VETCH FAMILY. 569 



SESBAN Adaus. Fain. PL 2 : 327. 1763. 



About 15 species, subtropical and tropical regions, mostly of the Northern Hemi- 

 sphere; Asia, America. Southeastern North America, 1. 



Sesbaii macrocarpum Muhl. ; Ell. Sk. 2 : 221. 1824. 



Ell. 1. c. Chap. Fl. 97. Conl ter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 81. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Upper Division Coast Pine belt to Coast plain. Low damp ground, 

 margins of ponds. Flowers yellow, dotted with scarlet, June to August ; fruit ripens 

 September, October. Frequent. Abundant in tide-water districts. 



A coarse tall weed not infrequently invading cultivated grounds. 



Type locality : " Grows around ponds. Not common. Paris Island." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Sesban occidentale Pers. Ench. 2 : 316. 1807. 



WEST INDIES. 



A fugitive with ballast, Mobile. Observed once only in October; killed by frost 

 before seeds ripened. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



DAUBENTONIA DC.Me"in.Legum.285. 1825. 



Four species, tropical regions. Africa, Central America, Brazil. 

 Daubentoiiia longifolia (Cav.) DC. Me"m. Legum. 285. 1825. 



Aeschijnomene longifolia Cav. Icon. 4 : 8, t. 315, 1797. Not Ortega. 



Piscidia longifolia Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 920. 1800. 



Sesbania cavanillesii Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 17 : 342. 1882. 



Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 81. 



MEXICO. 



Adventive along the Gulf coast. From western Texas to Mississippi (Biloxi, col- 

 lected June, 1893) and Florida. 



ALABAMA: Low places. Mobile, in a ditch beyond the western suburbs. July, 

 1892; not observed since. Flowers bright yellow. Shrub 4 to 6 feet high Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Nova-Hispania." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Daubeiitonia punicea (Cav.) DC. Me"m. Le"gum. 286. 1825. 



Piscidia punicea Cav. Icon. 4 : t. 316. 



Sesbania punicea Benth. ex Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 106. 1897. 



MEXICO. 



Texas to western Florida along the Gulf shore. Adveutive or most probably 

 escaped from cultivation. Observed copiously at Pensacola (July, 1878). Also at 

 Apalachicola! 



ALABAMA: Littoral region. Mobile County, low pine barrens. Dauphin Island, 

 June, 1893. Flowers deep vermilion to carmine. Rare. Shrubby, 3 to 4 feet high. 



Type locality : " Hab. in America calidiore." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



AESCHYNOMENE L. Sp. PL 2 : 713. 753. SENSITIVE JOINTED VETCH. 



About 55 species, tropical and subtropical regions both hemispheres, largely South 

 America. 



Aeschyiiomene virginica (L.) B. S. P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 13. 1888. 



HISPID SENSITIVE JOINTED VETCH. 



Hedysarum viryinicum L. Sp. PI. 2 : 750. 1753. 



Aeschynomene hispida Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 1163. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 220. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 138. Chap. Fl. 99. 



Carolinian and Louisiauian areas. Southeastern Pennsylvania and tide-water 

 region to Florida and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Marshes. Mobile and Baldwin counties. Flowers yel- 

 low, August, September. Common. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aeschynomene viscidula Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 74. 1803. 



PROSTRATE AESCHYNOMENE. 

 Ell. Sk. 2: 220. Chap -Fl. 39. 

 Louisianian area, South Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi (Horn Island). 



