466 JDIADELPHIA OCTANDrxIA, Polygals. 



nis pedunculatis, spicis inferioribus depressis apetalis. 

 — Walt.Ji. car. 179. 

 In the pine-barrens o\ Carolina. G- J"lyj Aug. v. s. 

 Calyx greenish-white, with pale yellow petals. 

 vertidllata. 11. P. caule erecto raraoso, foliis verticillatis linearibus, spi- 

 cis setaceis pedunculatis, floribus distincte allernis ap- 

 proximatis.— /^i//i^. sp. pi. 3. p. 897. 

 Iqon. Pluk. mant. t. 438./. 4. 



On the sides of dry hills and in pine-woods : New York 

 to Carolina. . June — Aug. v. v. Flowers very 

 small, white, or sometimes pale red. 

 cruciata. 12. P. caule erecto ramoso alato-anguloso, foliis quaternis li- 



neari-bnceolatis, capitulis spicatis sessilibus, — IVilld. 

 sp. pi. 3. p. S97. 

 In wet places, on the edge of bogs and rivulets ; Cana- 

 da to Carolina. O.July — Sept. v.v. Flowers red 

 mixed with green. 



IV. DECANDRIJ, 



561. AMORPHA. Gen. p/. II70. 



fruticosa. i. A. glabra, subarborescens j foliis petiolatis, spicis aggre- 



gatis elongatis, calycibus nudiusculis pedicellatis, 

 dentibus 4. obtusis, unico acuminato, leguminibus 

 oligospermis. — Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 970. 

 Icon. Schmidt arb. 30. Schkuhr handb. I97. Hort. cliff. 

 t. 19. Mill. ic. 27. Duham. arb. t. 4d. 



vulgaris. a. A. foliis mucronatis, calycibus glabris. 



emarginata. /S. A. foliis emarginatis, calycibus canis. 



angustifolia. y. A. foliis lineari-ellipticis basi subacutis. 



On the banks of rivers : Carolina and Florida. P2 • 

 June, July, v. v. Var. y. v. s. in Herb. Lewis. A 

 shrub from nine to twelve feet high. Flowers of a 

 very fine blue, in close and long spikes. It is gene- 

 rally known by the name of JVild Indigo. The leaves, 

 as in all the following species, are beset with glands, 

 which are transparent. 



microphylla. 2. A. glabriuscula, pumila; foliis brevissime petiolatis utrin- 

 que obtusis, spicis solitaiiis abbreviatis, calycibus nu- 

 diusculis pedicellatis, dentibus omnibus acuminaiig, 

 leguminibus raonospermis. 



