NEOniYTON. 47 



reticulate, stipules obsolete, flowers yellow 

 racemose or solitary terminal, bracts obso- 

 lete, 



322. Baptisia tinctoria of Authors. Raf. 

 nied. fl. tab. 14. Smooth, much ramose, terete 

 folioles sessile obovate rhomboidal subobtuse, 



racemes nodding pauciflore pod turgid ovate 



common plant from Canada to Louisana in 

 woods, but it has several varieties or deviations, 

 some of which are assuming the rank of sp. Var. 

 1. procumbens, 2. thamnoides, 3. parcifolia 

 &c, estival, 



323. Baptisia retusa Raf. smooth folioles 

 obovate emarginate or retuse ample, branches 

 uniflore — this appears entitled to be deemed a 

 sp. the leaves are 4 times as large, the flowers 

 twice as large, stem less ramose erect 4 feet 

 high. Found in West Virginia and East Ken- 

 tucky, 



324. Baptisia spiierocarpa Nut, pi. rar. 52. 

 smooth, branches angular canaliculate, folioles 

 sessile obovate oblong obtuse retuse, racemes 

 erect multiflore, pods subglobose — in x\rkanzas 

 near streams, folioles uncial, flowers large deep 

 yellow on short pedicels. In my specimens the 

 raceme is not terminal as stated by Nuttal who 

 first described this plant in 1834 Journ. Ac. 

 N. Sc. 



325. Baptisia albiflora Raf Alba Authors. 

 Smooth, branches terete, leaves on short peti- 

 ols, folioles elliptic base acute end obtuse, ra- 

 ceme erect elongate multiflore, flowers white 

 pods obovate — from Carolina to Alabama and 

 Louisiana, vernal. Some Var. 1. latifolia, 2. 

 glaiica, 3. mucronata, 4. retusa ^'C, perhaps 

 incipient sp. but all easily known by the fine 

 white flowers. Perhaps a peculiar subgenus 

 JEleucia Raf- bv nods, petiolate leaves &c. 



