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Along the road between Corpus Christi and the Oso, altitude 20 feet, 

 growing on grassy banks. Also near the mouth of the Nueces, and on 

 the hills about Kerrville. The roots bore tubercles in all the specimens 

 examined. 



March 21 (1466). 



MEDICAGO L. Sp. PL 778 (1753). 



Medicago sativa L. Sp. PL 778 (1753). 



Occurring very sparingly about the streets of Kerrville, altitude 1650 

 feet. 



June 13 (1845) ; type locality, " in Hispaniae." 



MELILOTUS Juss. Gen. PL 356 (1789). 

 Melilotus Indica (L.) All. Fl. Ped. i : 308 (1785). 

 Trifolium Melilotus Indica L. Sp. PL 765 (1753). 

 Along the banks of the San Antonio, at San Antonio, in rich, grassy, 

 shaded ground. Apparently not plentiful. 

 May 5 (1701) ; type locality, in India. 



PSORALEA L. Sp. PL 762 (1753). 

 Psoralea cuspidata Pursh, FL Am. Sept. 741 (1814). 



Psoralea macrorhiza Nutt. in Fras. Cat. (1813), name only. 

 Psoralea cryptocarpa T. & G. FL N. A. i : 301 (1838). 



In stony limestone ground along the banks of the Guadalupe at Kerr- 

 ville, on Town Creek, and on the plateau north of Kerrville, altitude 

 1625-1800 feet. 



April 28 (1673) ; type locality, " in upper Louisiana." 

 Psoralea cyphocalyx A. Gray, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. 6:172 (1850). 



Plentiful, but scattered on the stony limestone hillsides about Kerrville, 

 altitude 1700-1800 feet. 



May 14 (1739); type locality, "Rocky prairies on the Cibolo and 

 Pierdenales." 

 Psoralea esculenta, Pursh, FL Am. Sept. 475 (1814). 



This plant occurs sparingly on the rocky hilltops, at an altitude of 

 about 2000 feet. Found only in fruit. Low, 6-8 inches. 



April 28 (1667); type locality, "on the banks of the Missouri." 

 Psoralea hypogea Nutt. ; T. & G. FL N. A. i : 302 (1838.). 



Collected on a stony hillside north of Kerrville, altitude 1700 feet. 

 Scarce. 



April 28 (1677) ; type locality, " plains of the Platte." 



