LEGUMINOSAE 67 



104. L-UPrWUS, Tournef. 



[Latin, Lupus, a wolf; because it was supposed to devour the soil.] 

 Calyx deeply bilabiate, often with 2 bractlets. Vexillum with the 

 sides reflexed; keel falcate, acuminate. Anthers alternately oblong 

 and roundish. Legume oblong, torulose, coriaceous, many-seeded. 

 Herbs : leaves palmately (or rather digitately) foliolate, rarely sim- 

 ple. 



1. I*, per I'll 11 Is, L. Erect; pubescent; leaflets 7 to 11, oblan- 

 ceolate; raceme terminal, loose; legume hirsute. 

 PERENNIAL LUPINUS. Wild Lupin. 



Perennial. Stem 9 to 18 inches high, striate-angular, somewhat branching. 

 Leaflets 1 to 2 inches long, tapering to the base, smoothish above ; common petioles 



1 or 2 to 4 or 5 inches in length. Racemes 3 to 6 inches long, on a naked peduncle 



2 to 4 inches in length ; flowers purplish blue, with shades of dark violet. Le- 

 gumes about an inch and half long, very hairy and dark tawney; seeds obovoid, 

 variegated. 



Hab. Woodlands; Great Valley hills : frequent. FL June. JV.July. 

 Obs. An ornamental plant, worthy of culture, as such. 



TRIBE 5. SOPHO;REAE. 



Leaves compound, or simple, the leaflets not stipulate ; stamens 10, distinct, with 

 uniform anthers; legume continuous; embryo sometimes straight. 



105. BAPTIS'IA, Vent. 



[Gr. Baptizo, to dip, or dye ; from its coloring properties.] 



Calyx 4- or 5-toothed. Petals nearly equal, the keel-petals 



slightly connected. Legume ventricose, stipitate, many-seeded. 



Herbs : leaves mostly trifoliolate, turning bhirsh black, in drying. 



1. B. liiictoria, R. Br. Bushy; smooth, and rather glaucous; 

 leaflets cuneate-obovate ; stipules subulate, deciduous; racemes 

 terminal, few-flowered. 

 DYER'S BAPTISIA. Wild Indigo. 



Perennial. Stem about 2 feet high, much branched. Leaflets half an inch to an 

 inch long; common petioles I line to 14 of an inch in length. Flowers yellow; 

 calyx 4-toothed, the 2 upper segments being united. Legumes about half an inch 

 long, inflated, conspicuously stipitate. 

 Hab. Dry, hilly woodlands : common. Fl. June. Fr. Sept. 



1O6. CER'CIS, L. 



[Gr. Kerkis, a weaver's shuttle ; from the form of the legume.] 

 Calyx 5-toothed. Petals all distinct; vexillum smaller than the 

 wings, and the keel-petals larger. Legume many-seeded, oblong, 

 flat, coriaceous, the upper suture margined. Embryo straight. 

 Small Trees : leaves simple. 



1. C. C';iiici<i<>iisis, L. Leaves orbicular-cordate, acuminate, 

 villous in the axils of the nerves beneath. 

 CANADIAN CERCIS. Red-Bud. Judas Tree. 



Stem 15 to 20 or 30 feet high, with spreading and somewhat geniculate branches. 

 Leavts 3 or 4 inches in length, and rather wider than long; petioles 1 to 2 inches 

 long. Ftowers bright reddish-purple, in little umbel-like clusters on the Ihnbs, 

 and often on the trunk, appearing before the leaves, acid to the taste. Legumes 

 about 3 inches long. 



