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LEGUMINOSiE. X. Baptisia. XI. Cyclopia, XII. Podalyria. 



plant we believe has not yet been described, and as we have no Genista-Uke Cycloipia, FI. July, Aug. CIt. 1787- Shrub 8ft, 



specimen the description must remain a desideratum. 1/. H. 2 C. galioides (D. C. prod. 2. p. 101.) plant smooth beloff, 



Native of North America. but the brandies are hairy at the top, as well as the upper leaves; 



Small Baptisia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1828. PL 1 foot. leaflets awl-shaped, mucronate ; segments of calyx ending inan 



9 B. MOLLIS (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 281.) leaves stalked, and acuminated niucrone ; bracteas ovate-lanceolate. Fj • G. Native 



are, as well as the stem and calyxes, minutely pubescent ; leaflets of the Cape of Good Hope. Sophora galioides. Berg. cap. HI. 



somewhat rhomboid-lanceolate; stipulas foliaceous, linear-Ian- — Pluk. aim. t. 413. f. 4. Aspalathus callosa, Burm. n. cap. 



ceolate ; racemes spicate, terminal; teeth of calyx acute. %. H. prod. 21. 



Native of Upper Carolina, principally on the Catawba ridge, 

 where it occurs abundantly in the open bushy forests. Stems 

 purplish, decumbent. Leaves often 2 inches long and 1 broad. 

 Flowers blue. Legume subulate, apiculated. 



Soft Baptisia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. PL decumbent. 



Galium'like Cyclopia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 4 ft. 



3 C. TENUiFOLiA (Lelim. in cat. sem. hort. hamb.) srtiootli; 

 leaflets setaceous, acute ; segments of the calyx obtuse ; bracteas 

 roundish, keeled. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Fine-leaved Cyclopia. Fl. July, Aug, Clt. 1826. Shrub 



10 B. viLLosA (Ell. sketch, 168.) leaves nearly sessile, pu- 2 to 4 feet. 



bescent ; stems and calyxes clothed with appressed pubescence ; 



4 C. LATiFOLiA (D. C. in ann. sc. nat. 4, p. 98.) smooth; 



leaflets lanceolate, obtuse; stipulas linear, longer than the pe- leaflets almost sessile, elliptic or ovate, somewhat mucronulate; 



tioles ; racemes terminal. % • H. Native of Virginia and North 

 Carolina, in low sandy grounds. Sophora villosa, Walt. Poda- 

 lyria villosa, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 264. Flowers yellow, 

 resembling a lupine. Calyx semi 4-cleft. Legume oblong, ob- 

 tuse, cylindrical. 



lobes of calyx acute. ^ . G. Native of the Cape of Gooi 

 Hope. Genista buxifolia, Burm. cap. prod. 21. Upper leaves 

 simple, 

 base. 



Flowers few, pedicellate ; pedicels bibracteate at tk 



Villous Baptisia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1811. PI, 1 to 2 ft. 3 to 6 feet. 



Broad-leaved Cydo^m. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 



11 B. a'lba (R. Br. in Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 6.) leaves stalked, 

 and are, as well as the branches, glabrous ; leaflets elliptic-ob- 

 long, obtuse ; stipulas deciduous, subulate, shorter than the 

 petioles; racemes terminal ; ovaries glabrous. 1/. H. Native 

 in the western parts of Virginia and Carolina, on the banks of 



Cult. An elegant genus of greenhouse shrubs, which ffiH 

 thrive in an equal mixture of loam and peat, and very young 

 cuttings, planted in a pot of sand with a bell-glass placed over 

 them, will root. 



rivers. Sophora alba, Walt. car. 134. Podalyria alba, WiUd. XII. PODALY'RIA {Podalyrius was the son of ^sculapIu^ 



spec. 2. p. 503. Sims, hot. mag. 1177. Crotalaria alba, Lin. 

 spec. 1006. Branches divaricate. Flowers white. 



/fV/i/f-flowered Baptisia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1724. PL 2 ft. 



12 B. TiNCTORiA (R. Br. in Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 6.) leaves 

 stalked, and are, as well as the branches, glabrous, upper ones 

 nearly sessile ; leaflets roundish-obovate ; stipulas setaceous, 

 almost obsolete ; racemes terminal. %. H. Native from Canada 

 to Carolina, on dry Iiills in woods. Flowers yellow, with wings 

 each furnished with a callosity or a lateral tooth. This 

 plant was formerly used as Indigo by dyers. The root and 

 herbage have been found to possess antiseptic and subastringent 

 properties. They have also a cathartic and emetic effect. Bar- 

 ton, 2. p. 57 



m mythology). Lam. ill. t. 327. exclusive of some species. 

