386 



INDIGOFERA australis. 



jBotany-bay Indigo. 



DlADEtf>HU t>£C4N2)tllA, 



Afitf. ord* LfiGtJMiNOSJb, Jussieu gen* 545, Div. V. Co*, irregularfe 

 ^apilionacea* Legum. 1-1 oc* 2-valv, Frutices aut herbae; fbK simplicia 

 aut ternata aut rarius digitate; stipulse nunc subnullse nunc conspicuoe imo 

 petiolo adnatee aut ab eodem di8tincte*=PAPiLiotf acb.se. Brown in app. 

 to Fliftd. votf, 2> 552. 



IN&IGOFERA* Suprd in notis appendids vol* 3* 



I» austmltSy foliis pinnatis glabris multijugis oblongis, raceitiis folio brertd* 



ribus vexillle glabris leguminibus patentibus. Wtud* $p+ pi* 3* 1235* 

 Indigofera australis* Venten* malmau* 45. Hort. Ketv* ed* 2* 4. 355+ 



Frutex ramosus 9 supernejoliosus, glaber f ramis alternis* patentibus f Bre* 

 Hnbus. Fol. alterna, korizoniali'rtflexa, petiolata f impari-pinnata, 3«6^«ga> 

 foliolis oppositis dist&ntibus bretii*petiolatis* ovoUbus etlanceolatis 9 glandutoso* 

 apiculatts, sttbtus obsolete pubescentibus : pet* articulati, ad lent em vtttisapnrts- 

 w obsolete pubescentes 9 gtanduld pdrvuld purpurascente pari singuloJhliowruM 

 interpositdt stipute <3 petiolo distinctee* rectee y lineares* brevissinue, cito 

 deciaua* Racemi axillaris, solitarii 9 su^ncti > subbrevioresjblio t pedunculo 

 ad lentem obsolete pubescente* Flores atterni 9 proxinti, horizontaies* «• 

 dicellatty roseo~ntbente$* suaveolentest bracteee 2-3 ad basin pediceuo* 

 rum, brex>is$im& f purpureo«Ynembranaceie. CaL patentissimus 9 saturate 

 ptorjyureus, vittis nigricantibus obsolete pubescent, sw vexillo truncatus f sub 

 caring imeguali'5'dentatus. Pet. nnguiculcta: vex* erectum, rotundatum^ 

 emarginatuni) striatum^ maculd candidd ad basinx al« vexillo aquUongee, re* 

 fiexte, oblonga, obtnsiuscuke : car, alls aliquanhdum brevior utrinque juxta 

 supra unguent calcarata* Fil. diadelpha; anth. erectce* glanduloso*aptctdatat 9 

 pallida mtea. Germ* Uneare 9 compressum, glabrttm; stylus geniculatus t 

 Jiliformis, stigmate capitato* Leg* reftexum. cylindricum 9 ob meduttamjun- 

 gosam monospermo-Z*&4oculare* Sem. nigrkantia t angulis 4? obsolete notata* 

 ad lentem mpresso~punticulata* 



A species from New South Wales. Introduced by 

 Joseph Banks in 1790; and now pretty common in our 

 greenhouses, in which it thrives with little care* 



A smooth branching shrub, leafy at the upper part: 

 branches alternate, spreading. Leaves alternate, horizon- 

 tally reflectent, petioled, unevenly pinnate, 3-6-paired, 

 leaflets opposite, widish apart, short-petioled, oval and 

 lanceolate, with a small glandular apex, obsoletely furred 

 underneath: petioles jointed, furred with a short close- 

 pressed pubescence scarcely visible but through a magnify- 

 ing glass, bearing a small purplish gland between each pair 



