KArtisiA. MCANDRIA, MONOGYNIA, 441 



292. BAPTISIA. Veil ten at. 

 Calyx half 4— 5-cleft, bilabiate. Corolla papilionace- 

 ous ; petals nearly equal in length ; vexilluin with the 

 sides rcflexed. Stamens deciduous. Legume ventri- 

 cose, pedicellate, many-seeded. R. Brown in Hort» 

 Kew. ed. 2. III. p. 5. Nutt. Gen. I. p. 281. Po- 

 T> ALY^ J JE spp. Lam.y TVilld.j &c. Lam. III. X. 

 527. f. 1. SoPHORTE spp. L. Nat. Ord. Legumi- 

 i^osjE^Juss, Leaves ternate. fFild Lidigo. 



B. tinctona R- Br. : very smooth, much branched ; 

 leaves ternate, subscssile ; leaflets rounded obov a «;raceme3 

 terminal ; (flowers yellow) ; legume on a long stiipe. E l- 

 liott Sk. I. p. 467. Bart. FL 1. t. 29. Js u it. Gen, I. 

 p. 284, PoDALYRiA tinctoria Willd. Spec. II. p. 503. Bot, 

 Mag. 1099. Lam. III. I c. Mich. Fl I. p. 265. 

 P ur sh Fl.l.-f. oQ^. Big. Bost. p. 104. L.liottSk. 

 I. p. 4G7. SoPHORA tinctoria L. Sp.pl. 534. W a It, Car, 

 p. 134. 



7^00/ perennial. Stem 2 — 3 feet high, very much branched, some- 

 what glaucous. Leaves alternate ; common petiole scarcely 

 a line long, without stipules at the base ; leaflets about three- 

 fourths of an inch long, rounded at the extremity, cuneate at 

 the base ; sti/iules minute, caducous, Fiowers in a loose ter- 

 minal spike or raceme; pedicels articulate at the base. Calyx: 

 subcampanulate, 4-cleft ; the upper segment broader. Corolla 

 bright yellow ; vexillum roundish, crenulate, reflexed on the 

 sides ; ivirigs obovate ; keel of 2 obovate petals slightly united. 

 Stamens nearly equal, as long as the keel ; Jilaments slender, 

 smooth; an^/zers small, oblong, incumbent. Germen smooth, 

 pedicellate, tapering into a slender style ; stigma simple, if- 

 j-ume short, inflated, gibbous, on a long stipe, of a dark blueish 

 colour. Seeds small, subreniform. 



Hab. In open sandy woods; common. July — September. 



The whole plant turns blueish-black in drying. It affords a 

 considerable quantity of an inferior kind of Indigo. 



293, CERCIS. L. 

 Calyx 5-toothed, giblwus at the base. Corolla pa- 

 pilionaceous ; wm^/ larger than the vexillum; keel 

 2-petalled. Legume comi^ressed ; seminiferous su- 

 ture margined. Seeds obovate. Gen. pi. 696. Xu 1 1. 

 Gen. I. p. 283. Juss. p. 348. Lam. III. t. 328. 

 Nat. Ord. LEGUMi.YOSiE Juss. Judas'-tree* 



C canadensis L. : leaves roundish-cordate, acuminate, 

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