
          Genus Baptisia - B. simplicifol. [simplicifolia]. I believe this has never
 been seen any where except near Quincy -- It occupies a
 space south of the town about a mile wide & three long
 & then disappears. -- B. villosa. I saw this plant along the
 Charleston & Hamb. [Hamburg] railrod S.C. & also between  Waynesboro' &
 New Bern, No. Car. -- Iwonder Croom never gathered it
 B. leucophaea my specimen I obtained at Wrightsboro' Ga
 where Ell. [Elliott] found his & consequently is the same as his
 although Mr. [illeg XXXty] says that no specimen of it exists in
 his Herb. -- B. leucantha & alba -- I think I remarked 
 in a former letter that we had another species here 
 which I had not sent to you  It. seems to be
 your B. leucantha bona fide.  It is a much larger plant
 than B. alba.  There still exists one more sp or variety of B
 alba with small yellow flowers on a very long raceme
 grows near Marianna -- I don't exactly like your
 disposal of my Tephrosia flexuosa The flowers are mostly
 axillary in a very short raceme   But there is one point which
 escaped me - the stem terminates in a long raceme which
 perfects fruit only at the base in my specimens --I will
 send you better samples this fall --  But I will
 have more words on these subjects at another
 time -- I send in company with this a mss. list 
 of the plants of this & I [a cRsen Co illeg] which will
 serve you as a guide to the Southern extent
 of common plants
        