582 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Phaseolus umbellatus (Muhl.) Britton, Trans. N. Y. Acad. 9:10. 1889. 
FraGRANT WILD Buran. 
Glycine umbellata Muhl.; Willd. Sp. Pl. 3: 1058. 1803. 
Strophostyles peduncularis Kl. 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 P. helvolus L.). Coulter, 
Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:90. 
Carolinian and Louisianian 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. Jlowers 
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 Pensylvania.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Phaseolus semierectus L. Mant.1:100. 1767. 
Stem silky-pubescent or glabrate, erect, twining near the top; leaves ovate to 
lanceolate; peduncles elongated, louger than the leaves; flowers umbellately clus- 
tered; pedicels short, at length recurved; calyx 5-toothed; teeth ovate-lanceolate, 
pointed, the superior somewhat shorter; legumen subcylindrical, sericeous or gla- 
brescent, with a linear, acuminate beak, straight or reflex. (Condensed from Griseb. 
Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 197.) 
WEstT INDIES, Mexico TO BrRaZIL, PERU, East INDIES. 
ALABAMA: Adventive 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, Erecr RuyNcuosia. 
Trifolium erectum Walt. F1. Car. 184. 1788. 
Glycine tomentosa var. erecta Michx. F1. Bor. Am. 63. 1803. 
Rhynchosia tomentosa var. erecta Torr. & Gray, Fl.N.A.1:285, 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. Catihoun 
County, Anniston. Marshall, Cullman, Autaugua, Clarke, Monroe, Mobile, and Bald- 
win counties. Flowers yellow. June to Angust; frequent, particularly in the pine 
forests with a closer soil. 7 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Rhynchosia simplicifolia (Walt.) Wood, Bot. & F1.96. 1870. 
Rounp-Lear RuyNcuosia. 
Trifolium simplicifolium Walt. Fl. Car. 184. 1788. 
Glycine tomentosa monophylla Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:63. 1803. 
Thynchosia reniformis DC. Prodr. 2: 384. 1825. 
thynchosia 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 
§ Earle). Tallapoosa, Autauga. Mobile. May, June. 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 RHYNCIOSIA. 
Glycine tomentosa L. Sp. Pl. 2: 754. 1753. 
G. tomentosa volubilis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:63. 1803. 
Areyphyllum difforme Ell. Journ. Acad, Phila. 1:372, 1817. 
Rhynchosia difformis DC, Prodr. 2: 384. 1825, 
