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Indigofera atropurpurea. Blood- 

 flowered Indigofera. 



Class and Order. 



DlADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — LeguminosjE. ) 



Generic Character. 



Cat. 5-fidus, lobis acutis. Vexillum rotundatum, emar- 

 ginatum. Carina utrinque calcare subulato notata, demum 

 saepe elastice deflexa. Stam. diadelpha. Stylus filiformis, 

 glaber. Legumen teretiusculum, aut planum aut tetrago- 

 num, polyspermum, bivalve,, rarius oligospermum, ovatum, 

 imo monospermum subglobosum. Semina ovata, utrinque 

 truncata, isthmis cellulosis saepe disjuncta. D C. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Indigofera atropurpurea; caule fruticoso erecto, foliis pin- 

 natim 5-jugis, foliolis ovato-ellipticis obtusis mu- 

 cronatis margine subundulatis, junioribus adpresse 

 pubescentibus, adultis glabris, racemis axillaribus 

 gracilibus inferioribus longitudine foliorum, legumin- 

 ibus pendulis rectis compressis 8 — 10-spermis. 



Indigofera atropurpurea. " Hamilt. in Hort. Hafn. add. 

 p. 152." Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepaul, p. 244. De Cand. 

 Prodr. v. 2. p. 225. Spreng. Syst. Veg. Cur. post, 

 p. 285. 



t Descr. A shrub three to five feet high, with a straight, 

 simple stem, and few branches; the young and tender 

 parts somewhat villous. Leaves pinnate, from six to twelve 

 inches long. Leaflets opposite, six to eight pairs, shortly 

 Petioled, oval, entire, smooth on both sides ; their general 

 size about an inch and a half long by one inch broad. 



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