SUPPLEMENT— LECJUMIxNOSiE. 695 



very short, incurverl. Legume l-3-j()inled ; ilie joints iniieliiscrnt, oblong, 

 turgid, hispid, 1-seedcd. Radicle straight. 



Since our account of the genus was puhlLslicd, wo luivo neon spcciinenH with 

 fertile tlowi rs, and also tlic fruit. It is noticed by Mr. liontliam, in a paper on 

 the Affinities and Structure of Aracliis and Voandzeia, where he huH (,'iven a 

 detailed generic character. — Wo observed u lipecinicn of this plant in ii Kinall col. 

 lection made by the elder Burtram, in Georgia or Florida, now belonging to the 

 British Museum. 



43. DESMODIUM, ;n 357-3G5. 



10. D. Icevigalum (Nutt.) proves, from the examination of an original spe- 

 cimen, to be the same with I), rhombilblium. Our notice of D. laevigatum 

 should therefore be erased and the name adopted in place of D. rlionibifolium. 



48. BAPTISL\, ;>. 383-387, 



14. B. moUis (Michx. under Podalyria) : minutely pubescent, at length 

 almost glabrous (not turning blacki.'<li in drying) ; leaves on rather slender 

 petioles ; leaflets cuneiform-oblong or oval-lanceolate ; stipules foliaceous, 

 lanceolate or oblong-ovate, the lower ones often as long as the petiole; the 

 uppermost much smaller ; racemes short, on short peduncles (flowers yel- 

 low) ; pedicels as long as the calyx, but rather shorter than the ovale or 

 ovate-lanceolate persistent bracts, erect in flower ; upper tixjth of the calyx 

 obtuse or emarginate ; the others triangular-subulate ; style much shorter 

 than the ovary; immature legumes cylindrical, minutely pubescent, the 

 stipe shorter than the calyx.-^Michx. Jl. 1. p. 264 ; Nult. I gen. 1. p. 281. 

 B. fraxinitblia, Nutt. .' 7nss. 



In Mecklenburg County, N. Carolina, Michaux. Near Salem, N. Caro- 

 lina, ScJnceinitz ! On the Catawba Ridge, in the same State, Nuttali ! — 

 We have drawn the above description from the specimens preserved in the 

 herbarium of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Pliilarlel[)hia, which we 

 have recently had the opportunity of examining. We have scarcely a doubt 

 that it is the Podalyria mollis of Michaux (a species which we were unable 

 to identify when our account of the genus was printed, not having seen this 

 plant), and it comes from the same region. Nuttali describes the stipules as 

 small and linear-lanceolate; but this is only the case with the uppermost. 

 The species should be placed next to B. alba and B. megacarpa, which agree 

 with it in habit, and in not turning blackish when dry ; from both of which it 

 is distinguished by its foliaceous persistent stipules and bracts, the very acute 

 teeth of the calyx, &c. The half-grown legumes are almost an inch long, 

 and only about 3 lines in diameter. 



66. VACHELLIA, p. 404. 



1. V. Farnesiana. — Add syn. Famesia odora, Gasparini, descr. nvov. 

 gen. 1839, fide Linneea, suppl. 1839. 



After Vachellia, at the end of the order, the following note should be in- 

 troduced : 



LEPTOGLOTTIS, DC. mem. Leg. p. 451.—" Flowers polygamous. Calyx 

 colored, 4-tootlicd, valvate in testivalion. Petals 4, strip-shaped, or none (perhapa 

 caducous). Stamens 8 : filaments distinct ; in the lower flowers strap-shaped, flat and 

 sterile ; in the upper ones filiform, crisped, antheriferous. Style filiform. Legume 



