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rung to flower early in April, altitude 35 feet. At San Antonio, where 

 it is abundant, it was flowering profusely a month later. 



April ii to May 5 (1551) ; type locality, " in America calidiore." 



CERCISL. Sp. PI. 374(i753)- 



Cercis occidentalis Torr.; A. Gray. Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist. 6: 177 

 (1850). 



A large bash or small tree in rich ground about Kerrville, from the 

 banks of Town Creek to the summits of the hills, altitude 1700 to 2000 

 feet. : 



April 26 (1653) j from the type locality, " rocky plains of the Upper 

 Guadalupe." 



CASSIA L. Sp. PI. 376 (1753). 



Cassia Roemeriana Scheele, Linnaea 21 : 457 (1848). 



This handsome species was first collected on the summits of hills about 

 Kerrville ; later it was found growing at much lower elevations, and quite 

 plentiful. Always growing in rich open ground, altitude 1650-2000 feet. 



April-June (1666); type locality, ' ' auf felsigem Boden, am Rande 

 von Gebtisch, nordlich von Neubraunfels. " 



CAESALPINIA L. Sp. PL 380 (1753). 



[HOFMANSEGGIA Cav. Ic. 4: 63, /. J^2~J^J ( I 797).] 



Caesalpinia Falcaria (Cav.) Fisher; Coult. Bot. Gaz. 18: 122 (1893). 

 Hofmanseggia Falcaria Cav. Ic. 4: 63, /. 392 (1797). 

 Hofmanseggia stricta Benth. ; A. Gray, PI. Wright, I : 56 (1852). 

 A few plants were collected in a cultivated field at the Oso, in sandy 

 ground, altitude about 6 feet. 



April 9 (1554); type locality, "Zacatecas, Mexico." 



BAPTISIA Vent. Dec. Gen. Nov. 9 (1808). 



Baptisia australis (L.) R. Br. in Ait. f. Hort. Kew. 3 : 6 (1811). 

 Sophora australis L. Syst. Ed. 12, 2 : 287 (1767). 



In low flat ground at the head of Nueces Bay, where it is abundant. 

 Bears a dense drooping raceme of large creamy flowers, called "Meadow 

 Queen" locally, and said to be injurious to stock if eaten. There was 

 very little grass or other food where this was growing, yet it was un- 

 touched by the numerous cattle pasturing there. 



April 3 (1523). 



LUPINUS L. Sp. PL 721 (1753). 

 Lupinus subcarnosus Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 34.67 ( ). 

 Lupinus Texensis Hook. Bot. Mag. /. 3492 ( ). 



