568 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Robinia viscosa Vent. Jard. Cels. /. 4. 1800. CLAMMY L 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 242. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 134. Chap. Fl. 94. 



Carolinian area. South Carolina, Georgia. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region. Dry open woods. Dekalb County, Mentoiie. Flow- 

 ers pale pink. Slender shrub, 3 to 4 feet high. Hare; only locality known in the State. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Robinia hispida L. Mant. 1: 101. 1767. 



Carolinian zone. Virginia along the Alleghenies to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Metamorphic hills. Clay County, elevated ridges 

 between Ironaton and Moseley, Che-aw-ha Mountain, 2,400 feet. Flowers rose-color. 

 Shrub scarcely 5 feet high. 



Economic uses: Planted for ornament. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Carolina, Carthagena." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ASTRAGALUS L. Sp. PI. 2 : 755. 1753. 



About 1,200 to 1,300 species, herbs, ours perennial. Cooler and temperate conti- 

 nental regions, Asia. Nonh America 150 to 200, mostly between the Mississippi and 

 the Pacific coast. Atlantic region, 12. 



Astragalus caroliniaiius L. Sp. PI. 2 : 757. 1753. CAROLINA MILK VKTCH. 



Astragalus canadensis L. Sp. PL 2 : 757. 1753. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 226. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 135. Chap. Fl. 97. 



Canadian zone to Carolinian area. Ontario and Quebec to Hudson Bay, west to 

 Saskatchewan. Western New York to Minnesota, Nebraska, and Kansas, through 

 Colorado to the interior basin, south to Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and the mountains 

 of South Carolina. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Lauderdale County, Florence (M. C. Wilson). 

 Flowers greenish white; May, .June. Rare. 



A glabrous form, tall, 3 to 4 feet high. 



Type locality of A. carolinianus: "Hab. in Carolina." Of A. can adensis : "Hab. in 

 Virginia, Canada. 7 ' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Astragalus villosus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 67. 1803. HOAHY MILK VKTCII. 



Chap. Fl. 98. 



Louisianian area. Georgia and Florida. 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Dry sandy pine woods. Mobile and Baldwin 

 counties. Flowers dingy cream color. March (12th). Not infrequent. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Georgia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Astragalus teunesseensis Gray in Chap. Fl. 98. I860. TKNNKSSKK MILK VKTCH. 



Astragalus platiensis var. tennesseensis Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 6 : 103. 1864. 



Gray,' Man. ed. 6, 135. Chap. Fl. 98. 



Carolinian area. Tennessee. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Reported from LaGrange (TrofesHor Jfatch). Lau- 

 derdale County, Florence. 



Type locality : "Hills near Nashville;, Tennessee, Lesquerenx, and Lagrange, Ala- 

 bama, Professor Hatch." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



GLOTTIDITJM Desv. .Journ. Hot. 1 : 119, /. /. 1813. 



One species, annual, South Atlantic North America. 

 Glottidium vesicarium (Jacq.) Desv. Journ. Hot. 119, 1. 1. 1813. 



Rolrinia resicaria Jac<j. Icon. 1 : 1. 148. 1781. 



Aeschi/nomene ]>lati/carpa M ichx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 75. 1803. 



Scsbania plalycarpa Pers. Ench. 2 : 316. 1807. 



Glottidium floridannm Desv. Journ. Bot. 1 : 119, 1. 1. 1813. 



Sesbania resicaria Ell. Sk. 2 : 222. 1824. 



Ell. Sk. I.e. Chap. Fl. 97. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:82. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low moist ground, muddy borders of marshes. Mobile 

 and Baldwin. Flowers yellow to deep scarlet. July, August. Abundant along t lie 

 borders of Mobile River marshes. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb, Geol. Surv, Herb, Mohr, 



