Clarke Lewis, Cliftonville, Noxubee County, Miss. : 
. It grows in the Gulf States, on sandy land, and furnishes abundant forage of fair 
quality on poor soil. There is none in this section. 
W. H. Nevill, Binnsville, Miss. : 
Does well in the southern half of the Gulf State 
J. H. Murdock, Bryan, Brazos County, central Texas: 
It is grown here and stands drought very well on our light, sandy soils, and makes 
good pastures in its season. 
Mr. Matt. Coleman, Leesburgh, Sumter County, Fla., in 1878, wrote 
‘to the Department: 
The tradition is, that when the Spanish evacuated Pensacola this plant was dis- 
covered there by the cavalry horses feeding upon it eagerly. Five years ago I pro- 
cured some of the seed and have since grown it in my orange grovesasa forage plant 
and fertilizer. It grows on thin pine land 4 to 6 feet inlength, branching, and form- 
ing a thick mat, which affords all the mulch my trees require. It requires two days’ 
sun to dry if, and its sweet hay is relished by horses and cattle. The white bloom 
opens in the morning and closes at evening, and is visited by bees and butterflies. 
(Plate 102.) 
