Part 4, 1924] FABACEAE: GALEGEAE 225 



10. Robinia pallida Ashe, Rhodora 25: 182. 1923. 



A shrub. 3-20 dm. high; branches rather densely puberulent, glabrate in age, sparingly 

 bristly; leaves 1-2 dm. long, the raehis slightly puberulent, soon glabrate, with scattered 

 bristles; leaflets 9-15, ovate or elliptic-ovate, acute or sometimes obtuse, glabrous above, 

 pale, glabrous or slightly pubescent beneath, 4-5.5 cm. long; peduncles 5-6 cm. long, 5-9- 

 flowered; calyx grayish-pubescent and sparingly bristly, the tube 5 mm. long, the lobes 4-5 

 mm. long, abruptly acuminate; corolla 21-23 mm. long, pale rose-colored; pod unknown. 



Type locality: Blue Ridge, Caldwell County, North Carolina. 

 Distribution: Mountains of North Carolina. 



1 1 Robinia pedunculata Ashe, Jour. EHsha Mitchell 

 Soe. 39: 111. 1923. 



A shrub. 2-4 in. high; branches puberulent and with short glandular bristles; spines often 

 present, straight, about 1 cm. long; leaves 1-2 dm. long, the raehis puberulent and sparingly 

 hispid; leaflets 7-13, oval, glabrate, 3-4.5 cm. long, rounded at each end, glabrous or nearly 

 so; peduncle 7-9 cm. long, 7-12-flowered, glandular-hispid; calyx pubescent and glandular, 

 the tube 4 mm. long, the lobes ovate, abruptly acuminate, 4 mm. long; corolla rose or white, 

 20-23 mm. long ; pod oblong, thick, 3-5 cm. long, densely hispid. May be a hybrid of R. hispida 

 and R. Boyntoni. 



Type locality: Wolf Creek, Tennessee. 

 Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



12. Robinia hispida L. Mant. 101. 1767. 



Robinia rosea Marsh. Arb. 134. 1785. Not R. rosea Mill. 1768. 

 Pseudo-Acacia [" Pseudacacia"] hispida Moench, Meth. 145. 1794. 

 Robinia hispida-rosea Mirb. Nouv. Duham. 2: 64. 1804. 

 Robinia monlana Bartr.; Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 488. as svnonym. 1814. 

 Robinia Unakae Ashe, Jour. Elisha Mitchell Soe. 39: 1 10. 1923. 



A straggling shrub, 3-20 dm. high; branches usually densely hispid and somewhat pilose; 

 stipular spines short, 3-5 mm. long, or wanting; leaves 1-2 dm. long; raehis usually hispid; 

 stipels subulate-setaceous, 2-4 mm. long; leaflets 7-13, oblong-oval to suborbicular, 1.8-5 cm. 

 long, 1-3.5 cm. wide, wholly glabrous or with scattered hairs on the veins beneath, rounded 

 at both ends; racemes 3-5-flowered, 5-10 cm. long; peduncle, pedicels, and calyces more or 

 less hispid; calyx-tube 6 mm. long, the lobes deltoid-lanceolate, acuminate, 6-7 mm. long; 

 corolla 22-25 mm. long, purple or reddish-purple; pod 5-8 cm. long, 1 cm. wide, densely hispid, 

 abruptly acuminate, 3-5-seeded. 



Type locality: Carolina. 



Distribution: In and near the mountains, from Virginia to Illinois, Alabama, and Georgia. 



Illustrations: Mill. Fig. PI. pi. 244; Catesby, Nat. Hist. Car. App. pi. 20; Bot. Mag. 

 pl. 311; St. Hil. PI. Fr. pi. 320; Guimp. Otto & Havne, Abb. Fremden Holz. pi. 66; Loud. Arb. 

 pi. 88; f. 307; Rev. Hortic. 1867:/. 38; Nouv. Duham. 2: pl. IS; Nichols. Diet. Gard. 3:/. 382; Garden 

 34: 175; Lounsberry, Guide Trees pl. 110. 



Robinia hispida X Pseudo-Acacia. Robinia Margarella Ashe, Jour. Elisha Mitchell Soe. 37: 

 176. 1922. A shrub, 1—3 m. high, often with slender spines, the branches glabrous or hispidu- 

 lous; leaflets 15-19, usually rounded at each end; flowers faintly fragrant; calyx-lobes broadly ovate, 

 short-aeuminate; corolla pale-lilac or pinkish with a yellow spot, 16-20 mm. long; pod flat, oblong, 

 6-S cm. long, sparingly bristly. Type from Augusta, Georgia; also i^South Carolina. 



13. Robinia fertilis Ashe, Rhodora 25: 182. 1923. 



Robinia hispida Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 65, in part. 1803. 

 Robinia nana Ashe; Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 614, in part. 1903. 



A low shrub, usually less than 1 m. high; branches more or less hispid and puberulent; 

 stipular spines 3-8 mm. long, slender or often wanting; leaves 1-1.5 dm. long; raehis often 



