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vith p. escnlenta^ which it somewhat resembles, but is co- 

 vered with a sort, whit.*, and silkyvillus, but not tomen- 

 tose. Spikes axillary, (after the manner of the ger.us, as it 

 appears in North America,} about from 6 to lO-flow ered, 

 flowers small, brierht azure blue. '1 he whole plant about 

 12 inches high and rarely branched. Flowering in July. 

 r. argophyUa. Ph. 2. p. 475. 



5. tennijlora. Ph. Nearly smooth, and everywl.ere con- 

 spicuouslv punctate: stem'dlttiisely and slenderly branch- 

 ed: leaves ternate, leaflets oblong-elliptic, obtuse; rajremes 

 iiliform, few-flowered; calix nearly equal; bractes 3-flow- 

 ered, shorter than the pedicells; root flageilately iusi- 

 Ibrm. II AB. On the plains of the Missouri, near the An- 

 karee village: rare. Obs. Habit or mode of vegetation 

 similar to' Baptisia tinctona. Stem about 2 feet high, 

 slenderly pubescent; leaflets about 5 lines long, thick, 

 opaque, and copiously punctured, slightly pubescent be- 

 neatii; racemes 2 or 3 inches long, axillary, interrupted, 9 

 to 12 or more flowered, growing by 3's, very small and 

 pale purple; callx in this and tiie following more nearly 

 equal than in any other species; bractes persistent. 



6. * arenarui. Nearly smooth, stem diciiotomons, spa- 

 -inglv branched, erect;" leaves ternate, leaflets linear-sub- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, and mucronulale; peduncles longer 

 than the leaves; spikes capitate, many-flowered, bractes 

 deciduous; dentures of the cahx minute, obtuse, nearly 

 equal; root repent. Hab. On the sandy banks of the Mis- 

 souri, from the river Platte to the Mountains. Flower- 

 incr in July and August. P. lanceolata. Ph. 2. p. 47o. P. 

 elUptica, of the same, in Suppl. 2. p. 741. Obs. Growing 

 in ereat quantities together, sending up shoots in every di- 

 rection through the sand, in which s-il it is exclusively 

 met with. Stem about a foot; leaves aromatic when bruis- 

 ed attenuated downwards, more than an inch long, sti- 

 pules linear; flowers pedicellate, small and numerous, 

 pale purplish blue; dentures of the calix obtuse, and glan- 

 dulous. 



7 LvphicUus. Very smooth; leaves digitate, upon long; 

 petioles; leaflets by sevens and fives, fihform-linear; ra- 

 cemes pedunculate, much longer than tlie leaves, (axil a- 

 rv) manv-flowered; bractes 1-flowered, shorter than the 

 neduncles; lower denture of tho calix produced, legume 

 rutrose Hab. From South Carolina to Florida; rare. A 

 very singular plant; the leaves are so narrow as ^scarcely 

 to be distinguished from the petiole, and 2 to o inclies 

 long, extremely deciduous when dry; peduncles very 

 thick, near a span long; flowers purplish, not remarkably 



