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INDIGOFERA stachyodes. 



Long-spiked Indigo. 



DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 

 Nat. ord. Leguminos^e, § Papilionace^e. 

 INDIGOFERA. Botanical Register, vol. I.fol. 104. 



I. stachyodes ; frutescens, ramis pubescentibus angulatis, foliis utrinque 

 dense pubescentibus 18-22-jugis: foliolis linearibus acutis margine re- 

 curvis, racemis erectis axillaribus sessilibus foliis subsequalibus, bracteis 

 pilosis alabastris longioribus, calycibus cyathiformibus, ovario 7-ovulato. 



Among the crowd of species now found in the genus In- 

 digofera it is not easy to say whether this is new or not; we 

 believe however that it may be so considered, although we are 

 in ignorance of. its fruit. 



Its seeds were collected inBhotan, one of the independent 

 states in the North-east of India, by W. Griffith, Esq., at the 

 height of 4000 feet above the sea, and sent to Richard Hors- 

 man Solly, Esq., by whom they were presented to the Horti- 

 cultural Society. It flowered in the Gardens at Chiswick, in 

 September 1840. 



Fig. 1 . represents the calyx and stamens ; fig. 2. the ovary 

 of this species. 



A handsome hardy greenhouse shrub, growing readily in 

 a rich open soil, chiefly composed of sandy loam, with a little 

 leaf-mould. 



It is easily increased by cuttings of the young wood, par- 

 tially matured at the base, placed in sand, with a little bottom 

 heat. The plant, when in good health, flowers during a 

 greater part of the summer. 



