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320. RIP ASIA Raf. cliff. Baptisia calix 
eampanulate base acute, petals unequal on 
long claws, vexillum shorter reflexed, wings 
longer, keel equal to vexillum, stamens sube- 
qual, stigma acute, pod oblong terete acumi- 
nate. Leaves with stipules , flowers blue ra- 
cemose, — This Genus or subgenus is known at 
first sight by the flowers, calix, longer wings 
and pod, stipules &c. The name implies its 
constant locality near streams. 
327. Rip asi.v cerulea Raf. Bapt. Podalyria 
Sophora australis or cerulea of Authors. 
Smooth, branches terete, stipules lanceolate, 
leaves on short petiols, folioles sessile cuneate 
subacute, raceme erect elongate multiflore. — 
On the margin of rivers from the Potomak and 
Ohio to Louisiana and Florida, estival. Some 
Var. 1 . obtusifolia , 2. rliombifolia :, 3. ma- 
cro st achy a &c. 
328. LASINIA Raf. diff. Baptisia, calix 
often hairy vexillum obcordate short, base auri- 
culate, wings not callose, pistil quite hairy, style 
also at the base, pod subsessile, hairy oblong 
acuminate : Perennial plants more or less 
hairy , leaves reticulate with stipules and flow- 
ers with bracts or else axillary , yellowish or 
greyish — This group will be easily known by 
the hairy habit most intense in the pistil and 
pod, bracts, deeply cleft vexillum &,c Michaux 
had 3 such hairy kinds, Elliot suspected there 
were more, and I shall increase them to 7 
species. 
329. Lasinia reticulata R. Bapt. lanceo- 
lata and uniflora of Authors. Stem smooth di- 
chotome angular sulcate, stipules minute, leaves 
subsessile, folioles petiolate oblong obtuse base 
cuneate, minutely nervose reticulate on both 
