582 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Phaseolus umbellatus (Mnhl.) Brittou, Trans. N. Y. Acad. 9 : 10. 1889. 



FRA<;RANT WILD BKAN. 



Glycine umbeUata Muhl. ; Willd. Sp. PL 3 : 1058. 1803. 



Strophoslyles peduncularis Ell. Sk. 2 : 230. 1824. 



Phaseolus helvolus Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 280. 1848. Not L. 



Ell. Sk. 2:230. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 145. Chap. Fl. 106 (inter 7*. lielvolus L.). Coulter, 

 Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 90. 



Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. Long Island (New York) to Florida and 

 throughout the Ohio Valley to the Gulf. 



.ALABAMA: Over the State, with the exception of the highest mountain ranges. 

 Dry siliceous soil. Lauderdale, Calhoun, Tuscaloosa, and Mobile counties. 1 lowers 

 rose pink, fragrant; July to September. Common, most abundant on the cherty 

 hills of the Coosa Valley and dry sandy fields near the coast. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Peusylvania." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Phaseohis semierectus L. Mant. 1 : 100. 1767. 



Stem silky-pubescent or glabrate, erect, twining near the top ; leaves ovate to 

 lanceolate; peduncles elongated, longer than the leaves; flowers nmbellately clus- 

 tered; pedicels short, at length recurved; calyx 5-toothed; teeth ovate-lanceolate, 

 pointed, the superior somewhat shorter; legumen subcyliudrical, sericeous or gla- 

 brescent, with a linear, acuminate beak, straight or reflex. (Condensed from Griseb. 

 Fl. Brit. W.Ind. 197.) 



WEST INDIES, MEXICO TO BRAZIL, PERU, EAST INDIES. 



ALABAMA: Advent! ve on ballast. Flowers buff yellow, with a dark purple spot 

 in the center. To all appearance firmly established. Perennial. 



Type locality (Willd. Sp. PL) : " Hab. in America calidiore. ? 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



RHYNCHOSIA Lour. Fl. Cochin. 562. 1793. 



About 100 species, perennial herbs or shrubs, warmer temperate tropical regions 

 of both hemispheres. 



Rhynchosia erecta (Walt.) DC. Prodr. 2 : 384. 1825. ERECT KH YNCHOSIA. 



Trifolium erectum Walt. FL Car. 184. 1788. 



Glycine tomentosa var. erecta Michx. FL Bor. Am. 63. 1803. 



Rhiinchosia tomentosa var. erecta Torr. & Gray, Fl. N.A.I: 285. 1840. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 235. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 147. Chap. Fl. 105. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Delaware to Florida, west to Louisiana, Arkan- 

 sas, and Tennessee. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Lower Pine region. Dry open woods. Calhoun 

 County, Anuiston. Marshall, Cullman, Autaugua, Clarke, Monroe, Mobile, and Bald- 

 win counties. Flowers yellow. June to August; frequent, particularly in the pine 

 forests with a closer soil. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rhynchosia simplicifolia (AValt.) Wood, Bot. & Fl. 96. 1870. 



ROUND-LEAF KM YNCHOSIA. 



Trifolium simplidfolium Walt. Fl. Car. 184. 1788. 



G lycine tomentosa monophylla Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 63. 1803. 



Rhynchosia reniformis DC. Prodr. 2 : 384. 1825. 



Ithynchosia tomentosa var. monophylla Torr. & Gray, FL N. A. 1 : 284. 1840. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 234. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 147 Chap. Fl. 105. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia; North Carolina to Florida, 

 west to Louisiana and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region, Metamorphic hills. Central Pine belt to Coast plain. 

 Dry sandy borders of fields, pastures, open pine woods. Lee County, Auburn (Baker 

 fEarle). Tallapoosa, Autauga. Mobile. May, Jnne. Common throughout the dry 

 pine barrens. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rhynchosia tomentosa (L.) Hook. & Arn. Comp. Bot. Mag. 1 : 23. 1835. 



TRAILING RHYNCIIOSIA. 

 Glycine tomentosa L. Sp. PL 2 : 754. 1753. 

 G. tomentosa volubilis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 63. 1803. 

 Aroyphyllum difforme Ell. Jonro. Acad. Phila. 1 : 372. 1817. 

 Ithynchosia difformis DC. Prodr. 2 : 384. 1825. 



