608 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 
Spec. Char., &c. Shrubby, dwarf, rather glabrous. Leaflets elliptical, mucro- 
nulate. Calyx glabrous, all its teeth setaceously acuminate. Legume 1- 
seeded. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 256.) A native of herbage-covered hills near the 
Missouri, where it grows to the height of from 1ft. to 2ft. According to 
Pursh, it is an elegant little shrub, with purple flowers, which are fragrant. 
It was introduced in 1811, by Mr. Lyon; but it is not common in col 
lections, 
2 4, A. (r.) FRA‘GRANS Sweet. The fragrant Amorpha, or Bastard Indigo. 
Identification. Swt. F).-Gard., t. 241.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 234. 
Synonyme. A. nana Sims in Bot. Mag., t. 211%., but not of others. \ 
Engravings. Swt. Fl.-Gard., t. 241.; Bot. Mag., t. 2112.; and our Wy 
Sig. 303. 
Spec. Char., $c. Shrubby, pubescent. Leaves with 
6—8 pairs of elliptic-oblong mucronate leaflets, 
obtuse at both ends, young ones pubescent. Calyx 
pubescent, pedicellate; superior teeth obtuse, lower 
one acute. Style hairy. Flowers dark purple. (Don’s 
Miil., ii. p. 234.) Anative of North America, where 
it grows 7ft. or 8 ft. high; flowering in June and 
July. Introduced in 1800; but not common in 
British collections. Planted in deep, free, dry, sandy 
soil, this sort, like all the others, will grow and flower 
freely. 

2 5, A.(F.) cro‘cEo-LANA‘TA Wats. The Saffron-coloured-woolly Amorpha, or 
tawny Bastard Indigo. 
Lae. Wats. Dend. Brit., t.139.; Don’s Mill, 2. 
p. 234. 
Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 139.; and our fig. 304. 
Spec. Char., §c. Plant clothed with tawny pu- 
bescence. Racemes branched. Leaves with 
6—8 pairs of oblong-elliptic, mucronulate, 
downy leaflets; the 3 upper teeth of calyx 
ovate, acute, the 2 lower ones very short, and 
rounded. (Don’s Mill., ii. p. 234.) Anative 
of North America, cultivated in British gar- 
dens in 1820, where it is a shrub from 3 ft. 
to 5ft. high. Its flowers, which appear in 4 
July and August, are of a purplish blue. 
Plants of this sort are in the Fulham Nur- 
sery. 

a 6. A. (F.) CANE’SCENS Nutt. The canescent Amorpha, or Bastard Indigo. 
see: owe aa berries anes tea Amer., 2. p. 92.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 467. ; 
Synonyme. ? A. pubéscens Pursh, 2. p. 467. 
Spec. Char., §c. Suffruticose, dwarf, all over whitely tomentose. Leaflets 
ovate-elliptic, mucronate, the lowest near the base of the petiole. Calyx 
tomentose; its teeth ovate, acute, equal. Ovary 2-ovuled. Legume 1- 
seeded. (Dec. Prod.,ii. p.256.) A native of Louisiana, on the banks of 
the Missouri and the Mississippi; producing its dark blue flowers in July 
and August. Introduced in 1812, by Lyon, but not common in col- 
lections. This sort, like every other kind of Amérpha (and indeed like all 
ligneous plants, the wood of which is not hard and compact, and the dura- 
tion of which is consequently but temporary), requires to be well cut in 
every year, or otherwise to be planted in very poor, dry, sandy soil. Nothing 
but cutting in shrubs of this description in soils where they grow freely, 
will either make them assume handsome shapes, or preserve their vitality for 
any length of time. The same may be said of the peach, the almond, the 
hydrangea, the ribes, and many other soft-wooded trees and shrubs. 
