568 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Robinia viscosa Vent. Jard. Cels. t.4. 1800. CiamMy Locust. 
Ell. Sk. 2:242. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 134. Chap. Fl. 94. 
Carolinian area. South Carolina, Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Dry open woods. Dekalb County, Mentone. Flow- 
ers palepink. Slendershrub,3to4feethigh. Rare; only locality known in the State. 
Type locality not ascertained. 
Robinia hispida L. Mant. 1:101, 1767. 
Carolinian zone. Virginia along the Alleghenies to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Metamorphic hills. Clay County, elevated ridges 
between Jronaton and Mosvley, Che-aw-ha Mountain, 2,400 feet. Flowers rose-color. 
Shrub scarcely 5 feet high. 
Economic uses: Planted for ornament. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Carolina, Carthagena.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
ASTRAGALUS L. Sp. Pl. 2:755. 1753. 
About 1,200 to 1,300 species, herbs, ours perennial. Cooler and temperate conti- 
nental regions, Asia, North America 150 to 200, mostly between the Mississippi and 
the Pacitic coast. Atlantic region, 12. 
Astragalus carolinianus L. Sp. Pl. 2:757. 1753. Carouina MILK VETICH. 
Astragalus canadensis L. Sp. Pl. 2: 757. 1753. 
Ell. Sk. 2:226. Gray, Man. ed. 6,135. Chap. FI. 97. 
Canadian zone to Carolinian area. Ontario and Quebec to Hudson Bay, west to 
Saskatchewan. Western New York to Minnesota, Nebraska, and Kansas, through 
Colorado to the interior basin, south to Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and the mountains 
of South Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Lauderdale County, Florence (M. C. Wilson). 
Flowers greenish white; May, June. Rare. 
A glabrous form, tall, 3 to 4 feet high. 
Type locality of A. carolinianus: ‘“Hab.in Carolina.” Of 4. canadensis: ‘Hab. in 
Virginia, Canada.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Astragalus villosus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:67. 1803. Hoary Mink VETCH. 
Chap. F1. 98. 
Louisianian area. Georgia and Florida, 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Dry sandy pine woods. Mobile and Baldwin 
counties. Flowers dingy cream color, March (12th). Not infrequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Georgia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Astragalus tennesseensis Gray in Chap. Fl. 98. 1860. Tennessuu MILK VeTcu. 
Astragalus plattensis var. tennesseensis Gray, Proce. Am. Acad. 6:103. 1864. 
Gray, Man.ed.6,135. Chap. F1. 98. 
Carolinian area, Tennessee. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Reported from LaGrange (Professor Hatch). Lau- 
derdale County, Florence... 
Type locality: ‘ Hills near Nashville, Tennessee, Lesquereux, and Lagrange, Ala- 
bama, Professor Hatch.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
GLOTTIDIUM Desv. Journ, Bot.1:119, 1.2. 1813. 
One species, annual, South Atlantic North America. 
Glottidium vesicarium (Jacq.) Desv. Journ. Bot. 119, t. 7. 1813. 
Robinia vesicaria Jacq. Icon. 1: t. 148. 1781. 
Aeschynomene platycarpa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:75. 1803. 
Sesbania platycarpa Pers. Ench.2:316. 1807. 
Glottidium floridanum Desv. Journ. Bot.1:119,¢.7, 1818. 
Sesbania vesicaria Ell. Sk.2:222. 1824, 
Ell. Sk.l.c. Chap. F1.97. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 82. 
Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida. 
ALaBaMA: Coast plain. Low moist ground, muddy borders of marshes. Mobile 
and Baldwin. Flowers yellow to deep scarlet. July, August. Abundant along the 
borders of Mobile River marshes. 
Type locality uot ascertained. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
