No. 1095. 
THERMOPSIS LABURNIFOLIA. 
Class. Order. 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
A native of Мара, first raised in 
Scotland, by Mr. Neill, from seeds sent by 
Dr. Wallich. It flowered with us during 
great part of the last summer, trained to a 
wall in a sunny exposure, where seeds were 
perfected. It was little, if at all, injured 
by the frost during the winter, continuing 
to retain a portion of its leaves, and is now 
eight feet in height, with a thick woody 
stem and branches ; so that there can be no 
doubt of its becoming naturalized to our 
climate, especially as it will grow in almost 
any soil. 
Our excellent friend, Dr Hooker, in his 
beautiful Exotic Flora, in which this ele- 
gant plant was first published as a Baptisia, 
. not having seen the seed vessel, was doubt- 
ful whether it could remain with that genus. 
It has since produced plenty : they are very 
long and slender, containing six or eight 
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