much branched, flexuous; leaves nearly sessile; leaflets oblanceolate or
cuneiform-spatulate, somewhat petiolulate, very obtuse, reticulated ; glabrous
above, puberulent beneath ; stipules very minute, caducous; flowers (obscure
yellow) axillary, solitary, on short pedicels; legumes ovate-globose,
large and thick.— Eli. sk. 1 . p. 467 ; DC.! prodr. 2. p. 100. B. uniflora,
Nutt.! 1. c. Sophora lanceolata, Walt. ! Car. p. 135. Podalyria uniflora,
Michx. ! Jl. 1. p. 263.
/?. large, nearly glabrous ; leaflets oval-oblong, tapering at each end, particularly
at the base, rather obtuse; the terminal flowers two or three
together.
y. more pubescent; leaflets cuneiform-obovate, often retuse; the lower
flowers axillary ; the others usually forming short racemes at the extremity
of the branches; bracts of the upper flowers subulate, as long as the pedicels.
—B. uniflora, Hook. ! compan. to hot. mag. \ .p . 21.
In dry sandy soil, S. Carolina ! to Florida! . 0. Middle Florida, Dr.
Chapman! y. Louisiana, Drummond! Dr. Hale! Arkansas, Nuttall !—
April—June.—Plant 2—3 feet high, the minute pubescence appressed. Leaves
coriaceous. Flowers large. Teeth of the ca.lyx short, triangular, acute ; the
upper one larger, obtuse or emarginate : in 0. all rather obtuse. Ovary very
villous. Legumes large, at first silky-villous, ovate-lanceolate.
5. B. villosa (E ll.): pubescent, villous when young; leaves almost sessile
; leaflets lanceolate-oblong or somewhat obovate, at length glabrous and
shining above ; stipules linear or lanceolate, persistent, longer than the petioles
; racemes elongated ; bracts subulate, shorter than the erect pedicels,
deciduous ; (flowers grayish, Walt.); (legumes oblong, obtuse, somewhat cylindrical,
Nutt.)—Ell. sic. 1. p. 468; Nutt.! gen. I. p. 281; DC. 1. c. Sophora
villosa, Walt. Car.p. 134. Podalyria villosa, Michx.! IMS Pursh,
l. c. ? ' •
North Carolina, Michaux! Mr. Curtis! Arkansas, Nuttall! June-
July.—Plant rather large. Stem branched, pubescent with minute appressed
hairs. Leaflets 2-3 inches long, obtuse, attenuate at the base and almost
pedolate, villous-pubescent when young, especially beneath. Pedicels
shorter than the flowers ; which are about the size of those of B. lanceolata.
Calyx somewhat villous-pubescent with appressed hairs ; the teeth acute ;
the upper one slightly notched. Ovary very woolly.—We have drawn up
our description from the specimen of Mr. Curtis, which we think is the same
with the plant of Michaux. We are doubtful; however, whether it be the
Sophora villosa of Walter, in whose herbarium a portion of a raceme of the
plant only exists ; and in this the calyx is more villous. Elliott seems to be
unacquainted with the species, and this is probably also the case with
Pursh. Mr. Nuttall’s specimens from Arkansas agree well with the plant
from North Carolina, except that the lowest bracts are ovate-lanceolate,
foliaceous, as long as the pedicels, and persistent. We have never seen
the fruit.
6. B. spharocarpa (Nutt.): glabrous ; leaves nearly sessile ; leaflets obo-
vate-oblong, obtuse, minutely pubescent when young; stipules and bracts
minute or almost none ; racemes spicate, elongated; pedicels shorter than
the calyx (flowers deep yellow); legumes very short, subglobose.—Nutt.!
in jour. acad. PhUad. 7. p. 97.
Plains of the Arkansas (in rather wet gravelly soil), Nuttall! Near Fort
Towson, Dr. Leavenworth! Around Little Rock, Arkansas, Dr. Engel-
mann!—Texas! June-July.—Stems 2-3 feet high, many from the same
roots, with erect branches. Flowers large, usually in a long strict spike.
Teeth of the calyx short, very acute; the upper one obtuse. Ovary glabrous.
Stipe short.—The fruit, according to Dr. Engelmann, is rather oval than
globose, and the walls remarkably hard and thick.
