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LEGUMINOS^E. X. BAPTISIA. XI. CYCLOPIA. XII. PODALYRIA. 



plant we believe lias not yet been described, and as we have no 

 specimen the description must remain a desideratum. If. . H. 

 Native of North America. 



Small Baptisia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1828. PI. 1 foot. 



9 B. MOLLIS (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 281.) leaves stalked, and 

 are, as well as the stem and calyxes, minutely pubescent ; leaflets 

 somewhat rhomboid-lanceolate ; stipulas foliaceous, linear-lan- 

 ceolate ; racemes spicate, terminal ; teeth of calyx acute. 1.H. 

 Native of Upper Carolina, principally on the Catawba ridge, 

 where it occurs abundantly in the open bushy forests. Steins 

 purplish, decumbent. Leaves often 2 inches long and 1 broad. 

 Flowers blue. Legume subulate, apiculated. 



Soft Baptisia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. PI. decumbent. 



10 B. VILLOSA (Ell. sketch. 1C8.) leaves nearly sessile, pu- 

 bescent ; stems and calyxes clothed with appressed pubescence ; 

 leaflets lanceolate, obtuse; stipulas linear, longer than the pe- 

 tioles ; racemes terminal. 7. H. Native of Virginia and North 

 Carolina, in low sandy grounds. Sophora villosa, Walt. Poda- 

 lyria villosa, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 264. Flowers yellou-, 

 resembling a lupine. Calyx semi 4-cleft. Legume oblong, ob- 

 tuse, cylindrical. 



yillous Baptisia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1811. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



1 1 B. A'LBA (R. Br. in Ait. hort. kevv. 3. p. 6.) leaves stalked, 

 and are, as well as the branches, glabrous ; leaflets elliptic-ob- 

 long, obtuse ; stipulas deciduous, subulate, shorter than the 

 petioles ; racemes terminal ; ovaries glabrous. If. . H. Native 

 in the western parts of Virginia and Carolina, on the banks of 

 rivers. Sophora alba, Walt. car. 134. Podalyria alba, Willd. 

 spec. 2. p. 503. Sims, hot. mag. 1177. Crotalaria alba, Lin. 

 spec. 1006. Branches divaricate. Flowers white. 



Wh ire-flowered Baptisia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1724. PI. 2 ft. 



12 B. TINCTOHIA (R. Br. in Ait hort. kew. 3. p. 6.) leaves 

 stalked, and are, as well as the branches, glabrous, upper ones 

 nearly sessile ; leaflets roundish-obovate ; stipulas setaceous, 

 almost obsolete ; racemes terminal. 1. H. Native from Canada 

 to Carolina, on dry hills in woods. Flowers yellow, with wings 

 each furnished with a callosity or a lateral tooth. This 

 plant was formerly used as Indigo by dyers. The root and 

 herbage have been found to possess antiseptic and subastringent 

 properties. They have also a cathartic and emetic effect. Bar- 

 ton, 2. p. 57. 



Dyers' Baptisia or Wild Indigo. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1759. 

 PI. 1 1 foot. 



Cult. This genus contains very ornamental border flowers of 

 easy culture. The species are usually increased by dividing the 

 plants at the root. 



XI. CYCLO'PIA (from KVK\OC, Icyklus, a circle, and TTOUC, 

 putts, a foot ; in allusion to the replicate circle, which is found 

 round the base or foot of the pods). Vent. dec. p. 8. R. Br. 

 in Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 5. Ibbctsonia, Sims, bot. 

 mag. t. 1259. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynla. Calyx 5-cleft, unequal, 

 thrust in at the base, the lowest tooth longest. Vexillum large, 

 with longitudinal wrinkles. Wings having a transverse plait. 

 Keel inflexedly mucronate. Stamens deciduous. Stigma beard- 

 ed. Legume compressed, pedicellate, 1-celled, many-seeded, 

 coriaceous. Smooth broom-like shrubs, with sessile trifoliate 

 leaves, and axillary, bracteate, yellow flowers. 



1 C. GENISTOIDES (R. Br. I.e.) smooth; leaflets awl -shaped ; 

 calyx mutic ; bracteas oblong-ovate. f? . F. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Sims, bot. mag. 1259. Gompholobium 

 maculatum, Andr. bot. rep. t. 427. Podalyria genistoides, 

 Thunb. Sophora, Berg. cap. 140. Sophora genistoides, Burtn. 

 cap. 12 Pluk. phyt. t. 413. f. 5. 



