( 3121 ) 



Baptisia perfoliata. Perfoliate 

 Baptisia. 



Class and Order. 

 Decandria Monogynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — Leguminos^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Cal. semi-5-fidus, bilabiatus. Cor. papilionacea, petalis 

 longitudine subaequalibus : vexillum lateribus reflexis. Sta- 

 mina decidua. Legumen ventricosum, pedicellatum, poly- 

 spermum. Br. 



Specific Character and Si/nom/ms. 



Baptisia* perfoliata; foliis perfoliatis integerrimis subro- 



tundis. Br. 

 Baptisia perfoliata. Br. in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 5. 



De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 100. Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. 



2. p. 347. Elliott, Cav. v. I. p. 467. Lodd. Bot. Cab. 



t. 1104. 

 Rafnia perfoliata. Willd. Sp. PL v. 3. p. 949. 

 Podalyria perfoliata. Mich. Fl. Am. v. I. p. 263. Pursh, 



Am. v. 1. p. 307. 

 Sophora perfoliata. Walt. PI. Car. p. 135. 

 Crotalaria perfoliata. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1003. 

 Crotalaria perfoliata folio. Dill. Elth. p. 122. t. 102. 



/lag. 



Descr. Root perennial. Stems herbaceous, erect or 

 declined, slightly branched, mostly near the base, about a 



foot 



* From (SawTw, to dye, on account of the peculiar properties of some 

 species. 



