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This description is based mainly on specimens in the United States 
National Herbarium collected by S$. C. Carleton, Argo, Fla., in 1890. 
Common name, Florida velvet bean. The original source of the 
species is unknown. At present it 1s cultivated extensively in Florida 
and to a less degree elsewhere. 
The name deeringianum is given to this plant in honor of William 
Deering, of Cocoanut Grove, Fla. 
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