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INDIGOFERA incana. 
Hoary Indigofera. 
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DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Leguminosje. Tribus Loteee. Decandolle. 
INDIGOFERA. Supra in notis appendicis, vol. 3. 
I. incana; caule decumbente basi suffrutescente ramosissimo, raims sericeo- 
pubescentibus, foliis petiolatis 3-foliolatis, foliolis ovatis acutis sericeis, 
leguminibus reflexis acutis sericeis. Dec. prodr. 2.232. 
I. incana. Thunberg. prodr. 132. Willd. sp. pi. 3.1224. Thunb. ft. 
cap. 596. _ 
Rami teretes, apice tanturn subangulati, pube brevi appressd leviter 
pubescentes. Foliola 3 -nata, subrotundo-ovata, ovata, et obovata, apiculata, 
supra glabra, subtils pubescentia. Racemi pedunculati, foliis quadruple 
longiores, erecti. Flores amoenc rubro-purpurei. Vexillum dor so pilosum, 
aleeque apice rotundatce. 
This pretty species of Indigofera is nearly related to 
I. amtxna, already published at folio 300 of this work; but 
is readily distinguished by the bluntness of all the petals, 
the downiness of the back of the vexillum, and the small¬ 
ness of the leaves, which vary from roundish-ovate to 
obovate with a little point, are always sessile, or nearly so, 
upon the common petiole, and smooth on their upper 
surface. 
Our drawing was made from a plant in Mr. Colvill’s 
Nursery, which had been raised by Mrs. Marryat, of 
Wimbledon, from Cape seeds. A free-flowering green¬ 
house plant, of much beauty. 
There is a remarkable peculiarity in the genus Indi¬ 
gofera, by which it may be readily recognised. The hairs 
of the leaves are attached by their middle, and not by 
one end. 
