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1. T. Caroliniana, M. A. Curtis. Stem stout, simple, smooth; leaves 

 long-petioled ; leaflets membranaceous, obovate-obloug, silky beneath ; stipules 

 very large, ovate or oblong, clasping ; racemes elongated, villous, erect, rigid, 

 many-flowered ; flowers on short pedicels ; bracts ovate, deciduous ; legumes 

 obloug-linear, erect, straight, villous and lioary, 10- 12-seeded. — Mountains 

 of North Carolina. May -July. — Stem 3° - 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 aud slightly pubescent beneath ; stipules lanceolate, much 

 shorter than the petioles ; racemes erect, glabrous ; flowers on slender spread- 

 ing pedicels; bracts small, lanceolate, persistent; legume linear, falcate, pu- 

 bescent, spreading, short-stipitate, 10-seeded. — Mountains of North Carolina. 



— Stem 2° high. Legume 3' long. 



3. T. mollis, M. A. Curtis. Pubescent ; stem diffusely branclied ; leaf- 

 lets obovate-oblong ; stipules leafy, oblong-ovate, as long as the petioles ; ra- 

 cemes declined ; pedicels shorter than the calyx and lanceolate bracts ; legume 

 linear, flat, short stipitate. (Baptisia mollis, vl//c/i.r.) — Rocky woods in the 

 middle districts of North Carolina. April -May. — Stem 2° high. Legume 

 2' - 3' long, many-seeded. 



40. CLADRASTIS, Raf. Yellow- Wood. 



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 drooping panicled racemes. 



1. C. tinctoria, Raf. (Virgilia lutea, Michx.) — Hillsides, 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 V long. 



41. SOPHORA, L. 



Calyx campanulate, obliquely truncated or 5-toothed. Stamens 10, free or 

 cohering at the base. Legume moniliform, wingless, many-seeded, inde- 

 hiscent. Seeds subglobose. — Trees or shrubs, with unequally pinnate leaves. 

 Flowers in axillary and terminal racemes. 



1. S. tomentosa, L. Hoary-tomentose ; leaflets 11-17, oblong, coria- 

 ceous, liecoming smooth above ; raceme elongated ; calyx minutely 5-toothed. 



— South Florida, near the coast. — Shrub 4° - 6° high. Flowers showy, yel- 

 low. Legume stipitate, 5' long. 



SuBOKDER ir. CAESALiPINIE^E. (Brasiletto Family.) 



42. CERCIS, L. Red-bud. 



Calyx cup-shaped, 5-toothed. Petals ^11 di.stinct, the vexillum shorter than 

 the wings. Stamens 10, distinct. Legume oblong, compressed, many seeded ; 