 Salisb. par. 7. R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. C. but not 

 of Michx. — Aphora, Neck. elem. no. 1370. 



Lin. syst. De<;6ndria^ Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft, with u"' 

 equal lobes, thrust in at the base. Vexillum large, covering thf 

 keel and wings. Stamens 10, permanent, somewhat connate ai 

 the base. Stigma capitate. Legume sessile, ventricose, many' 

 seeded. — Cape shrubs, usually clothed with silky hairs, ^i^" 

 simple alternate leaves, and with narrow adpressed stipulas- 

 Peduncles axillary, 1 or many-flowered. Bracteas caducous- 

 Flowers purplish, rose-coloured or white. 



* Peduncles l-flowered. 



Dyers' Baptisia or Wild Indigo, FI. June, July. Clt. 1759. 1 P. Burche'lui (D, C. prod. 2. p. 101.) leaves elliptic o^ 



oblong, obtuse or emarginate, pubescent above, and rather hai^ 



XL CYCLO^PIA (from KvtcXocy kyklos, a circle, and ttoi/c, 



a 



foot 



in allusion to the replicate circle, which is found 



R. Br. 



pousj 



round the base or foot of the pods). 



Vent. dec. p. 8. 



PI. l|foot. ^, ^ ^^ 



Cult. This genus contains very ornamental border flowers of beneath ; peduncles very short, 1 -flowered, and are, as well as 

 easy culture. The species are usually increased by dividing the the calyxes, very hairy ; wings of flower longer than the cal)"^' 

 plants at the root. T2 . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Burch. cat. d* 



3475. Soph6ra cordata, Thunb. prod. 79. ? Hypocalyptus cor- 



d^tus, Thunb. fl. cap. 569. ? Flowers of a rose-purplish colour- 



Calyx clothed with straight rufous hairs. • 



J5Mrc/W/'^ Podalyria. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1816. Sh.4to8iJ 



2 P. HiRsu^TA (Willd. spec. 2. p. 505.) leaves villous, stalkj 

 upper ones ovate, lower ones roundish ; peduncles 1-flowere • 

 segments of calyx villous, length of wings. 1? . G. Native 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Sophora hirsuta, Ait. hort. kew, 2-? 

 46, Flowers red. 4 



/Tair^/ Podalyria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1774. Shrub 2 to 4^ 



3 P. sERi'cEA (R. Br. in Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. P- ''jj 

 leaves oblong-ovate, mucronate, silky on both surfaces ; P^^^l^ 

 1 -flowered, much shorter than the leaves, and are, as well as 



G. I*** 



,. mag. I- ^^ . 

 Hypocalyptus ser»- 



in Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 5. — Ibbetsonia, Sims, hot. 



mag. t. 1259. 



Decdndriay Monogynia, Calyx 5-cleft, unequal, 

 thrust in at the base, the lowest tooth longest. Vexillum large, 

 with longitudinal wrinkles. Wings having a transverse plait. 

 Keel inflexedly mucronate. 

 ed. Legume compressed, pedicellate, 1 -celled, many-seeded, 

 coriaceous. — Smooth broom-like shrubs, with sessile trifoliate 

 leaves, and axillary, bracteate, yellow flowers. 



Stamens deciduous. Stigma beard- 



calyxes, clothed with appressed silky pubescence. 1? • 

 1 C. GENisToiDES (R. Br. 1. c.) smooth ; leaflets awl -shaped ; tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Sims, bot. ^^^- *• 



I2 . F. Native of the Sophora sericea, Andr. bot. rep. t. 440. 



calyx mutic ; bracteas oblong-ovate. 



Cape of Good Hope. Sims, bot. mag. 1259. Gompholobium ceus, Thunb. fl. cap. 569.? 

 maculatum, Andr. bot. rep. t. 427. Podalyria genistoides, 

 Thunb. Sophora, Berg. cap. 140, 

 cap. 12 — Pluk. phyt. t. 413. f. 5. 



Sophora genistoides, Burm. 



Flowers pale-purple. . 



Silky Podalyria.' Fl. Jan. Oct. Clt. 1778. Shrub 4 to 6J^ 

 4 P. cuNEiFOHA (Vent. eels. 29.) leaves cuneiform, obt^^^ 

 somewhat emarginate, silky on both surfaces, nearly sess 



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