286 PAPILIONACEAE, [Vor II. 
15. AMORPHA L. Sp. Pl 7135 1753. 
Glandular-punctate shrubs, with odd-pinnate leaves, and small violet blue or white flow- 
ers, in dense terminal spicate racemes. Calyx-teeth nearly equal, or the lower ones longer; 
standard obovate, erect, clawed, folded around the stamens and style; wings and keel none. 
Stamens monadelphous below; anthers all alike. Ovary sessile, 2-celled; style curved; 
stigma terminal. Pod short, oblong, curved, nearly indehiscent, 1-2-seeded. [Greek, de- 
formed, four petals being absent. ] 
About 10 species, natives of North America and Mexico. 
Tall shrub; leaflets 1'-2' long; pod usually 2-seeded. 
Low shrubs; leaflets 3'’-6'' long; pod 1-seeded. 
Glabrous or nearly so; spikes commonly solitary. 
Densely canescent; spikes commonly clustered. 
1. A. fruticosa. 
2. A. nana. 
3. A. canescens. 
1. Amorpha fruticOsa L. False or 
Ae Bastard Indigo. (Fig. 2101.) 
8, 
% Amorpha fruticosa ,. Sp. Pl. 713. 1753- 
so 
a 24 A shrub 5°-20° high, with pubescent or gla- 
J wk brous foliage. Leaves petioled, 6/-16’ long; 
Oe RSs leaflets 11-21, distant, short-stalked, oval or 
Y eS elliptic, obtuse and mucronulate, or sometimes 
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wo | NY slightly emarginate at the apex, rounded or 
we Ss slightly narrowed at the base, 1/-2/ long, 5/’’— 
ay SY 10’ wide, entire; spike-like racemes dense, clus- 
a Sk | tered or solitary, 3/-6’ long; flowers short-pedi- 
a Se { / y celled, 3/’-4’’ long; standard violet-purple, 2- 
SRS " “4 = Li 3 times as long as the calyx, emarginate; 
oeN & stamens exserted; pod glabrous, glandular, 
ae thick-stalked, 3/’-4’/’ long, acute, usually 2- 
SS) seeded. 
Along streams, Ohio to Minnesota and Manitoba, 
south to Florida, Colorado and Chihuahua. Also 
escaped from cultivation in the Middle States. 
May-July. 
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RAS 
2. Amorpha nana Nutt. Fragrant False 
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Indigo. (Fig. 2102.) Sy, r Suey, 
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Amorpha nana Nutt. Fras. Cat. 1813. AQ aN 22 
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Amorpha microphylla Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 466. \ Beg 
1514. PX 2a 
A low bushy shrub, seldom more than 1° high, gla- N y 
brous or nearly so throughout. Leaves short-peti- = 
oled, numerous, 1/-3’ long; leaflets 13-19, rigid, 
short-stalked, oval or oblong, rounded or emarginate 
and mucronate at the apex, obtuse or acute at the base, 
3//-6’ long, 114’/-214’’ wide; spike-like racemes com- 
monly solitary; flowers fragrant; standard purplish, 
about 2’’ long; calyx-teeth acuminate; pod short, 
1-seeded. 
Prairies, Iowa to Minnesota, Dakota and the Northwest 
Territory. May. 
