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Louisianiau area. North Carolina, valley Cape Fear River to Florida, west to 

 eastern Texas. 



ALABAMA : Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Rich banks of streams. Pike 

 County, Troy. Mobile County, reported from the swamps of Chickasa Creek. 

 Flowers white, February, March ; very rare in the wild state. More evidence is 

 wanted before it can be considered truly indigenous in the State. 



Economic uses: Ornamental. The leaves are poisonous. 



Type locality : "Native of South Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Snrv. Herb. Mohr. 



CHRYSOBALANUS L. Sp. PL ed. 2, 1 : 513. 1762. 



Three species, tropical regions. 

 Chrysobalaiius oblongifolius Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 283. 1803. DEER PLUM. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 539. Chap. Fl. 119. 



Lonisianian area. Georgia .and Florida west to Mississippi. 



ALABAMA : Coast Pine belt. Dry pine woods. Throughout the upper and lower 

 divisions; frequent. Monroe County, Claiborne. Mobile County, Springhill. 

 Flowers white, June; fruit ripe in September, yellowish red. Low shrub, stems 

 creeping. 



Type locality: "Hab. in sabulosis sylvarum Georgiae et Floridae. " 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



VICIACEAE (LEGUMINOSAE). Vetch Family. 

 ALBIZZIA Dnrazz. Mag. Tosc. 3, iv:ll. 1772. 



Thirty species, tropical regions of the Old World. 

 Albizzia julibrissin (Willd.) Durazz. Mag. Tosc. 3, iv : 11. 1772. SILK TREE. 



Mimosa julibrissin Willd. Sp. PL 4 : 1065. 1806. 



Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 223. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 619 ; ed. 3, 128. 



ASIA MINOR TO CHINA. Cultivated in all warmer countries. 



Louisianian area. Florida to Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. A rare escape from gardens. Flowers white, with pink 

 stamens; May. Tree 12 to 18 feet high. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Oriente." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ACACIA Adans. Fam. PL 2 : 319. 1763. 



A large genus of about 425 species, tropical countries of both hemispheres. 

 Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. Sp. PL 4 : 1083. 1805. OPOPONAX. SWEET ACACIA. 



Mimosa farnesiana L. Sp. PL 1 : 521. 1753. 



Chap. FL Suppl. 619; ed. 3, 128. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 99. Sargent, Silv. 

 N. A. 3 : 119, /. 141. 



TROPICAL AMERICA, WEST INDIES. Extensively cultivated in the warmer regions 

 of the globe. 



Louisianian area. Naturalized from western Texas, along the Gulf shore to South 

 Carolina. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Dry waste places. Mobile County. Flowers deep yellow, 

 highly fragrant; November to March. Frequent along the western shore of Mobile 

 Bay. Shrub or small tree. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Domingo." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



NEPTUNIA Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 1 : 653. 1790. 



Eight species, of tropical regions Northern and Southern hemispheres. North 

 America 1. 



Neptunia lutea (Leaven worth) Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 4 : 356. 1842. 



Mimosa virgata Bartram, Travels, (ed. 2, 419.) 1791. Not L. 



Acacia lutea Leaven worth, Am. Journ. Sci. 7 : 61. 1821. 



Neptunia virgata Branuer & Coville, Ark. Geol. Surv. Ann. Rep. 1888, 4: 178. 1891. 



Desmanthus luteus Benth. ; Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 128. 1897. 



Torr. & Gray, FL N. A. 1: 403. Chap. Fl. 117: ed. 3, 128. Coulter, Contr. Nat. 

 Herb. 2: 95. 



