Botanical Name - Flemingia strobilifera

----- F. strobilifera, R. Br., F.B.I. II-227, Brandi's Ind. Trees, 231.

----- An under-shrub, usually about 5 ft. high ; branches rounded, velvety. Leaves simple, 3-6 by 1-1 3/4 in., oblong-lanceolate, sub-acute, rounded at teh base, sub-coriaceous, glabrescent above, thinly silky pubescent beneath. Bracts large membranouos, broadly ovate, folded, each enclosing a short raceme, frequently with sterile flowers.Flowers purple, 1/5 - 1/3 in. long, in racemes 3-6 in long, stalk zig-zag, downy. Pod 1/4 - 3-8 in. long, 2-seeded, downy.

----- Tolerably common in the same localities as the last species forming the underwood in the forests. The leaves and branches are used as brush, wood in thatchinf.