136 THE LADIES' FLOWER-GARDEN 
1.— BAPTISIA PERFOLIATA, R. Br. THE PERFOLIATE-LEAVED BAPTISIA. 
Synonymes. — Crotalaria perfolkta, im. ; Rafnia perfoUata, WiWrf. ; I Specific Character. — Quite smooth ; leaves perfoliate, roundish, 
Sophora perfoliata, Walt.; Podalyria perfoUata, MicA*. | quite entire, rather glaucous ; flowers axillary, solitary. {G.Don.) 
Description, &c. — This plant is remarkable as being the only species of Baptisia which has entire leaves, 
which are perfoliate, that is, the stem appears to come through them, as in the honeysuckle. The flowers are small 
and yellow. The species is a native of Georgia and Carolina, on dry sandy hills, and it was introduced in 1793. 
It grows about three feet high, and flowers in August. 
2.— BAPTISIA AUSTRALIS, R. Br. THE SOUTHERN BAPTISIA. 
Synonymes. — Sophora australis, Sims ; Podalyria australis, Vent. ; 
P. caerulea, Pursh. 
Vakiett.— B. a. exaltata- B. exaltata, Suit. Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 97. 
Engravings. — Hot. Mag. t. 509 ; and our fig. 2 in Plate 34. 
Specific Character. — Stem branched, diffuse ; leaves stalked, and 
are, as well as the branches, smooth ; leaflets oblong, cuneated, obtuse, 
four times longer than the petiole ; stipules lanceolate, acute, twice 
the length of tho petioles ; racemes few-flowered, elongated, shorter 
than the branches ; calyx quadrifld, lower segment obtuse ; legumes 
apiculated. 
Description, &c. — A very showy species, with dark purple flowers ; quite hardy, and flowering abundantly, 
Baptisia exaltata is probably a variety of this species, as it only dififers in growing more erect, and much taller, 
being often four feet high ; wliile B. australis is rarely more than two feet. Tlie latter species is a native of 
West Carohna, and it was introduced in 1758. It may be propagated either by division of the roots, or seeds, 
which it ripens in abundance 
3.— BAPTISIA ALBA, R. Br. THE WHITE BAPTISIA. 
branches, glabrous ; leaflets elliptic-oblong, obtus* ; stipules deciduous, 
subulate, shorter than the petioles ; racemes terminal ; ovaries glabrous. 
(G. Don.) 
Synonymes. — Sophora alba, Walt. ; Podalyria alba, Sims ; Cro- 
talaria alba, Lin. 
Engravings. — Hot. Mag. t. 1177 ; and oar fig. 3 in Plate 34. 
Specific Character. — Leaves stalked, and are, as well as the 
Description, &c. — Strongly resembling B. australis, except in the flowers, which are white. It is quite 
hardy, but is best propagated by seeds, as it does not bear moving well. It is a native of the West of Virginia 
and Carolina, where it is found on the banks of rivers. It was introduced by Mr. Mark Catesby in 1724. It 
flowers in June, about the same time as B. australis. 
4.— BAPTISIA TINCTORIA, R. Br. THE DYER'S BAPTISIA. 
Synonymes. — Podalyria tinctoria, Michx. ; Sophora tinctoria, Lin. 
Engraving. — Bot. Mag. t. 1099. 
Specific Character. — Leaves stalked, and are, as well .is the 
branches, glabrous, upper ones nearly sessile ; leaflets roundish-obovate 
stipules setaceous, almost obsolete ; racemes terminal. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — A dwarf plant, with small yellow flowers, which are thinly scattered in loose racemes, 
and trifoliate leaves. The pods are nearly oval, and much inflated. They are raised on a footstalk longer than 
the calyx, and they retain their long slender style till they are ripe. The species is a native of North America, 
from Canada to Florida; and it was at first supposed to be the Indigo plant, before Indigofera tinctoria was 
discovered, as a coarse kind of blue dye is made from the pulpy part of the leaves. It flowers from July to 
September, and is sometimes propagated by dividing its roots, but it is safer to depend on the seed*. It requires 
a dry soil and a sheltered situation. 
