266 PAPILIONACEAE. {Vor IL. 
2. Baptisia tinctoria (I,.) R. Br. Wild 
Indigo. Yellow or Indigo Broom. 
Horsefly-weed. (Fig. 2050.) 
Sophora tinctoria I,. Sp. Pl. 373. _1753 
Baptisia tinctoria R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. Ed. 
2,3:6. 1811. 1 
Glabrous, erect, succulent, much branched, 
2°-4° high. Leaves petioled, 3-foliolate; leaf- 
lets obovate or oblanceolate, 14’-1 4’ long, ses- 
sile or nearly so, obtuse, cuneate at the base, en- 
tire, turning black in drying; stipules minute, 
caducous; racemes numerous, few-flowered, 
terminal; bracts minute, deciduous; pedicels 
1/’-2/ long; flowers bright yellow, about 14’ 
long; pods ovoid or nearly globose, 3//-5/’ 
long, tipped with the subulate style. 
In dry soil, Maine to southern Ontario, Minne- 
sota, Florida and Louisiana. June-Sept. 
3. Baptisia villosa (Walt.) Nutt. 
Hairy Wild Indigo. (Fig. 2051.) 
Sophora villosa Walt. Fl. Car. 134. 1788. 
Baptisia villosa Nutt. Gen. 1: 281. 1818. 
Erect, branched, 2°-4° high, more or less 
pubescent throughout, especially when 
young. Leaves very short-petioled or sessile, 
3-foliolate, turning dark in drying; leaflets 
oblong, oval, or obovate, obtusish at the 
apex, narrowed or cuneate at the base, 2/—4’ 
long, entire; stipules lanceolate or subulate, 
much longer than the petioles, persistent or 
the upper deciduous; racemes lateral, some- 
times 10’ long, loosely many-flowered; pedi- 
cels 3//-4’ long; flowers yellow, about 1/ 
long; bracts caducous or deciduous; pods ob- 
long-ovoid, about 134’ long, finely appressed- 
pubescent, tipped with the subulate style. 
In dry soil, Virginia and North Carolina, west 
to Arkansas. June-July. 
4. Baptisia bracteata Ell. Large-bracted Wild Indigo. (Fig. 2052.) 
Podalyria bracteata Muhl. Cat. 42. Without 
description. 1813. 
Baptisia bracteata Eli. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 1: 469. 
1817. 
. Baplisia leucophaea Nutt. Gen. 1: 382. 1818. 
Erect or ascending, bushy-branched, vil- 
lous-pubescent throughout. Leaves sessile 
or short-petioled, 3-foliolate, dark green or 
brownish in drying; leaflets oblanceolate or 
spatulate, narrowed or cuneate at the base, 
obtuse or acutish at the apex, 114’-3/ long, 
4//-8’’ wide, thick, reticulate-veined; stip- 
ules lanceolate, or ovate, persistent; ra- 
cemes usually few, mainly lateral, some- 
times 1° long, reclining, many-flowered; 
flowers white or cream-color, about 1’ long, 
very showy; pedicels slender, 6’’-15’’ long, 
spreading, somewhat secund; bracts large 
and persistent; pods ovoid, mostly narrowed 
at the base, 1/-2’ long, pubescent, tipped 
with a long at length deciduous style. 
Prairies, Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota, 
south to Louisiana and Texas. April-May. 
