Melilotus.] LEGUMINOS^. ' 129 



ceteris trifoliolatis, foliolis oblongo-lanceolatis, stipulis petiolo duplo et ultra longioribu;^, 

 floribus geminis, pedicellis calyce brevioribus. DC, — Br. in Hort Kew, ed, 2. v. k 

 p. 3. Be Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p, 99.— Sopliora lupinoidee. « Pall. Astr. t 89."— Podalyria 

 lupinoides. Willd. Sp. PL v. 2. p. 604. 



Hab. Kamtschatka. Demidoff, {in Willd.) — I possess this species from Professor Ledebour, which, as 

 , well as the T. Corgonensis, De Cand. (Sophora alpina, Pall.) he gathered on the Altaic Mountaius. 



2. BAPTISIA. Vent 



Cal. semi-4—5-fidus bilabiatus. Pet. 5 subsequalia, vexillo lateribus reflexis. Stam. 

 decidua. Legumen ventricosum pediccllutum poly sperm urn. — Herbai Boreali-AmericancB. 

 Flores racemosL DC. 



1. B. tinctoria; valde ramosa, foliis brevissimc petiolatis ramisque glabris summis ses- 

 silibus, foliolis late-obovatis cuneatis, stipulis subulatis minutissimis deciduis, racemis 

 termlualibus paucifloris, leguminibus oblongis longe stipitatis. — Br. in Hort Kew. ed. 2. 

 V. 3. p. 5. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 100, Elliott^ Carol, v. 1. p. 467. — Sophora tinctoria. 

 Linn. Sp. PL p. 534, — Podalyria tinctoria. Sims, Bat. Mag. t 1099. Pursh^ FL Am. v. 1. 

 p. 308, BigeL FL Bast ed. 2. p. 170. 



Hab. Canada. Pursh. — Tliis, as well as the foUowing-, turns black in drying'. It is known in North 

 America under the name of Wild JndigOj and a considerable quantity of inferior indigo is prepared from it. 



2. B. alba ; superne ramosa, foliis breve petiolatis ramisque glabris, foliolis obovatis 

 obtusissimis, stipulis lineari-acuminatis deciduis petiolo brevioribus, racemis longis 

 multifioris, leguminibus cylindraceis. — Br. in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 6, De Cand. 

 Prodr. V. 2. p, 100. Elliott, Carol v. I. p. 469.— Crotalaria alba. Linn. Sp. PL p. 1006. 

 Podalyria alba. Willd.—Pursh, Ft. Am. v. 1. p. 308. Sims, Bat. Mag. t. 1177. 



Hab. Lake Erie. Mr. Goldie. 



Trib. II. LoTEiE. DC. Embryo Jwmotropus. Cor. papilionacea. Stam. aut monodelpha 

 aut more ordinis diadelplia (9 et 1.) Legumen continuum uniloculare^ aut rarius sutura 

 altera introflexa biloculare. Cotyledoncs planiusculce^ per germinationem in folia stomati- 

 bus donata conversce. DC. 



3. MEDICAGO. Linn. 



Cal subcylindricus 5-fidus. Carina e vexillo subremota. Stam. diadelplia. Legumen 

 polyspermum forma varium, semper falcatum vel in spicam coati>rtuiu. — Herbae aut 

 frutices. Stipulae scepius incises. Folia petlolata^ fere In omnibus ^-/oUolata, foliolis scepe 

 dentatis. Pedunculi axillares uni-bi-aut-multifori. Flores flavL DC. 



1. M. lupulina; procumbens, foliolis obovato-cuueatis, stipulis subintegris, floribus 

 spicato-capitatis, leguminibus reniformlbus monospermis. — Linn. Sp. PL p. 1097, Engl 

 Botp* 971. Pursh, FL Am. v. 2. p. 490, De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 172, 



Hab. Canada. Pursh; Mrs. Pcwua/.— Introduced, in all probability, from Europe. 



4. MELILOTUS. Toum, 



Cal. tubulosus 5-dentatus. Carina simplex, aloi vexillo breviores. Legumen calyce 



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