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Widely distributed in the Eastern United States. Also in 

 Mexico and Africa (?). 



ZORNIA Gmel., Syst. 2 : 1096. 1791. 

 Z. bracteata (Walt.) Gmel., 1. c. 



Sand-hills; rare, emanuel, Montgomery. Also farther in- 

 land, in Laurens and Sumter Counties, and on Cumberland 

 Island. Sometimes a weed. 

 Virginia to central Florida and Mexico, in the coastal plain. 

 Also in Africa. 



^ESCHYNOMENE L., Sp. PI. 213. 1753. 

 A. Virginica (L.) B. S. P., Prel. Cat. N. Y. 13. 1888; Britton, 

 Mem. Torrey Club 5 : 202. 1894. 

 berrien: Edge of branch-swamp, Tifton, Sept. 19, 1900. Not 

 seen elsewhere in the region, and perhaps not indigenous. 

 It is evidently a mere weed in some other parts of South 

 Georgia. 

 New Jersey to Florida and Louisiana, in the coastal plain. 

 Perhaps native near the coast. 



KUHNISTERA Lam., Encyc. 3:370. 1789. 

 K. pinnata (Walt.) Kuntze, Rev. 1 : 192. 1891. 

 Petalostemon corymbosus Mx., Fl. 2 :5c 1803. 

 Sand-hills; common. Noted in every county except Screven, 

 Laurens, Coffee (which is rather surprising), Worth, and 

 Mitchell ; but there is no known reason why it should not 

 grow in these also. Fl. Sept.-Oct. Extends inland to the 

 fall-line in Richmond and Glascock Counties. 

 North Carolina to Florida and Mississippi, in the coastal plain. 



PETALOSTEMON Mx.,Fl. 2 : 48. 1803. 

 P. albidus [T. & G.] Small, Fl. 630. 1903. 



Dry pine-barrens, etc. dodge, worth, colquitt, thomas. 

 Fl. Aug.-Sept. More common in the Lower Oligocene 

 region, but occurs also in Camden County. 

 Also in Florida and southeastern Alabama. 



AMORPHA L., Sp. PI. 713. 1753. 

 A. fruticosa L., 1. c. 



Swamps and banks of rivers rising north of our territory. 