Genista-like Cyclopia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1787. Shrub 8 ft. 



2 C. GALIOIDES (D. C. prod. 2. p. 101.) plant smooth below, 

 but the branches are hairy at the top, as well as the upper leaves ; 

 leaflets awl-shaped, mucronate ; segments of calyx ending in an 

 acuminated mucrone ; bracteas ovate-lanceolate. f? . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Sophora galioides, Berg. cap. 141. 

 Pluk. aim. t. 413. f. 4. Aspalathus eallosa, Burm. fl. cap. 

 prod. 21. 



Galium-like Cyclopia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 4 ft. 



3 C. TENUIFOLIA (Lehm. in cat. sem. hort. hamb.) smooth ; 

 leaflets setaceous, acute ; segments of the calyx obtuse ; bracteas 

 roundish, keeled. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Fine-leaved Cyclopia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1826. Shrub 



2 to 4 feet. 



4 C. LATIFOLIA (D. C. in ann. sc. nat. 4. .p. 98.) smooth; 

 leaflets almost sessile, elliptic or ovate, somewhat mucronulate ; 

 lobes of calyx acute. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Genista buxifolia, Burm. cap. prod. 21. Upper li 

 simple. Flowers few, pedicellate ; pedicels bibracteate at the 

 base. 



Broad-leaved Cyclopia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 



3 to C feet. 



Cult. An elegant genus of greenhouse shrubs, which will 

 thrive in an equal mixture of loam and peat, and very young 

 cuttings, planted in a pot of sand with a bell-glass placed over 

 them, will root. 



XII. PODALY'RIA (Podalynus was the son of ^Rsculapius 

 in mythology). Lam. ill. t. 327. exclusive of some species. 

 Salisb. par. 7. R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 6. but not 

 of Michx. Aphora, Neck. elem. no. 1370. 



LIN. SYST. Dectindria, Monogijnia. Calyx 5-cleft, with un- 

 equal lobes, thrust in at the base. Vexillum large, covering the 

 keel and wings. Stamens 10, permanent, somewhat connate at 

 the base. Stigma capitate. Legume sessile, ventricose, many- 

 seeded. Cape shrubs, usually clothed with silky hairs, with 

 simple alternate leaves, and with narrow adpresscd stipulas. 

 Peduncles axillary, 1 or many-flowered. Bracteas caducous. 

 Flowers purplish, rose-coloured or white. 



* Peduncles \-fl'^mercd. 



1 P. BUUCHE'LLII (D. C. prod. 2. p. 101.) leaves elliptic or 

 oblong, obtuse or emarginate, pubescent above, and rather hairy 

 beneath ; peduncles very short, 1 -flowered, and are, as well as 

 the calyxes, very hairy ; wings of flower longer than the calyx. 

 Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Burch. cat. no. 

 3475. Sophora cordata, Thunb. prod. 79. ? Hypocalyptus cor- 

 datus, Thunb. fl. cap. 569. ? Flowers of a rose-purplish colour. 

 Calyx clothed with straight rufous hairs. 



Surchell's Podalyria. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1816. Sh. 4 to 8 ft. 



2 P. HIUSU'TA (Willd. spec. 2. p. 505.) leaves villous, stalked, 

 upper ones ovate, lower ones roundish ; peduncles 1 -flowered ; 

 segments of calyx villous, length of wings. Tj . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Sophora hirsuta, Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 

 46. Flowers red. 



Hairy Podalyria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1774. Shrub 2 to 4 ft. 



3 P. SEKI'CEA (R. Br. in Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 6.) 

 leaves oblong-ovate, mucronate, silky on both surfaces ; pedicels 

 1 -flowered, much shorter than the leaves, and are, as well as the 

 calyxes, clothed with appressed silky pubescence. J? . G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Goad Hope. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1923. 

 Sophora sericea, Andr. bot. rep. t. 440. Hypocalyptus seri- 

 ceus, Thunb. fl. cap. 569. ? Flowers pale-purple. 



Silky Podalyria. Fl Jan. Oct. Clt. 1778. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



4 P. CUNEIFOLIA (Vent. eels. 99.) leaves cuneiform, obtuse, 

 somewhat emarginate, silky on both surfaces, nearly sessile ; 



