382 DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA, Indigofera. 
fallen, considerably longer than the leaves, even twice their 
length. lowers numerous, scattered, before expansion im- 
bricated, large, of a dark purple. Bractes one-flowered. Le- 
gumes cylindric, smooth, reflexed, from six to twelve-seeded, 
The same plant has been reared from American seeds sent 
without a name from Philadelphia by William Hamilton, 
Esq. 
21. 1. pulchella, Road. : 
Shrubby, erect. Leaves pinnate; leaflets from eight to 
ten-paired, obovate. Racemes longer than the leaves, Le- 
gumes reflexed, straight, smooth, from ten to twelve-seeded. 
An erect, ramous shrub. 
Stem and branches round, smooth ; bark dark rust colour- 
ed. Leaves scattered, pinnate, with an odd one, from four 
to six inches long. Leaflets from eight to ten-paired, obo- 
vate, somewhat emarginate with a little bristle, a little hairy, 
three-fourths of an inch long, by one half broad. Stipules 
awled, falling off long before the leaves are fully expanded. 
Racemes axillary, longer than the leaves, short-peduncled. 
Flowers numerous, large, rose-coloured. Bractes lanceolate, 
concave, one-flowered, falling. Legumes cylindric, smooth, 
reflexed, an inch or an inch and a quarter Jong, from ten to 
twelve-seeded. 
22. I. uncinata. R. : 
Shrubby, with far extended ficanthes: Leaflets from 
eight to ten pair, elliptic. Spikes sessile, much shorter than” 
the leaves, dense. Daggers of the keel hooked, and obtuse. 
Legumes erect, subulate, many-seeded. : 
A native of Pegu, from thence introduced into the Beenie 
garden, where it becomes a very stout shrub, with far extend- 
ed branches; the young shoots and leaves slightly clothed 
with minute white hairs. Stipules small, subulate. Flowers 
very much crowded, reflexed, banuer and keel of a pale - 
greenish yellow, wings small and red, Legumes long, cylin- — 
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