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INDIGOFERA amoena, 

 Ztong-bunched Indigo^ 



DIADELPHIA DEC^ND^f^, 



Nat, ord, Leguminosje. Jtcssieu gen. 343, Div^ Vf 

 INDIGOFERA, Suprd in notis appendicis v*^, 3. 



I 1/1 



{. amcena, foliis ternatis oyalibus pilosiusculis, ramis (:eretibiis> tploU p6* 

 <luncu|atis, stlpulis setacejs, caJycibus las^is, ci^ule frutescente, Uort, 

 AVw. 3. 68- 



Indigofera amcena. Jaeq, hart, schfenb^ % 57* /• 234* Hart, Kevo, ed, 3. 4. 



35 K WiUd, sp. jrf- 3- 1224. 



Priitex irf^ckwis et nltrh, rtftnosusj erecluSp setulis d€CunAentibu$ hispido^ 

 panescens ; rami Aexuosi quadranguloso'tnarginatu FoK altema^ remota^ 

 patentissimay su&tus densius pubescentia; foHolis oblongo-avalibus^ vix uncia' 

 iibusy subesqualibus^ mucrone recurvo^ nervis prtBier medium principem ob^ 

 iolescentibus : petiolus Judim>ior foHolis^ cum ramo articulatus Qcjidiola cutm 

 itlo : stipuls % herbacete, subutato-aristattSt hispidtfff ^aducm, ^ PeduDCufi 

 amllaresy solitarii, erects spicatim rijcemosi^^ plHrih hngioretfylio; floribak 

 numerosis, sparsis^ (fpproxtmatis, paienfissimsy iubsemunfiaUbWt roseo-pur* 

 purascentibus ; pedicelfis hkpidisf orevissimist cum calyce continuisg bracteifl 

 caducisf sub^quantibus calucem^ subcoioralis^ punclaiis^ lamind compressor 

 Jbrnicaia aristato-acuminata pcde brevi viridipostiS^ Cal. ki^ndus, cotoratus^ 

 campanulatus^ transverse lalior^ subtriph ^repior corolla, semiSfiduSt Hmho 

 2-hbiatOy segmentis ini^qtfalibus ciliatis Uneari'Subulatis% labii gummi divaru 

 effiis deorskm obliquatis^ labii imi pectinato-coUatcral^St medio mi^ore. Pet 

 concolora^ venosa, sub^gvUonga ^ vex, okhngum, rhombeo-avatum^ jub^ 

 acuminatum, de iu/ra medium re/'ractum, wkgaetafo, rubro, concavo non tecto 

 calycej dorso bigihbo, lamina ad pedem notata mactdd didymS albq et mohceo 

 ^riata/ a\as Jaicato4anci^tiP, divaricatie^ acumine lanuginosa, ungue ««i- 

 plici: Cftr. defi^x^t, lanceolatO'navictdaris, utringue mucronato-calcaratay un^ 

 guibus simplicibus oblongs divergentibus rubris, Stam, difffielpha: tubus fila^ 

 tnentosus brevissimi 9;fidus, supr^ rubescens, apice incurvus: antb. erecfa^ 

 &oat€B, apiculo postici cristaio, barbS i^lbS tomentosS ad basin. Germ, teres^ 

 viilosum, rectum; stylus bis brevior r. magis, iereti-si^ulatus, rubescens, 

 incunncss %i}g' glandnhso-ciipitatum, subctfmpressum, alburn^ 



This pretty species does not seem to have been recog- 

 nised of late in our collections for the Indigofeba anuena^ 

 .which it clearly is. In all the gardens where we have met 

 with it, it has been known by the appellation of Indigofera 

 purpurea. Belongs to the Cape of Good Hope; and was in- 

 troduced in 1774 by Mr. Masson. A ft-ee-flowerlng green- 

 house plant. 



A grey branching upright shrub, with a short hispid 

 flat^pressed silvery fur, in the samples we have seen, seldom 



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