FABACEAE 599 
1-3 em. long, rounded or retuse at the apex, delicately nerved beneath : racemes numerous, 
few-flowered : pedicels 5-8 mm. long: calyx campanulate, about 3 mm. long ; lower lobes 
triangular, acuminate, shorter than the tube: corolla yellow ; keel-petals less than 1.5 cm. 
in length ; standard with a blade 1 cm. broad or less: pods oval or oblong, long-stipitate, 
9-12 mm. long, exclusive of the slender beak. 
In dry soil, Maine to Ontario, Minnesota, Florida and Louisiana. Spring to fall. 
8. Baptisia Gibbésii Small. Similar to B. tinctoria in habit, glaucous. Stem often 
diffusely branched: leaflets 3, the blades cuneate to spatulate-cuneate, 1-1.5 cm. or rarely 
2 cm. long, rounded or emarginate at the apex, revolute especially near the base or 
throughout in age: racemes few-flowered : pedicels 1-4 mm. long : calyx campanulate, 2.5-3 
mm. long; lower lobes triangular, acute, much shorter than the tube: corolla yellow ; keel- 
petals 10-12 mm. long; standard with a suborbicular blade about 1 cm. broad: pods glob- 
ular, sometimes depressed-globose, slender-stipitate, the body 6-7 mm. long, exclusive of 
the subulate beak. 
In sandy soil, eastern South Carolina. Spring and summer. 
9. Baptisia lanceolàta Walt. Foliage pubescent when young, glabrate in age. 
Stems 3-9 dm. tall, widely branching : leaflets 3, the blades firm, oblanceolate to linear- 
oblanceolate, 4-10 cm. long, rounded or notched at the apex, scarcely lustrous above, 
reticulated, tapering to the base: flowers axillary, usually approximate at the ends of the 
branches: pedicels 4-5 mm. long: calyx campanulate, 7-8 mm. long; lower lobes rather 
triangular, shorter than the tube: corolla dull yellow, over 2 em. long; standard with a 
reniform blade about 2 cm. broad: pods leathery, the body ovoid, 2-2.5 em. long, spar- 
ingly pubescent, long-beaked, stipitate. 
In sandy pine lands, North Carolina to Florida. Spring. 
10. Baptisia Nuttalliana Small. Foliage more or less densely pubescent. Stems 
4-11 dm. tall, branching: leaflets 3, the blades firm, cuneate or obovate-cuneate, 2-6 
cm. long, rounded or notched at the apex, reticulated : flowers in terminal racemes : pedi- 
cels 1-3 mm. long: calyx campanulate, 8-10 mm. long, silky ; lower lobes triangular or 
triangular-lanceolate, shorter than the tube : corolla yellow ; keel-petals fully 15 mm. long ; 
standard with a reniform blade 1.2-1.8 cm. broad : pods oval, firm, the body 1-1.7 em. long, 
long-stipitate, pubescent, the beak fully 4 as long as the body. — [ B. confusa Pollard & Ball. ] 
In dry soil, Arkansas to Louisiana, Texas and adjacent Mexico. Spring and summer. 
ll. Baptisia ellíptica Small. Foliage glabrous or minutely pubescent. Stems 3-9 
dm. tall, sometimes zigzag, branching: leaflets 3, variable, the blades of the lower ones ob- 
lanceolate, those of the upper leaves elliptic or sometimes broadened slightly above the 
middle, or below it, founded or notched at the apex, rarely acute, lustrous above, mostly 
tapering to both ends, especially to the base, reticulated : flowers solitary in the upper 
axils or approximate at the ends of the branches, sometimes in terminal racemes : pedicels 
9-10 mm. long : calyx campanulate, 6-8 mm. high ; lower lobes triangular, shorter than 
the tube : corolla yellow, about 2 cm. long ; standard with a nearly reniform blade notched 
at the apex, truncate or cordate at the base : pods firm, the body 1.5-2 em. long, slender- 
beaked, strigillose, long-stipitate. 
In dry pine lands, Florida. spring. 
12. Baptisia sphaerocárpa Nutt. Foliage glabrous or parts of it sparingly pubes- 
cent when young. Stems 3-10 dm. tall, solitary or several together, branching : leaflets 3, 
firm, the blades elliptic to elliptic-oblanceolate, obtuse or retuse at the apex: racemes 
opposite the leaves, elongated, 1—4 dm. long, loosely flowered : pedicels 3-8 mm. long, sub- 
tended by minute bracts: calyx campanulate, 6-8 mm. high; lower lobes lanceolate- 
acuminate : corolla deep yellow ; keel-petals 15-18 mm. long ; standard with an orbicular, 
reniform blade fully 1 em. broad: pods woody, the body broadly oval or subglobose, 1.5-2 
em. long, glabrous, stipitate, abruptly short-beaked. 
In dry soil, Arkansas and Texas. Spring and summer. 
13. Baptisia villosa (Walt.) Ell. Foliage minutely pubescent or glabrate in age, 
"eus black in drying. Stems stout, 5-8 dm. tall, branching: leaflets 3, firm, the 
i ades elliptic to elliptic-oblanceolate or obovate, obtuse or notched at the apex, reticulated, 
IM above: racemes 2-4 dm. long, erect or spreading: pedicels strigillose, 5-8 cm. 
ong: calyx campanulate, about 1 cm. long ; lobes triangular to ovate, 3 as long as the 
tube: corolla yellow, over 2 cm. long ; standard with a blade 2 cm. broad : pods firm, the 
y oblong-ovoid, 3-3.5 cm. long, conspicuously slender-beaked, long-stipitate. 
In sandy soil, North Carolina. Spring. 
14. Baptisia sulphürea Engélm. Foliage glabrous. Stem 5-12 dm. tall, with 
spreading branches, the branches glaucous: leaves few ; petioles mostly 5-10 mm. long: 
