14 Account of some new species of Plants. 
‘ Thermometer. 
1833. 9A.M. 3P.M 
May 6. Porcelia pygmeza b. b. Polphinjas consoli- 
da (larkspur.) 71 80 
7. Sambucus canadensis (elder) b. b. Rain, 71 78 
8. Phytolacca decandra (poke) b. Rhus vernix 
(poison sumach) b. 10-76 
9. Aletris farinosa (star-grass) b. b. Ruellia 
strepens b, Rain, S16 
10. Polygala inearnata b. b. Jasminum officinale. 
Gardens. Rain. 74 76 
*« Asclepias tuberosa b. b. Apocynum pubes- 
cens b.b. Rain. 
11, Erythryna herbacea (coral tree) bb. Ga- 
lardia bicolor b. 72 76 
12. Magnolia glauca (white bay) b.b. Rain. 72 76 
13. Laurus carolinensis (red bay) b.b. Papaver 
somniferum b.b. Rain. W202 76 
14. Andromeda arborea (sour-wood) b.  Passi- 
flora incarnata b. Rain. T2308 
15. Hydrangea hortensis b.b. Catalpa cordifolia 
(Catawba tree) b. 72 82 
June 6th, 1832. Short-staple Mexican cotton (Gossypium hirsutum ?) 
began to bloom. 
il. Account of some new species of Plants. 
2 Baptisia * simplicifolia. 
Plant about two feet high, herbaceous, glabrous ; ; stem geniculate, 
branching 5 stipules none? ; leaves simple, alternate, sessile, ovate, 
glabrous, about two inches and a half long, one inch and a half wide ; 
racemes terminal, long; legumes small. The flowers I have not seen. 
Grows near Quiney, in Middle Sea along with Baptisia lanceola- 
ta, El. Flowers June, July. 
2. Amorpha * caroliniana. 
Plant shrubby, four to five feet high } He babesedne: striate ; 
leaves pinnate ; leaflets se ey mucronate, petiolate, covered 
on both surfaces with minute, shining hairs, and thiekly studded with 
diaphanous glands; spikes solitary, short; flowers very small, dark 
