NEOPHYTON. 51 



free equal, pistil stipitate, style curved, stigma 

 acute, pod stipitate smooth subglobose acumi- 

 nate swelled, seeds reniform. Leaves simple 

 amplexicaule reticulate, flowers axillary soli- 

 tary peduncled yellow -Genus quite distinct bj 

 habit, petals, stamens, pod &c which has been 

 shuffled by turns into (Jrotalaria, Sophora, 

 Podalyria, Rafnia, Baptisia ! 5 Genera . . ! 

 my name means around stem. Perennial and 

 vernal. 



337. PERICAULON PERFOLIATUM Raf. (5 Gen- 

 era do of Authors !) stem terete, subramose, 

 leaves perfoliate rounded elliptic both ends ob- 

 tuse reticulate smooth glaucous Carolina to 

 Florida, sandy hills, aspect of Buplevrum per- 

 foliatum, flowers pale yellow. My specimens 

 are from Kin, in Collins herb. Dillen and 

 L. describe it with cordate ovate leaves, do 

 they mean another sp ? P. cordatum Raf . . . 



338. PERICAULON MICROPHYLUM Raf. Bapti- 

 sia do Nut. rar. 53. stem ramose, leaves sessile 

 obovate rounded, upper amplexicaule coales- 

 cent with rounded stipules West Florida and 

 Alabama, lately described by Nuttal, flowers 

 and pod as in the last. 



339. EAPLOSIA Raf. (to be simple) diff. 

 Pericaulon, cal. camp. 4fid subequal, petals un- 

 equal on long claws, keel large much longer ob- 

 tuse, wings oblong, vexillum obovate revolute, 

 ovary conical desinent into a strait subulate style, 

 stigma acute smooth. Pod substipitate conical 

 smooth. Leaves simple sessile smooth reticu- 

 late, stipules none, flowers racemose bracte- 

 ate yellow. A fine distinct Genus by habit, pe- 

 tals, pod &c : Nuttal did not see the flowers, 

 the leaves become fuscate in drying, lucid 

 above, dull beneath. 



