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39. THERMOPSIS, R. Brown. 
Stamens mostly persistent. Legume linear or oblong-linear, nearly sessile, 
flattened, many-seeded. Stipules leafy, persistent. Otherwise chiefly as in 
Baptisia. Flowers yellow. 
1, T. Caroliniana, M. A. Curtis. Stem stout, simple, smooth ; leaves 
long-petioled ; leaflets membranaceous, obovate-oblong, silky beneath ; stipules 
very large, ovate or oblong, clasping; racemes elongated, villous, erect, rigid, many- 
flowered ; flowers.on short pedicels ; bracts ovate, deciduous ; legumes oblong- 
linear, erect, straight, villous and hoary, 10 — 12-seeded. — Mountains of North Car- 
olina. May -July.— Stem3°-5° high. Raceme 6’-12' long. Legume 2’ long. 
2. T. fraxinifolia, M. A. Curtis. Stem branching, slender, smoothish ; 
leaves long-petioled ; leaflets oblong, narrowed at the base, often acute, smooth 
above, glaucous and slightly pubescent beneath ; stipules lanceolate, much shorter 
than the petioles; racemes erect, glabrous ; flowers on slender spreading pedi- 
cels; bracts small, lanceolate, persistent ; legume linear, faleate, pubescent, 
spreading, short-stipitate, 10-seeded. — Mountains of North Carolina. — Stem 
29 high. Legume 3! long. 
3. 'T. mollis, M. A. Curtis. Pubescent; stem diffusely branched ; leaflets 
obovate-oblong ; stipules leafy, oblong-ovate, as long as the petioles ; racemes 
declined ; pedicels shorter than the calyx and lanceolate bracts ; legume linear, 
flat, short-stipitate. (Baptisia mollis, Michz.) — Rocky woods in the middle 
distriets of North Carolina. — and May. MER - — 2/-3! 
long, many-seeded. 
40. CLADRASTIS, Raf. YeLLow-Woop. 
Calyx 5-toothed; the nearly equal teeth short and obtuse. Vexillum large, 
roundish, reflexed, scarcely longer than the oblong wings and separate keel- 
petals. Stamens 10, distinct; filaments slender, incurved above. Legume short- 
stipitate, linear, flat, thin, marginless, 4 — 6-seeded, at length 2-valved. — A small 
tree, with yellow wood, pinnate leaves, and large white flowers in terminal droop- 
ing panicled racemes. 
1. C. tinctoria, Raf. (Virgilia lutea, Michx.) — Hill-sides, in rich soil, 
Tennessee and Kentucky. May.— Leaflets 7 - 11, oval or ovate, acute, smooth, 
parallel-veined, 3' —4' long; the common petiole tumid at the base. Stipules 
none. Racemes 1° long. Flowers 1’ long. 
41. SOPHORA, I. 
Calyx campanulate, obliquely truncated or 5-toothed. Stamens 10, free or 
Cohering at the base. Style smooth. Legume moniliform, wingless, many- 
Seeded, indehiscent, Seeds subglobose. — Trees or shrubs, with emet pin- 
nate leaves. Flowers in axillary and terminal racemes. 
. L S. tomentosa, L. Hoary-tomentose ; leaflets 11 - 17, d } 
ous, becoming smooth above; raceme elongated; calyx minutely 
| — South Florida, near the coast. — Shrub €— Flowers 
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