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INDIGOFERA Dosua 



The Dosua Indigo. 



1)1 A DELPHI A DECANDRIA. 



Nat.ord. Leguminos^e.- 



INDIGOFERA. Dot. Reg. vol. 2. /of. 104. 



J. Dosua; caule fruticoso, foliis pinnatis 10-16-jugis, foliolis oyalibus retu- 

 sis mucronulatis utrinque ramulisque dense rufescenti-pilosis, spicis 

 axillaribus folip brevioribus, bracteis stipulisque linearibus bispidis, den- 

 tibus calycis ovatis acutis. DeCand. prodr. 2. 225. 



I. Dosua. Donjt. nepal. 244. 



If we compare the accompanying figure with the foregoing 

 character, extracted from DeCandolle's Prodromus, it will 

 hardly be supposed that they both refer to the same plant. 

 The number of pairs of leaflets is not half, and there is little 

 trace of the tawny hairs that are said to clothe them ; and 

 which in fact do clothe them in wild specimens now before 

 us. Neither do we find the long awl-shaped bracts which 

 cover over the nascent flowers, and which are conspicuous in 

 the wild specimens of Indigofera Dosua. 



Nevertheless, upon the great authority of Mr. Bentham, 

 we are led to refer our garden plant to this Indian species, 

 which we learn from him is excessively variable in appearance. 

 Not having studied the genus we have no opinion of our own 

 upon the subject. All that we can state from our knowledge 

 is that this plant is very pretty when in flower, forming a 

 straggling bush, whose bright deep rose-coloured blossoms 

 are highly ornamental. When out of flower it is rather 

 shabby in appearance, and is therefore not well suited for 

 growing singly. 



It has been raised in the Garden of the Horticultural 

 Society from seeds sent to England by Dr. Falconer from the 



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