84 ORDER 43. LEGUMINOS^E. 



2 C. Canadensis L. Lvs. broadly ovate-cordate, acaminate, villous on the veins b 

 neath. Mid. and W. States. 20 30f. Flowers covering the branchlets. April. 



10. CLADASTRIS, Raf. YELLOW-WOOD. Cal. 5-toothed, teeth short, 

 obtuse. Pet. of nearly equal length, those of the keel distinct and straight 

 like the wings. Vex. large, roundish, reflexed. Stam. 10, distinct. Fil. 

 glabrous, incurved. Leg. flat and thin, short-stiped, 5 or 6-seeded. ^ With 

 yellow wood, pinnate leaves, and pendulous clusters of white flowers. 



CJ. tinctoria P< -Hills, Ky. and Teiin. 20-40f. Lfts. 711, oval, pointed, & ; rae. 

 6 KK, res aoling Robinia. April, May. 



11. BAPTISIA, Vent. WILD INDIGO. (Bdrtrao, to dye ; a use to 



which some species are applied.) Cal. 4-5-cleft half way, persistent. Pet. 

 of about equal length, those of the keel nearly distinct and straight. Vex. 

 orbicular, eraarginate. Stam. 10, distinct, deciduous. Pod inflated, stipi- 

 tate, many (or by abortion few) -seeded. 11 Lvs. paluiately 3-fol. or simple. 



Leaves simple. Flowers yellow Nos. 1, 2 



Leaves 3-foliate. Flowers blue, in few elongated racemes No. 3 



Flowers white, in few elongated racemes . . (a) 

 Flowers yellow, solitary or in short racemes . . (b) 



a Stipules leaf-like, longer than the petioles. Hairy. Cream-white Nos. 4, 5 



a Stipules much shorter, or not longer than the petioles. Glabrous Nos. 6, 7 



b Pedicels not longer than the calyx. Drying dark Nos. 8 1C 



6 Pedicels much longer than the calyx. Drying bright Nos. 1113 



1 B. perfoliata R. Br. Glabrous and glaucous , Ivs. large, oval-orbicular, perfoliate ; 



fls. solitary, axillary. Pine woods, S. Car. Ga. 1 -2f. Pod inflated. May July. 



2 B. simplicifoliaT?room. Lvs. broadly ovate, obtuse, sessile ; rac. terminal, elonga 



ted, many-flowered. Quincy, Fla. 2 3f. Pod ovate. 6". June. 



3 B. australls R. Br. Petioles short; Ifts. obovate or oblong, obtuse; stip. lanceo- 



late ; rac. long, erect ; pod oblong-oval. Ohio River and S. 2 3f. Flowers large 

 and showy, indigo blue. June Aug. 



4 B. leucophiea Nutt. Lfts. oblanceolate, varying to obovate ; stip. triangulai- 



ovate ; rac. nodding, the many flowers turned to the upper side on their long pedi- 

 cels ; pod ovoid, inflated. Prairies, W. and S. 2 3f. Flowers large. April. 



5 B. villosa Ell. Lfts. lance-oblong, or oblanceolate ; stip. lance-linear, persistent ; 



rac. long, declining ; bracts minute, deciduous ; ped. not secund ; leg. oblong. N. Car. 

 to Ga. : rare. 2 3f. Plant of rough aspect, as well as No. 4. June, July. 



6 B. Icucantha T. & G. Lvs. petiolate ; Ifts. cuneiform-obovate, obtuse ; stip. lance- 



linear, about as long as petioles ; rac. elongated, erect ; bracts caducous ; pod inflated, 

 stipitate. Prairies, &c. W. and S. 2-3f. Flowers large. May-July. 



7 B. alba R. Br. Fastigiate-brancbed above ; petioles slender; Ifts. elliptic-oblanceo- 



late, acute at base ; stip. and bracts minute, caducous ; rac. erect or nodding, on a 

 long peduncle. In rich soils, Ya. to Fla. 2 3f. March, April. 



8 B. lanceolata Ell. Much branched, bushy ; Ivs. subsessile ; Ifts. narrowly elliptic 



to oblanceolate, obtuse, petiolulate ; fls. axillary, subsolitary, short-pedicelled ; pod 

 ovate-globous. Pine woods, S. l$f. Flowers large, dull yellow. April, May. 

 /5. strirta. Erect, strict ; Ifts. obovate, very obtuse : rac. few-flwd., termin. La. Fla. 



9 B. tinctoria R. Br. Glabrous, branching; Ivs. subsessile; Ifts. small, roundish- 



obovate, acute at base, very obtuse at apex ; stip. setaceous, caducous ; rac. loose, 

 terminal ; pod subglobous. Dry woods. 2f, bushy. Pod size of a pea. July Sept. 



10 B. microphylla N. Smooth, bushy; Ivs. small, 2-3-foliate below, simple, ses- 

 eile above ; stip. and bracts large, persistent ; fls. small, axillary, and in terminal r- 

 temes. S. Car. to Fla. 2 3f. (B. stipulacea Ravenel.) 



