small spreading tree. 

 Very abundant throughout the region of Corpus Christi. 



March 20 in flower, June 5 in fruit (1465); type locality, in sicciori- 

 bus Jamaicae australis." 



PARKINSONIA L. Sp. PL 375 (1753). 

 Parkinsonia aculeata L. Sp. PL 375 (1753). 



This very ornamental tree was first noticed at Corpus Christi, begin- 



