42 CHLORIS BOREALI-AMERICANA. 



THERMOPSIS CAROLINIANA, M. A. Curtis. 



TAB. VII. 



'' T. Caroliniana: caule virgato simplicissimo glabro sub- 

 glauco ; foliolis obovati-oblongis margine subtusque 

 parce pubescentibus petiolo longioribus ; stipulis 

 (magnis) rotundatis amplexicaulibus, supremis peti- 

 olum suba?quantibus ; racemo spicato elongate stric- 

 to calycibusque pubescenti-villosis ; floribus irregu- 

 lariter confertis verticillato-subternisve ; bracteis 

 ovatis pedicellem duplo excedentibus calyce parum 

 brevioribus ; staminibus vix persistentibus ; legumi- 

 nibus villosissimis lato-linearibus rectis planiusculis 

 rachi appressis. 



T. Caroliniana, M. A. Curtis, in Sill. Journ. 44. (1843),;). SO ; Benlh. in 

 Land. Journ. Bot., 2. p. 432. 



Hab. In sylvis montanis coniitatuum Haywood et 

 Cherokee Carolinee Septentrionalis hinc inde detexue- 

 runt Rev. M. A. Curtis (anno 1839) et S. B. Buckley 

 (1842). Floret Junio, Julio. 



This is an upright plant, with remarkably strict, and, for the 

 most part, entirely simple stems, three feet high, terminated by a 

 single and rather compact raceme, or spike, of bright yellow blos- 

 soms. The foliage is light green, a little glaucous ; the leaves all 

 trifoliolate, with the leaflets varying from two and a half to four 

 inches in length, smooth and glabrous, except a sparing pubescence 



