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LEGUMINOSiE. CIV. Tephrosia. CV. Amorpha. CVI. EysENiiARBXiA- CVII. Nissolia. 



legumes villous. Tj . ^. S. Native of South America, Galgga lower ones approximating the stem; calyx puhescent, with all 



longif61ia, Jacq. icon. rar. 3. t. 572. 

 linear. Racemes few-flowered. 



Flowers purple. Legume 



Long-leaved Tephrosia. Clt.? Shrub tw. 



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Mimosa 



the teeth acute and short ; legume 1-seeded. 1(1. F. Nativeof 

 Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, in dry sandy pine woods. A. 

 pumila, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 64. A. pubescens, Willi 

 spec. 3. p. 970. Lodd.bot. cab. 689. Spike a foot long. 



Herbaceous Bastard Indigo. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1803, PL 

 2 to 3 feet. 



resemble some species of Mimosa m having abruptly-pinnate 



leaves). Leaves abruptlti pinnate^ ^ . x zo ^ a i nA^ \ i \u u 



'^ _ , /ri 1 /x \ 1 m ' 5 A. fragrans (Swcet, fl. gard. 241.) shrubby, pubescent; 



83 ? T. MiMosoiDE s (Pers. ench. 2. p. 330.) plant suffruticose, leaves with 6-8 pairs of elliptic^oblong, mucronate leaflets, ob- 



scandent; leaves with 12 pairs of linear, obtuse, mucronate tuse at both ends, younj; ones pubescent ; calyx pubescent, pe 



leaflets, beset with adpressed pili on both surfaces ; racemes ax- 



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illary, pedunculate ; legumes pendulous, compressed. Tj . 

 Native of the East Indies. Galega mimosoides, Willd. spec. 3. 

 p. 1249. Flowers probably red. 

 Mimosa-like Tephrosia. Shrub cl. 



SimpUcifblice (from simplex^ simple, and foUumy a 

 leaf; tlie leaves are simple). Leaves simple, 



84 T. frute'scens (D. C. prod. 2. p. 256.) stem shrubby; 

 leaves ovate-roundish ; flowers lateral, panicled. ^ . S, Native 

 of Campeachy. 

 scarlet. 



Frutescent Tephrosia. Shrub. 



Cult. All the species of this genus grow best in a mixture of 



dicellate, superior teeth obtuse, lower one acute ; style hairy. 



Native of North America, A. 



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a, Sims, bot. mag. 



Fragrant Bastard Indigo. 



Galega frutescens, Mill, diet. no. 3. Flowers 



2112, but not of others. Flowers dark purple. 



FL June, July. Clt, 1800, Sh. 



7 to 8 feet. 



6 A. croceo-lana'ta (Wats. dend. brit. t. 139.) plant clothed 

 with tawny pubescence ; racemes branched ; leaves with 6-8 pairs 

 of oblong-elliptic, mucronulate, downy leaflets ; the 3 upper teeth 

 of calyx ovate, acute, the 2 lower ones very short and rounded. 

 T2 . H. Native of North America. Flowers bluish-purple, 



Copper-wooUed Bastard Indigo. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub 3 to 5 feet. 



7 A. cane'scens (Nutt. in Fras, cat. 1813. gen. amer. 2. p 



loam and peat, and are easily propagated by seeds, or by young ^2.) plant suffruticose, humble, every part clothed with noary 

 cuttings planted in sand, with a bell-glass placed over them ; ^illi ; leaflets ovate-elliptic, mucronate, lower ones approx- 

 imating the stem ; calyx tomentose, with the teeth ovate, acute, 

 and equal; ovary containing 2-ovula ; legume 1-seeded. Tj.n. 

 Native on the banks of the Missouri and Mississippi. 



Ca//e5cen^ Bastard Indigo. Fl.Jul. Aug. Clt. 1812. ShJft. 

 Cult. Amorpha is a genus of elegant flowering shrubs, and 



are well adapted for small shrubberies, or the front of large ones. 

 They thrive well in common garden soil. They may be in- 

 creased by layers, or cuttings taken off at a joint, and planted m 

 a sheltered situation early in autumn will strike root. Some o 

 the species are rather tender, and require protection m severe 

 weather. 



CVI. EYSENH A'RDTI A (in honour of Charles William Ej^ 



senhardt, M.D. a professor in the University of Konigsberg, 



^ 489. t. 592. 



those of the stove species in heat, 



CV. AMO'RPHA (from a, priv. and /lop^r/, morphea form; 

 in reference to the deformity of the corolla, from the want of 

 the vexillum and keel). Lin. gen. 369. Lam. ill. t. 621. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 256. — Bonafidia, Neck, elem, no. 1364. 



