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PAPILIONACEAE. 



[Vox,. II. 



2. Baptisia tinctdria (L.) R. Br. Wild 



Indigo. Yellow or Indigo Broom. 



Horsefly-weed. (Fig. 2050.) 



Sophora tincloria L. Sp. PI. 373. 1753. 

 Baptisia tincioria R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. Bd. 



2,3:6. 1811. 



Glabrous, erect, succulent, much branched, 

 2-4 high. Leaves petioled, 3-foliolate; leaf- 

 lets obovate or oblanceolate, ty-ity long, ses- 

 sile or nearly so, obtuse, cuneate at the base, en- 

 tire, turning black in drying; stipules minute, 

 caducous; racemes numerous, few-flowered, 

 terminal; bracts minute, deciduous; pedicels 

 !//_ 2 // long; flowers bright yellow, about %' 

 long; pods ovoid or nearly globose, $"-$" 

 long, tipped with the subulate style. 



In dry soil, Maine to southern Ontario, Minne- 

 sota, Florida and Louisiana. June-Sept. 



3. Baptisia villdsa (Walt.) Nutt. 

 Hairy Wild Indigo. (Fig. 2051.) 



Sophora villosa Walt. Fl. Car. 134. 1788. 

 Baptisia villosa Nutt Gen. i: 281. 1818. 



Erect, branched, 2-4 high, more or less 

 pubescent throughout, especially when 

 young. Leaves very short-pctioled or sessile, 

 3-foliolate, turning dark in drying; leaflets 

 oblong, oval, or obovate, obtusish at the 

 apex, narrowed or cuneate at the base, 2'-$' 

 long, entire; stipules lanceolate or subulate, 

 much longer than the petioles, persistent or 

 the upper deciduous; racemes lateral, some- 

 times 10' long, loosely many-flowered; pedi- 

 cels z // ~4 // long; flowers yellow, about i' 

 long; bracts caducous or deciduous; pods ob- 

 long-ovoid, about i)4' long, finely appressed- 

 pubescent, tipped with the subulate style. 



In dry soil, Virginia and North Carolina, west 

 to Arkansas. June-July. 



Baptisia bracteata Ell. 



L/arge-bracted Wild Indigo. (Fig. 2052.) 



Podalyria bracteala Muhl. Cat. 42. Without 



description. 1813. 

 Baptisia bracteata EH. Bot. S. C. & Ga. i : 469. 



1817. 

 Baptisia leucophaca Nutt. Gen. i: 382. 1818. 



Erect or ascending, bushy-branched, vil- 

 lous-pubescent throughout. Leaves sessile 

 or short-petioled, 3-foliolate, dark green or 

 brownish in drying; leaflets oblanceolate or 

 spatulate, narrowed or cuneate at the base, 

 obtuse or acutish at the apex, i^'-s' long, 

 4//_8" -wide, thick, reticulate-veined; stip- 

 ules lanceolate, or ovate, persistent; ra- 

 cemes usually few, mainly lateral, some- 

 times i long, reclining, many-flowered; 

 flowers white or cream-color, about i / long, 

 very showy; pedicels slender, 6 // -i5 // long, 

 spreading, somewhat secund; bracts large 

 and persistent; pods ovoid, mostly narrowed 

 at the base, i'-2' long, pubescent, tipped 

 with a long at length deciduous style. 



Prairies, Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota, 

 south to Louisiana and Texas. April-May. 



