VETCH FAMILY. 569 
SESBAN Adans. Fam. Pl. 2:327. 1763. 
About 15 species, subtropical and tropical regions, mostly of the Northern Hemi- 
sphere; Asia, America. Southeastern North America, 1. 
Sesban macrocarpum Muhl.; Ell.Sk.2:221. 1824. 
Ell.l.c. Chap. F1.97. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 81. 
Louisianian area, South Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Upper Division Coast Pine belt to Coast plain. Low damp ground, 
margins of ponds. Tlowers yellow, dotted with scarlet, June to August; fruit ripens 
September, October. Frequent. Abundant in tide-water districts. 
A coarse tall weed not infrequently invading cultivated grounds. 
Type locality: ‘‘Grows around ponds. Not common. Paris Island.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Sesban occidentale Pers. Ench. 2:316. 1807. 
WeEstT INDIES. 
A fugitive with ballast, Mobile. Observed once only in October; killed by frost 
before seeds ripened. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
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DAUBENTONIA DC. Mém. Légum. 285. 1825. 
Four species, tropical regions. Africa, Central America, Brazil. 
Daubentonia longifolia (Cav.) DC. Mém. Légum. 285. 1825. 
Aeschynomene longifolia Cav. Icon. 4:8, t. 315. 1797. Not Ortega. 
Piscidia longifolia Willd. Sp. Pl. 3:920. 1800. 
Sesbania cavanillesit Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 17: 342. 1882. 
Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:81. 
MEXxIco. 
Adventive along the Gulf coast. From western Texas to Mississippi (Biloxi, col- 
lected June, 1893) and Florida. 
ALABAMA: Low places. Mobile, in a ditch beyond the western suburbs. July, 
1892; not observed since. Flowers bright yellow. Shrub 4 to 6 feet high Annual, 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Nova-Hispania.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Daubentonia punicea (Cav.) DC. Mém. Légum. 286, 1825. 
Piscidia punicea Cav. Icon. 4: t. 316. 
Sesbania punicea Benth. ex Chap. Fl. ed. 3,106. 1897. 
MEXICO. 
Texas to western Florida along the Gulf shore. Adventive or most probably 
escaped from cultivation. Observed copiously at Pensacola (July, 1878). Also at 
Apalachicola! 
ALABAMA: Littoral region. Mobile County, low pine barrens. Dauphin Island, 
June, 1893. Flowers deep vermilion to carmine. Rare. Shrubby, 3 to4 feet high. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.in America calidiore.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
AESCHYNOMENE L. Sp. Pl. 2:713. 753. SENsITIVe JOINTED VETCH. 
About 55 species, tropical and subtropical regions both hemispheres, largely South 
America. 
Aeschynomene virginica (L.) B.4. P. Prel. Cat. N.Y. 13. 1888. 
r Hisrip SENSITIVE JOINTED VuTCH. 
Hedysarum virginicum L. Sp. Pl. 2: 750. 1753. 
Aeschynomene hispida Willd. Sp. P]. 3: 1163. 1803. 
Ell. Sk. 2:220. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 138. Chap. F°1. 99. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southeastern Pennsylvania and tide-water 
region to Florida and Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Marshes. Mobile and Baldwin counties. Flowers yel- 
low, August, September. Common. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Aeschynomene viscidula Michx. I'l. Bor. Am. 2:74. 1803. 
Prostrate AESCHYNOMENE, 
Kl. Sk. 2:220. Chap ‘FI. 39. ie A Le sends 
. Louisianian area, South Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi (Horn Island), 
