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BAPTISIA ? nepa.LEnsis. 
Nepaul Baptista. 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.—Nat. Orn. LEGUMINOSE. 
Gen. Cuar.—Cal. semi-4—5-fidus, bilabiatus. Cor. papilionacea, petalis — 
longitudine subequalis: vexillum lateribus reflexis. Stamina decidua. — 
Legumen ventricosum, pedicellatum, polyspermum.—Br. in Hort. Kew. — 
Baptisia? nepalensis ; foliis ternis breviter petiolatis, foliolis lanceolatis 
subsericeis, stipulis petiolum subsequantibus ovatis acutis deciduis, 
germinibus pubescentibus, corollee alis involutis. 
Stem shrubby, branched, rounded, glabrous. Leaves numerous upon the | 
branches, often crowded, ternate, petiolate, the petiole short, grooved 
above ; leaflets 3-5 inches long, lanceolate, sessile, jointed upon the com- 
mon petiole, subacuminate, slightly silky, veined. Stipules deciduous, 
large, ovate, acute, reflexed, pale green, each pair often united at the 
margin. 7 
Flowers in subverticillate short panicles, axillary or terminal, large, handsome, 
yellow. Peduncles and arched pedicels silky, bracteated, bracteas large, re- 
sembling the stipules, and silky. Calyx silky, somewhat 2-lipped, upper 
lip bifid, erecto-patent, lower lip trifid, soon reflexed. This calyx some- 
times falls away entire from the receptacle, (Figs.2. & 3.) Petals nearly 
equal in length. Vezillum erect, very large, broadly obcordate, the mar- 
gins reflexed. Ale standing forward, oblong, clawed, singularly invo- 
lute at the extremity. Carina a little deflexed, oblongo-ovate. Stamens 
10, free, rather shorter than the style, as long as the keel. Filaments 
white. Anthers oblong, yellow. Germens pedicellate, linear, silky, style 
curved upwards, filiform. Sigma subacute, glabrous. 
Raised by my valued friend P. NEILL, Esq. from Nepaul 
seeds sent to this country by Dr Watuicu, and cultivated in 
the open air in his interesting garden at Canonmills, near Kdin- 
burgh, where, trained to the wall, it forms a handsome shrub, 
which first produced its fine large yellow blossoms in the latter 
end of May. ‘There can be no doubt but that it will form a 
most valuable addition to our stock of hardy shrubs. 
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