THERMOPSIS FRAXINIFOLIA. 45 



THERMOPSIS FRAXINIFOLIA, M. A. Curtis. 



TAB. VIII. 



T. FRAXINIFOLIA : glaberrima, subglauca; caule ramoso 

 ramisque flexuosis patentibus; foliolis ovato-oblongis 

 basi cuneatis petiolum subexcedentibus ; stipulis lan- 

 ceolatis petiolo brevioribus, summis pra^cipue rame- 

 alibus minimis nunc deciduis ; racemis laxifloris decli- 

 natis ; pedicellis filiformibus sparsis patentibus calyce 

 triplo longioribus bracteas subulatas multoties su- 

 perantibus ; staminibus deciduis ; leguminibus elon- 

 gato-linearibus vix falcatis planis cinereo-puberulis 

 patentissimis. 



Tliermopsis fraxinifolia, M. A. Curtis, in Sill. Journ., Ai. p. 81. 



Baptisia mollis, Null. Gen., 1. p. 281, non Michx. 



Baptisia fraxinifolia, Nutt. MSS., ex Torr. ^ Gr. Fl. N. Amer., 1. p. 387. 



Hab. In nemorosis ad " Table Mountain," Carolinse 

 Superioris, Nuttall, Curtis, etc. ; atque in aliis locis 

 inter montes comit. Henderson et Macon legit S. B. 

 Buckley. Floret ineunte sestate. 



This species has much the habit of Baptisia alba. The stems, 

 which reach the height of about three feet, are more or less de- 

 clined, and the numerous geniculate slender branches are widely 

 spreading. These are nearly all terminated by a raceme, so that 

 a succession of flowers is produced nearly through the summer ; 

 while T. Caroliniana and T. mollis bear only a single raceme. 

 The stipules are quite variable ; the lowest being sometimes almost 



