558 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



BAPTISIA Vent. Dec. Gen. Nov. <). 1808. 



Fourteen species, perennials, Atlantic North America, largely southeastern. 

 Baptisia lanceolata (Walt.) Ell. Sk. 1:467. 1817. LANCEOLATE FALSE INDIGO. 



Sophora lanceolata Walt. Fl. Car. 135. 1788. 



Podah/na uniflora Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 263. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1 :467. Chap. Fl. 111. 



Louisiauian area. Florida to North Carolina, west to Louisiana and Arkansas. 



ALA HAM A: Lower Pine region. Dry pine barrens. Baldwin County. Flowers 

 yellow. April; rare. 



Almost glabrous, flowers mostly single, rarely in pairs. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Baptisia leucantha Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 385. 1840. 



WHITE-FLOWERED FALSE INDIGO. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 126. Chap. Fl. 112. 



Carolinian aud Louisianian areas. Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, south to Ohio, 

 Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Louisianian area. Damp banks. Washington County. Flowers 

 white. May; rare. 



Type locality : "In rich alluvial soil, Upper Canada (near Lake Erie), Michigan! 

 Ohio ! to Louisiana ! '' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Baptisia megacarpa Chap. Fl. 111. 1860. 



Chap. Fl.ed.3, 121. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Georgia, middle Florida. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Metamorphic hills. Open woodlands. Tallapoosa 

 County, Dadeville (Biltmore Herb. 1899). Flowers pale yellow, May. Perennial. 

 Bare. 



Type locality : " Light rich soil, Gadsden County, middle Florida, and along the 

 Flint River, near Albany, Ga." 



THERMOPSIS R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 3 : 3. 1811. 



One hundred and twenty-three species, perennial herbs. Siberia, Himalayan 

 India. North America, 7. 



Thermopsis fraxinifolia Nutt. in Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 387. 1840. 



Chap. Fl. 113. 



Carolinian area. North Carolina. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Dekalb County, Lookout Mountain near Meiitone 

 (May, 1899, Miss Loriitg). Rare. 



Type locality: "Found chiefly upon the Catawba ridge, North Carolina, in open 

 bushy forests." 



CROTALARIA L. Sp. PI. 2 : 714. 1753. RATTLE-POD. 

 Two hundred and fifty species, of warmer regions of both hemispheres. 



Crotalaria rotundifolia (Walt.) Poir. Encycl. Suppl. 2 :402. 1811. 



ROUND-LEAF RATTLE Box. 



Anonymos rotundifolia Walt. Fl. Car. 181. 1788. 



Crotalaria sagitlifolia var. rotundifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 55. 1803. 



C. ovalis Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 : 469. 1814. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 194. Chap. Fl. 89. 



MEXICO, SOUTH AMERICA. 



Carolinian aud Louisiauian areas. Virginia, North Carolina to Florida, west to 

 Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Dry sandy open woods. Ciillm;iii 

 County, 800 feet. Pike County, Troy. Chilton County, Verbena (E. A. Smith). Lee 

 County, Auburn, 860 feet (Maker $ Earle). Escambia County (Baker j- Earle}. Mobile 

 County. Flowers yellow. May, June; fruit black, June. Most frequent throughout 

 the Central and Coast Pine belts. Perennial. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Crotalaria sagittalis L. Sp. PI. 2 : 714. 1753. COMMON RATTLE-PEA. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 293. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 127. Chap. Fl. 89. 



