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reticulate , stipules obsolete , flowers yellow 
racemose or solitary terminal , bracts obso- 
lete . 
322. Baptisia tinctoria of Authors. Raf. 
med. fl. tab. 14. Smooth, much ramose, terete 
folioles sessile obovate rhomboidal subobtuse, 
racemes nodding pauciflore pod turgid ovate — 
common plant from Canada to Louisana in 
woods, but it has several varieties or deviations, 
some of which are assuming the rank of sp. Var. 
1 . procumbens , 2, thamnoides, 3. parvifolia 
& c, estival, 
323. Baptisia iietusa Raf. smooth folioles 
obovate emarginate or retuse ample, branches 
uniflore — this appears entitled to be deemed a 
sp. the leaves are 4 times as large, the flowers 
twice as large, stem less ramose erect 4 feet 
high. Found in West Virginia and East Ken- 
tucky. 
324. Baptisia spherocarpa Nut, pi, rar. 52. 
smooth, branches angular canaliculate, folioles 
sessile obovate oblong obtuse retuse, racemes 
erect multiflore, pods subglobose — in Arkanzas 
near streams, folioles uncial, flowers large deep 
yellow on short pedicels. In my specimens the 
raceme is not terminal as stated by Nuttal who 
first described this plant in 1834 Journ. Ac. 
N. Sc. 
325. Baptisia albiflora Raf. Alba Authors. 
Smooth, branches terete, leaves on short peti- 
ols, folioles elliptic base acute end obtuse, ra- 
ceme erect elongate multiflore, flowers white 
pods obovate — from Carolina to Alabama and 
Louisiana, vernal. Some Var. 1. latifolia , 2. 
glauca , 3. mucronata , 4. retusa ^c, perhaps 
incipient sp. but all easily known by the fine 
white flowers. Perhaps a peculiar subgenus 
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