DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. ast 
bous at the base on the upper side, margin 5-toothed, 
obtuse. Flowers white, rather large; vexillum resupinate, 
reflected, the claw rigid, limb rounded and_ obcordate; 
wings oblong, horizontal; carina of 2 petals cohering 
above, each with a single denture near the base and sub- 
ulately terminated above as in Oxytrepis. Filaments dia-~ 
_ delphous, 9 and 1, but divided down nearly to the 
base. Germ cylindric and villous; style short rising, 
erect, subcapitate. Legume not seen,—but the striking 
affinity of this plant to the well preserved specimens of 
S. alopecurvides in the Banksian herbarium justifies its 
admission into this genus. I am also obliged, however 
unwillingly, to state, after seeing the specimen so mark- 
ed by the author himself, in the herbarium of A. B. Lam- 
bert, esq. that this is Astragalus carnosus! of Mr. Pursh, 
Flor, Am. 2. p. 740. Supplement; he having by mistake, 
applied the description of the fruit of an Astragalus which 
1 had published to this species of Sophora._ 
_ A small and widely dispersed but scarcely natural ge- 
nus, of which there are 2 very splendid and aborescent 
species in New Zealand, which now form the genus Ed- 
wardsia, 1 in tropical America? 2 in India, 1 in the Isle of 
France, 1 in the Levant, greatly resembiing that which — 
we have described, 1 in Siberia, and 1 in Japan. 
400. BAPTISIA. Ventenat. R. Brown. Popa- 
Lyra. Michaux. Lamark, Willdenow. (Wiid 
Indigo.) “ae 
 Calix half 4 or 5-cleft, bilabiate. Corolla pa- 
pilionaceous, petals nearly equal in length; vex- 
illum laterally reflected. Stamina deciduous. 
Legume ventricose, pedicellate, many-seeded.— 
BE ge 
Brown. Hort. Kew. 3.4 aoe 
Herbaceous perennials; leaves ternate, stipulate; flow- 
- ers in terminal rarely lateral spikes or Pig some 
species solitary and axillary; in B. perfoliata, the leaves are 
ebicular and perfoliate. # ee 
Species. 1. B. perfoliata. 2. uniflora. 3.villaga, Ons, 
Legume oblong, obtuse, subcylindric; allied to alba. 4 
alba, 5. cerulea. 6. mollis. Leaves conspicuously petio- 
Jate. This is the lowest species with which I am ac- 
_ quainted, and possesses the aspect of an herbaceous 
Psoralea. Stem purplish, somewhat decumbent, pubes- 
- gent; leaves often 2 inches long and 1 wide, minutely 
Sa pubescent on both = peduncle 3-40fan inch — 
