74 Account of some new species of Plants. 



IS33. 



May 6. Porcelia pygmsea b. b. Delphinium consoli- 

 da (larkspur.) 



7. Sambucus canadensis (elder) b, b. Rain. 



8. Phytolacca decandra (poke) b. Rhus vernix 



(poison sumach) b. 70 76 



9. Aletris farinosa (star-grass) . b. b. Ruellia 



strepens b. Rain. 72 76 



10. Polygala incarnata b. b. Jasrainum officinale. 



Gardens. Rain. . .74 76 



" Asclepias tuberosa b. b. Apocynum pubes- 

 cens b. b. Rain. 



11. Erythryna herbacea (coral tree) b. b. Ga- 



lardia bicolor b. 72 76 



12. Magnolia glauca (white bay) b. b. Rain. 72 76 



13. Laurus carolinensis (red bay) b.b. Papaver 



somniferum b. b. Rain. 72 76 



14. Andromeda arborea (sour- wood) b. Passi- 



flora incarnata b. Rain. 72 76 



15. Hydrangea hortensis b. b. Catalpa cordifolia 



(Catawba tree) b. 72 82 



June 6th, 1832. Short-staple Mexican cotton (Gossypiurahirsutum?) 

 began to bloom. 



II. Account of s.ome new species of Plants. 



1. Baptisia * simplicifolia. 



Plant about two feet high, herbaceous, glabrous ; stem geniculate, 

 branching ; stipules none ? ; leaves simple, alternate, sessile, ovate, 

 glabrous, about two inches and a half long, one inch and a half wide ; 

 racemes terminal, long; legumes small. The flowers I have not seen. 

 Grows near Quincy, in Middle Florida, along with Baptisia lanceola- 

 ta, El. Flowers June, July. 



2. AmorpJia * caroliniana. 



Plant shrubby, four to five feet high ; branches pubescent, striate ; 

 leaves pinnate ; leaflets oblong, obtuse, mucronate, petiolate, covered 

 on both surfaces with minute, shining hairs, and thickly studded with 

 diaphanous glands; spikes solitary, short; flowers very small, dark 



