[From BoT. Gazette for Aufjnst, No. 8.] 



Baptisia CALYCOSA, n . sp. — Whole plant smootli except that tlie iiincmnate leaflets, 

 stipules, bracts andcalj-.x lobes are sparsely ciliate with lonii; white hair-i; stem and slen- 

 der straight branches somewhat glaucous; stipules lanceolate, acute, persistent, 3-7 

 ribbed, half as long as the short petioled leaves, the sessile leaflets oblanceolate or obo- 

 vate, obtuse; racemes terminating the branches, long and loose, the long (1-2 inches) 

 and slender pedicels subtended by ovate lanceolate persistent bracts and also bibracteo- 

 late above the middle; calyx tube short, about one-fourth the length of the lanceolate 

 spatulate foliaceous lobes, which are but little shorter than the yellow flowers. Legumes 

 and base of stem not seen. 



Dry pine barrens, St. Augustine, Florida. 



Collected bj^ Miss Mary C. Reynolds who has distributed many of the rare plants of 

 that vicinity. Most nearly allied to B. L^roUii. Tory. & Gray, but abundantly distinct 

 from that and other species and remarkable for the ciliaie foliage ;ind more especially 

 for t!ie foliaceous calyx lobes. — Wm. M. Canby. Wihm'nr/ton, Del. 



A review ot the genus being desirable, specimens of all >pecies in flower and fruit 

 will be thankfully received and, if flesired. returned. T.:ose from tlie South and Soutli- 

 Westare especially asked for. — W. M. ('. 



Baptisia sulphukea, n. sp. — Simple with spreading branches, glabrous; leaves on 

 very short petioles, leaflets obovate, somewhat rhcmibic, obtuse or occasionally emargin- 

 ate;stipules small, lanceolate, sub-persistent; spikes rather short with deciduims bracts 

 and sulphuryellow spreading flowers; pedicels shorter than t he broad campanulate calyx; 

 broad ovate acutish teeth shorter than tube, woollj' inside; style much longer than oval 

 ovary (5 lines long); stipe of globose pod exsert. 



Prairies, Tabaksi county, rare, flowers in May. B. leucniitha diflers by its larger 

 growth, deciduous stipules, longer spikes of while flowers which open much later, and 

 longer pedicels, short stjde (8 lines long) about as long as the linear ovary. /?. nphifro- 

 cnrpa is well distinguished from our new species by its C8esi)itose growth, more erect 

 branches, strict spikes with erect deep yellow flowers, pedicels shorter than calyx, the 

 lobes of which are triangular lanceolate, very acute, as long as the narrower tube, and 

 sparinglj- woolly insider; style nun h longer than the oval ovary (H lines long); stipe of 

 pod scarcely longer than calyx. The new species is so much intermediate betwei-n the 

 two just mentioned Uiat it suggests the idea of hyl rif!ily.— Cko. E>"Gi:i .m.s>x. 



