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INDIGOFERA angulata. 
Angular-stemmed Indigo. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Leg uminos-e. Tribus Lotese Dec. 
INDIGOFERA. — Suprd, vol. 5. fol. 386. 
I. angulata; caule fruticoso, ramis angulatis discoloribus, foliis pinnatis 
2-4-jugis, foliolis oblongis emarginatis sequalibus petioloque glabris, 
racemis foliorum longitudine. 
Fmtex virgatus, omni parte purpureo obductus, ramis glabris angulatis. 
Folia pinnata, 2-4-juga cum impare, glabra, foliolis oblongis v. obovatis 
obtusis v. emarginatis petiolatis. Racemi midtifiori , foliis paulo longiores, 
rachi, pedicellis, calycibusque pwrpureis glabriusculis. Bractese minutce, 
pedicellis multb breviores. Calyx truncatus, obsolete quinque dentatus. Flores 
lurido-purpurei. Vexillum rotundatum, emarginatum, bast maculd hippocre- 
picd intensiore notatum. Stylus reflexus, teres, et stigma capitatum glabri. 
It is not improbable that this species has been con¬ 
founded by foreign writers with I. australis , to which 
it bears much prima facie resemblance. Nor should we be 
by any means sure that it was not from this very kind that 
M. Decandolle drew up his character of I. australis, 
especially as he does not cite the figure in this work, as 
is his usual practice, had he not stated, in express terms, 
that the branches of his plant are round, while in ours 
they are remarkably angular. 
In the absence of any means of comparing our garden 
plants either with Sieber’s dried collection, specinlens from 
which are cited by M. Decandolle, or with any authentic 
specimens from the latter Botanist, we must satisfy our¬ 
selves with stating the differences which exist between 
the I, australis formerly published at folio 38C of this 
work, and the plant now under consideration. 
I. australis has leaves of eight or nine pairs of small 
