Trifolium repens L. 



Britton and Browne 111. Flora, vol. II, p. 279, Figure 2083. 



Blooms all the year except hot summer months. 



Distribution: — Introduced from Europe. 



Louisiana: — In cultivated ground throughout the State. 



The following two have also been reported from the State, but 

 specimens have not been seen by the writer: 

 Trifolium elegans Cher. 



Reported by Rev. A. B. Langlois in Catalogue provisoire de plantes 

 de la Basse Louisiane, 1887. 

 Trifolium medium L. 



Reported by Hale, Riddell and Carpenter, Catalogue of Plants of 

 Louisiana, New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal, 1859. 



HOSACKIA Dougl. 



Hosackia americana (Nutt) Piper. 



Lotus americanus (Nutt.) Bisch. 



Hosackia purshiana Be nth. 



Chapman Flora, p. 98; Small Flora, p. 607; Britton and Browne 111. 

 Flora, vol. n, p. 280, Figure 2085. 



April. 



Distribution: — Minnesota to Texas; New Mexico, Louisiana. 



Louisiana: — Dry, sandy soil; Alexandria. 



INDIGOFERA L. Indigo. 



Indigofera tinctoria L. 



Chapman Flora, p. 105; Small Flora, p. 609. 



August. 



Distribution: — Introduced from Asia. 



Louisiana: — Occasional in waste places; formerly cultivated. 

 Indigofera anil L. 



Chapman Flora, p. 105; Small Flora, p. 608. 



September. 



Distribution: — Introduced from the Tropics. 



Louisiana: — Apparently naturalized in Cameron Parish near the 

 beach; formerly cultivated. 

 Indigofera caroliniana Walt. 



Chapman Flora, p. 105; Small Flora, p. 608. 



April. 



Distribution: — North Carolina to Florida and Louisiana. 



Louisiana: — Dry pine lands near Alexandria. 



TEPHROSIA Pers. 



Tephrosia ambigua M. A. Curtis. 



Cracca ambigua (M. A. Curtis) Kuntze. 



Chapman Flora, p. 104; Small Flora, p. 610. 



June. 



Distribution: — North Carolina to Florida and Mississippi. 



Louisiana: — Dry pine lands near Covington. 

 Tephrosia hispidula Pursh. 



Cracca hispidula (Michx.) Kuntze. 



Chapman Flora, p. 104; Small Flora, p. 611; Britton and Browne 111. 