Ba pt is ia . LEGUMINOSiE. 385
7. Bl leucophcea (Nutt.) : somewhat villous ; branches divaricate; petioles
very short or none ; leaflets oblanceolate or oblong-obovate ; stipules and
bracts large and foliaceous, ovate, persistent; racemes elongated, many-
flowered ; flowers on very_ long drooping pedicels, secund, ochroleucous ;
legumes large, globose-ovoid, canescently puberulent.—Nutt. 1 gen. 1. p.
282 ; DC. 1. c. B. bracteata, Muhl. cat. ex Ell. sk. 2. p. 468 ; DC. 1. c.
Dry rich soils, Georgia! and Michigan! to Arkansas! Missouri! and Texas!
April. Plant 1-2 feet high, stout, when old often somewhat glabrous:
branches horizontal. Leaflets 2-3 inches long. Stipules an inch or
more m length, ovate, acuminate, very broad and somewhat clasping at
the base. Bracts similar to the stipules, acute; the uppermost smaller,
sometimes lanceolate. Racemes often a foot long, reclined. Pedicels 1-2
inches long. Flowers very large (an inch or more in length.) Calyx-segments
4, canescent within, ovate-lanceolate ; the upper one broader, emarginate.
Ovary silky-villous. Legumes an inch or more in length, pointed,
inflated.
8. B. australis (R. Brown): glabrous; leaves on short petioles, the uppermost
sometimes nearly sessile ; leaflets obovate-oblong or oblong-cuneiform,
obtuse; stipules lanceolate, equalling or exceeding the petioles, often persistent
; racemes elongated, erect; bracts ovate-lanceolate, caducous ; pedicels
shorter than the calyx; flowers very large, indigo-blue; vexillum a little
shorter than the wings, often slightly auriculate at the base ; legumes large,
oval-oblong; the stipe about the length of the calyx.—R. Br. in hart. Kew.
(ed. 2.) 3.p. 6 ; Ell. sk. 1. p. 468; DC.! l.c. B. caerulea; Nutt.! 1. c. Sophora
australis, Linn.! syst. veg. (not of mantiss.?); Bot. mag. t. 509. S.
caerulea, Trew, pi. rar. 6. t. 14, ex R. Br. S. alba, var. Murr. in comm.
Goett. l .p . 96, t. 6. Podalyria australis, Willd.! spec. 2. p. 503; Vent. !
hort. Cels. t. 56. P. caerulea, Michx.! Jl. 1. p. 264.
0- flowers smaller and fewer; vexillum not auriculate.—B. minor, Lehm.!
ind. sem. Hamb. 1827.
y. flowers chocolate-colored.
Borders of streams in rich soil, Pennsylvania! to Georgia, Louisiana! and
Arkansas! y. Arkansas, Dr. Leavenworth ! June-Aug.-—Stem erect, 2-3-
feet high. Leaflets 2-3 inches in length : the stipules often rather large and
conspicuous, foliaceous, and a portion of them persistent. Flowers often
more than an inch in length. Teeth of the calyx broad, and short; the uppermost
very obtuse and entire. Legume about 2 inches long when mature.__
The Sophora australis which LinnEeus first had in view seems to have
been a South African plant, but the name was afterwards applied to this
species.
9. B. leucantha: glabrous and glaucous ; leaves on short petioles, the
uppermost often sessile; leaflets (thickish) cuneiform-obovate or obovate-oblong,
obtuse; stipules lanceolate, about the length of the petioles, mostly caducous
; racemes elongated, erect; bracts ovate-lanceolate, very caducous ;
pedicels about the length of the calyx; flowers large, white; vexillum much
shorter than the wings ; legumes large, oval-oblong, on a stipe fully twice
the length of the calyx— B. alba, Bot. mag. t. 1177 ; Hook.jl. Bor.-Am. 1.
p. 100, not of R. Br. ? and not Sophora alba, Linn.
In rich alluvial soil, Upper Canada (near Lake Erie), Michigan! Ohio!
to Louisiana! and Arkansas ! June-July.—Stem 2-3-feet high, branching;
the branches erect—spreading, stout. Leaflets about 2 inches in length,’
thickish and firm, turning blackish in' drying. Raceme erect, on a stout peduncle,
4-8 inches, or at length often a foot or more in length; the flowers
rather crowded. Pedicels stout. Teeth of the calyx short 'and broad; the '
upper one emarginate. Petals white, the vexillum tinged with purple in the
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