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7. B. leucoph/ea (Nutt.) : soincwlial villous ; branches divaricaio, ; potioies 

 very short or none ; leaflets oblanceolale or oblon{:;-obovale ; stipules and 

 bracts large and Ibliaceous, ovate, persistent ; racemes elongated, many- 

 flowered ; flowers on very long drooping pedicels, secund, ochroleucous ; 

 legumes large, globose -ovoid, canescently ])uberulent. — JSuU. ! iren. 1. p^ 

 282 ; DC. I. c. ""B. bracteata, Muhl. cat. ex Ell. sk. 2. p. 4G8 ; DC. I. c. 



Dry rich soils, Georgia ! and Michigan ! to Arkansas ! Missouri ! and Texas ! 

 April. — Plant 1-2 leet high, stout, when old often somewhat glabrous : 

 brandies horizontal. Leaflets 2-3 inches long. Stipules an inch or 

 more in length, ovate, acuminate, very broad and somewhat clasping at 

 the base. Bracts similar to tiie stipules, acute ; the uppermost smaller, 

 sometimes lanceolate. Racemes often a toot long, reclined. Pedicels 1-2 

 inches long. Flowers very large (an inch or more in length.) Calyx-seg- 

 ments 4, canescent within, ovate-lanceolate ; the upper one broader, emar- 

 ginate. Ovary silky-villous. Legumes an inch or more in length, pointed, 

 inflated. 



8. B. australis (R. Brown) : glabrous; leaves on short petioles, the upper- 

 most sometimes nearly sessile ; leaflets obovate-oblong or oblong-cuneiform, 

 obtuse ; stipules lanceolate, equalling or exceeding the petioles, often persis- 

 tent ; racemes elongated, erect ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, caducous ; pedicels 

 shorter than the calyx; flowers very large, indigo-blue; vexillum a little 

 shorter than the wings, often slightly auriculatc at the base ; legumes large, 

 oval-oblong ; the stipe about the length of the calyx. — R. Br. in horl. Kew. 

 (ed. 2.) Z.p. 6 ,• Ell. sk. 1. p. 468 ; DC. ! I. r. B.ca-rulea, Nutt..' I. c. So- 

 phora australis, Linn.! syst. reg. (not of mantiss.?); Bot. mag. t. 509. S. 

 caerulea, Treu; pi. rar. 6. t. 14, ex R. Br. S. alba, var. Murr. in comm. 

 Goett. \.p. 96, t. 6. Podalyria australis, Willd.! spec. 2. p. 503; Vent. ! 

 hort. Cels. t. 56. P. caerulea, Michx.! fl. \. p. 2G4. 



0. flowers smaller and fewer ; vexillum not auriculate. — B. minor, Lehm. f 

 ind. sem. Hainh. 1827. 



y. flowers chocolate-colored. 



Borders of streams in rich soil, Pennsylvania ! to Georgia, Louisiana ! and 

 Arkansas ! y. Arkansas, Dr. Leavenworth ! June-Aug. — Stem erect, 2-3; 

 feet high. Leaflets 2-3 inches in length : the stipules often rather large and 

 conspicuous, foliaceous, and a portion of ihem persistent. Flowers often 

 more than an inch in length. Teeth of the calyx broad and short ; the upper- 

 most very obtuse and entire. Legume about 2 inches long when mature. — 

 The Sophora australis which Linnseus first had in view seems to have 

 been a South African plant, but the name was afterwards applied to this 

 species. 



9. B. leucantha : glabrous and glaucous ; leaves on short petioles, the 

 uppermost often sessile ; leaflets (tliickish) cuneiform-obovate or obovate-ob- 

 long, obtuse ; stipules lanceolate, about the length of the petioles, mostly ca- 

 ducous ; racemes elongated, erect ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, very caducous ; 

 pedicels about the length of the calyx ; flowers large, white ; vexillum miach 

 shorter than the wings ; legumes large, oval-oblong, on a stipe fully Uvice 

 the length of the calyx.— B. alba, Bot. mag. t. 1177 ; Hook. fl.Bor.-Ani. 1. 

 p. 100, not of R. Br. 7 and not Sophora alba, Linnt 



In rich alluvial soil, Upper Canada (near Lake Erie), Michigan! Ohio ! 

 to Louisiana! and Arkansas ! June-July.— Stem 2-3-feet high, branching; 

 the branches erect — spreading, stout. Leaflets about 2 inches in length, 

 ihickish and firm, turning blackish in drying. Raceme erect, on a stout jie- 

 duncle, 4-8 inches, or at length often a foot or more in length ; the flowers 

 rather crowded. Pedicels stout. Teeth of the calyx short and broad; the 

 upper one emarginate. Petals white, the vexillum tinged with ])urple in the 

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