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InpicorerA ANGUSTIFOLIA. NarRow- 
LEAVED INDIGO. 
HSH Sub bbebbeiinit 
Clafs and Order. 
DiADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Generic Charaéer. 
Cal. patens. Cor: carina, utrinque calcari fubulato patulo. 
Legumen \ineare. | 
Specific Charaéfer and Synonyms. 
INDIGOFERA angu/ifolia foliis pinnatis linearibus, racemis 
ss elongatis, caule fruticofo. Linn. Sy/fl. Veget. . 
ed. 14. Murr. p. 678. Mant. 272. Ait. Kew. 
U2. p. 69. 
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nideania’ 
This fmall, delicate, and rather elegant fpecies of Indigo, Za 
to be found in moft colleétions of greenhoufe plants near 
town, rifes with an upright, fhrubby ftem, to the height of 
feveral feet ; its leaves, of a lively green colour, are furnifhed — 
with pinne, which are numerous and unufually narrow, whence 
its name; its flowers, produced on long racemi fpringing from 
the fides of the ftem or branches, are of a fingular dull red 
colour, and rarely followed by feeds with us. oe 
It is a native of the Cape*, from whence it was introduced _ 
by Mr. Masson, in 1774; flowers from June to Oétober, — 
and is ufually increafed by cuttings. : 3 ee 
There is a defcription of this fpecies in the Mantiff. Fis 
Linn. but we know of no figure of it that has yet been — 
publifhed, 7 ; Beene 
—- ® Ait, Keane 
