138. 
Apios 
Apios americana Medic. Wild Bean, 
Ground-nut 
Java Farm. One station: salt marsh along tidal portion of 
Muddy Creek, upstream from Hog Island marsh. Hectare 3540. Associate 
species: Spartina alterniflora, Pluchea camphorata, Kosteletzkya 
virginica. Higman 283. 
Amphicarpa 
Amphicarpa bracteata (L) Fern. Hog Peanut 
Java Farm. Infrequent along banks of Muddy Creek (fresh-water). 
Canopy of Fraxinus americana; understory of Lindera benzoin. 
Higman 92, 1044. 
Phaseolus 
Phaseolus polystachios (L) BSP. Wild Bean 
Java Farm. One station: valley of Muddy Creek, upstream from 
culvert at old entrance road, near Phalaris arundinacea meadow. 
Hectare 2467. Canopy of Platanus occidentalis, Fagus grandifolia, 
Quercus alba. Understery of Lindera benzoin. Ground layer of Lonicera 
japonica. Higman 178. 
Strophostyles 
1. Principal leaflets ovate, may be somewhat 3-lobed, 
acuminate; stem glabrous or spreading-pilose.......... S- helvola 
1. Principal leaflets very narrowly ovate, unlobed; 
stem retrorsely pilose for 1-2 dm. back from tip only. 
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Strophostyles helvola (L) Ell. Wild Bean 
Ivy Neck. Infrequent on sand bars and beaches at the Rhode River 
shore of Cheston Peninsula. Associate species: Cenchrus tribuloides, 
Spartina alterniflora. Higman 1014. 
S. umbellata (Muhl.) Britt. Wild Bean 
Ivy Neck. One station: fallow field between entrance road and 
forested valley of Scaffold Creek drainage. Hectare 4668. Associate 
species: Desmodium perplexum, Echinochloa pungens, Eupatorium 
serotinum, Setaria lutescens. Higman 1116. 
