189 LEGUMINOSiE. Baptisia. 



2. Baptisia australis, R. Browti. Blue-Jlmuered False Indigo. 



Smooth : leaves on short petioles, the uppermost sometimes nearly sessile ; leaflets oblong- 

 cuneiform, obtuse ; stipules lanceolate, about as long as the petioles ; racemes elongated, 

 erect ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, caducous ; pedicels shorter than the calyx ; flowrers large, blue; 

 legumes oval-oblong, the stipe about the length of the calyx. — R. Br. I. c. p. 6; Ell. sk. 1. 

 p. 468; DC.prodr. 2. p. 100 ; Torr. ^ Gr.fl. N. Am. \.p. 385. B. ccerulea, Nutt. gen. 1. 

 p. 281. Sophora australis, Linn.; Bot. mag. t. 509. S. ccerulea, Treiv, pi. rar. 6. t. lA, 

 ex R. Br. S. alba, Murr. in com. GorU. 1. p. 96. t. 6. Podalyria australis, Willd. sp. 2. 

 p. 503 ; Vent, liort. Cels. t. 56. P. coerulea, Michx. fl.\. p. 264, 



Stem 2-3 feet high, erect or somewhat decumbent. Leaflets 2-3 inches long. Stipules 

 foliaceous, often persistent. Flowers an inch long, bright indigo-bluc. Calyx 4-toothed ; the 

 upper tooth broader. Legume 2 inches long, with a short abrupt point. 



Near Canandaigua {Prof. Eaton). A common species in the Western Slates, and often 

 cultivated in gardens. 



23. CERCIS. Linn. ; Endl. gen. 6750. JUDAS-TREE. 



{ From kerkis, a name of Theophrastus, applied to a tree supposed to be the modern Ccrcis.] 



Calyx broadly campanulate, with 5 short obtuse teeth. Petals scarcely papilionaceous, all 

 distinct and unguiculate : vexillum smaller than the wings : keel petals larger than the 

 wings. Stamens somewhat unequal. Legume oblong, much compressed, acute at each 

 end, many-seeded, slightly stipitate ; upper suture with a winged margin. — Trees, with 

 simple cordate leaves and membranaceous caducous stipules. Flowers deep rose-color or 

 purple, fasciculate, appearing before the leaves. 



1. Cercis Canadensis, Linn. Red-hud, or American Judas-tree. 



Leaves orbicular-cordate, acuminate, hairy along the veins underneath. — Mill. ic. t. 2, ex 

 DC. ; Michx. ft. \.p. 265 ; Pursh, fl. 1. p. 308 ; Torr.fi. \.p. 441 ; DC. prodr. 2. p. 518 ; 

 Darlingt. fi,. Cest. p. 433 ; Torr. ^ Gr.fl. N. Am. l.p. 392 ; Loud. arh. etfr. uhr.p. 258. 



A tree 15 — 30 feet high, with smooth grayish brown bark and flexuous branches. Leaves 

 3-4 inches in diameter, with a short abrupt point, about 7-nerved. Flowers covering tlie 

 branches in numerous fascicles of 4 to 8 together, on short slender pedicels. Calyx colored, 

 gibbous at the base, pubescent on the margin of the teeth. Legume about 3 inches long, 

 coriaceo-membranaceous. 



Niagara county? {Dr. Kinnicutt). Some years ago I received specimens of this plant from 

 Dr. Kinnicutt, which I think were collected near Lcwiston, but they may not have been native. 

 The flowers are acid, and are said to be used by the French Canadians for salads and pickles. 



