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ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. July, August. Not rare. By iiiter- 

 gradiiig forms closely connected with the type. 



Type locality : lt Missouri, Arkansas, Indian Territory, and Louisiana." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Galactia volubilis intermedia Vail, Bull. Torr. Club, 22 : 508. 1895. 



Galactia pilosa angitstifoUa Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 287. 1840. 



Louisianian area. Coast region. Western Florida and Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Sandy borders of river marshes and shores of marine inlets, Mobile. 

 Flowers pale purple. August, September. Not rare. Close to the last, but easily 

 distinguished by the more slender, almost filiform, stems, twining over low bushes, 

 the almost-glabrous leaves, which are bright green, smoothish, from lance-linear to 

 linear, obtuse oracute, and the numerous peduncles, longer than the leaves. 



Type locality : " Florida to Louisiana." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Galactia floridana Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 288. 1838. FLORIDA MILK PEA. 



Chap. Fl. 108. 



Louisianian area. Western coast of Florida. 



ALABAMA : Lower Pine region, near the coast. Dry sandy pine barrens. Mobile 

 County, Springhill. Flowers pink or pale purple. August; fruit ripens in Sep- 

 tember; rare. 



Type locality : " Sandy places about Tampa Bay, Florida, Dr. Jiurrows!" 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Galactia erecta (Walt.) Vail. Bull. Torr. Club, 22 : 502. 1895. ERECT MILK PEA. 



Ervum erectum Walt. Fl. Car. 187. 1788. 



Galactia sessiliflora Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 288. 1838. 



Chap. Fl. 109. 



Louisianian area. Florida to Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Dry sandy pine barrens. Washington and Escam- 

 bia counties. Mobile County, Springhill. Flowers white. May, June; frequent. 

 Rootstock stout, fusiform. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



PHASEOLUS L. Sp. PL 2 : 723. 1753. BEAN. 

 (STROPHOSTYLES Ell. Sk. 2:229. 1821-24.) 



About 160 species, warmer regions of the globe. 

 Fhaseolus polystachyus (L. ) B. S. P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 15. 1888. WILD BEAN. 



Dolichos polystacliyus L. Sp. PL 2 : 726. 1753. 



Phaseolus ptrennis Walt, Fl. Car. 182. 1788. 



Ell. Sk. 2: 228. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 144. Chap. Fl. 106. 



Allegheuiaii to Louisianian area. New England west to Minnesota, Dakotas, 

 Nebraska, Kansas, south to the Ohio Valley, and from New York to Florida. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Shady dry woods. Dekalb County, 

 Mentone, 1,600 feet. Talladega County, summit Alpine Mountains, near the Signal 

 Station, 1,800 feet, and near Renfroe, 1,200 feet. Mobile County, West Fowl River. 

 Collected in fruit September, October. In the barren rocky soil of the mountains 

 somewhat depauperated. Rare. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Phaseolus helvolus L. Sp. PL 2 : 724. 1753. ANGULAR-LEAF BEAN. 



Phaseolus diversifolius Pers. Syn. 2 : 296. 1807. 



P. angulatns Ort. Nov. PI. 24. 1797. 



Strophostyles angulosa Ell. Sk. 2 : 229. 1824. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 229. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 144. Chap. Fl. 106. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 90. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Quebec, Ontario ; New England west to Minne- 

 sota, Nebraska, and Kansas, south to Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Damp thickets. Montgomery 

 County, Pintlala Creek. Mobile County. Flowers pale greenish purple; July. 

 Infrequent ; chiefly near the coast. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



