\2'2 LEOVMixos.t:. (pi'lse family.) 



9. B. calycosa, Cunln-. Sniootliish, imicli braiuhed ; leaflets wedp;e- 

 ohovnte; stipules ami bracts lanceolate, persistent; racemes numerous, ter- 

 minal, the lohj^ (I - -') peilicels hiliracteulate ; luhes <if the calyx lanceolate, 

 leafy, 4 times as lung as the tube, and barely shorter than the yellow petals; 

 legume ovate, acuminate, as long as tiie calyx. — Near St. Augustine, East 

 Florida {Miss Jii'i/noliis). 



10. B. Serenae, .M.A.Curtis. Very smooth, l)ranching; lea\'es petl- 

 oleil ; leatlits (pM<>ng-ol)ovate, cuneate ; flowers in a long loo.sc central raceme, 

 and in short racemes terminating the branches ; pedicels longer than the calyx 

 in fruit ; segments of the calyx villous on the inside ; legume olilong, inflated, 

 the stipe longer than the caly.x. — Society Hill, South Carolina (Curtis). 

 May -June. — Stem diffusely branched, l°-2° liigh. Leaflets 1' long. Leg- 

 ume 8" lung. I'lant unciianged in drying. 



•^ ■•- F lowers white. 



11. B. alba, K. Bmwn. Smooth and glaucous ; branches slender, flexu- 

 ous, hiirizontal ; leaves all distinctly petioled ; leaflets thin, cuneate-lanceolate 

 or oblong, obtuse; stipules and bracts minute, caducous; raceme usually soli- 

 tary, central, very long, those on the branches few-flowered ; legume cylindri- 

 cal. — Dry woods, North Carolina, and westward. April. — Stem 2°-3° 

 high, often ])urple. Leaflets 1' long. Kacemes 1° -3° long. Corolla ^' long. 

 Plant unchanged in drying. 



12. B. leucantha, Torr. & Gray. Smooth and glaucous; branches 

 spreading, leaves short-petioled ; leaflets oblong and obovate, obtuse ; stipules 

 lanceolate, as long as the petioles, deciduous ; racemes central, and terminating 

 the branches, hmg, many-flowered ; ovary smooth ; legume large, oblong, 

 much inflated, long-stipitate. — Kiver banks. South Carolina, aud westward. 

 March- A])ril — A stouter plant than the ])receding, with larger leaves and 

 flowers, changing Idackish in drying. Legumes 1^' long. 



13. B. leucophsea, Nutt. Hairy or smoothish ; stem stout, angled; 

 leaves sliort-petinh'd ; leaflets varying from oltlanceolate to obovate, rigid, 

 reticulate, soon smooth above ; stipules and bracts leafy, ovate-lanceolate, 

 persistent; racemes stout, declined, 1-sided; flowers large, yellowish white, 

 on long and slender erect pedicels ; ovary villous ; legume ovoid, long-pointed. 

 — Dry rich oak woods, Georgia, and westward. April. — Stem low, with 

 widely spreading branches. Kacemes 4'- 12' long. Flowers 1' long, the vex- 

 illum spotted with brown. Plant turns black in drying. 



•t- -1- -t- Flowers blue. 



14. B. australis, K.Brown. Smooth; leaves all short-petioled ; leaflets 

 cuneate-obovate ; stii)ulcs leafy, lanceolate, twice as long as the petioles; ra- 

 cemes large, erect, many-flowered; flowers (indigo blue) very large; bracts 

 deciduous; legume oblong. — Banks of rivers, Georgia (Pnrsh), and west- 

 ward. June -July. — Stem 2° -.3° high. Flowers T or more long. Legume 

 2' long. Plant unchanged in drying. 



39. THERMOPSIS, K.Brown. 

 Stamens mostly persistent. Legume linear or oblong linear, nearly sessile, 

 flattened, many seeded. Stipules leafy, persistent. Otherwise chiefly as in 

 Baptisia. Flowers yellow. 