Lin. syst. Monadelphiay Dccdndria. Calyx 5-toothed, ob- 

 conically campanulate. Vexiflum ovate, concave. Wings and 

 keel wanting. Style filiform, straight, glabrous. Stamens ex- 

 serted, monadelphous at the very base. Legume compressed, 

 ovate, or lunulate, 1 -celled, 1 -2-seeded. — North American 

 shrubs, with impari-pinnate leaves, many pairs of leaflets, which 

 are full of pellucid dots, and usually furnished with stipels at the 

 base. Stipulas of the stem deciduous. Racemes spicate, elon- 

 gated, usually in fascicles at the tops of the branches. Flowers 

 blue or violet, or bluish-violet. 



1 A. FRUTicosA (Lin. spec. 1003.) shrub glabrous, or a little 

 villous ; leaflets elliptic-oblong, lower ones distant from the stem ; 

 calyx rather villous, with 4 of the teeth obtuse, and 1 acumin- 

 ated ; vexillum glandless ; legume few-seeded. Tj . H. Native 

 of North America, in Carolina and Florida, on the banks of 

 rivers. Schkuhr, handb. t. 197. Mill. icon. t. 27. Ker.bot. 



There are varieties of this plant with mucronate, 

 emarginate or narrower leaflets. This species was once used in 

 Carolina as an indigo plant, but is now neglected- 



Shrubby Bastard Indigo. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt, 1724. Sh. 6 ft. 



2 A. gla'bra (Desf. cat. hort. par. 192.) shrub glabrous; 

 leaflets elliptic-oblong, lower ones distant from the stem ; calyx 

 glabrous, with 4 of the teeth obtuse, and 1 acuminated ; vexil- 

 lum glandular on the outside ; legume few-seeded. T2 • H. 



reg. 427. 



Prussia). H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p 

 D.C. prod. 2. p, 257. 



Lin. syst. Diadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx obconicalIy-can|- 

 panulate, 5-toothed, upper teeth rather remote, lower onelonges • 

 Petals 5, disposed in a papilionaceous manner. Vexilluni 



^ ^ Stamens diadelphou^' 



X^egunie 



An unarmed tree, with impari-pinnate leaveSj c 



long, 



and the two keel petals distinct. 

 Ovary biovulate. 

 unknown.— 



Style filiform, hooked at the apex 



posed of many pairs of stipellate leaflets, and are, as 

 calyxes beset 

 Flowers white. 



with glands. Racemes terminal, cyhndrica* 

 This genus comes very near Amorpha. 

 1 E. AMORPiioiDEs (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c). ^ • ^* ^^ .^ 

 of Mexico, near St. Augustin de las Guevas and Guanaxu 

 Dalbergia amorphoides, Spreng, syst, app. 268. 



Tree 12 to 20 feet. 



Native of North America. 



* Glabrous Bastard Indigo. 

 3 to G feet. 



and 

 beat- 



Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1810. Sh. 



3 A. ka'na (Nutt. in Fras. cat. 1813. nov. gen. amer. 2. 

 p. 91.) a smoothish dwarf shrub ; leaflets elliptic, mucronate; 

 calyx glabrous, with all the teeth setaceously acuminated ; legume 

 1 -seeded. ^ . H. Native on grassy bills, near the river Mis- 

 souri. A. microphylla, Pursh, fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 466. 



D/rar/* Bastard Indigo. Fl.Jul. Aug. Clt.lSlL Sh. ^ to 1 ft. 



4 A. herba'cea (Walt. car. 179. Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 91.) 

 plant dwarf, herbaceous, pubescent ; leaflets elliptic, mucronate. 



Amorpha-like Eysenhardtia. 



Cult. A mixture of loam and peat will suit this shrub, 

 young cuttings will strike root in sand, under a bell-glass, m 



CVII. NISSOXIA (in honour of William Nissole 

 dustrious French botanist. He was a member of the Academ)^^ 

 Montpelier, and author of some papers in its Transactions ^ 

 was born in 1647 and died in 1735.). Jacq. amer. 198. 

 gen.no, 853. Lam. ill. t. 600. D. C. prod. 2- n. 257. 

 not of Tourn. 



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Lin. sysx. Monadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx campanul 



Stamens 10, monadelpnou. 



Legume stipitate, i 



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5-toothed. Corolla papilionaceous 



with a dorsal fissure or diadelphous 



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