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ARBOnETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART HI. 



Spec. Char., 8fc. Shrubby, dwarf, rather glabrous. Leaflets elliptical, mucro- 

 nulate. Calyx glabrous, all its teeth setaceously acuminate. Legume 1- 

 seeded. {Dec. Prod.,\\. p. 256.) A native of herbage-covered hills near the 

 Missouri, where it grows to the height of from 1 ft. to 2 ft. 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, 

 at 4, A. (f.) fra'grans Sweet. The fragrant Amorpha, or ^a^tez-f/ Indigo. 



Identification. Swt. Fl.-Gard., t. 241. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 234. 

 Sunonyme. A. ii^ia Siins in Bot. Mag., t 2112., but not of others. 

 Engravings. Swt. Fl.-Gard., t. 241. ; Bot. Mag., t 2112.; and our 



fig- 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. {DoiCs 



Ali/L, ii. p. 234'.) A native of North America, where 



it grows 7 ft. 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. 



a* 5. A. (f.) cro'ceo-lana'taH a/5. The Saffron-coloured-woolly Amorpha,o?- 

 tawny Bastard Indigo. 



Jdeniifieation. WaU. Dend. Brit., t]39. ; Don's Mill., 2. 



p. 234. 

 Engravings. WaU. D.-nd. Brit , t 139. ; and our/?. 304. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. 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 JMill., ii. p. 234.) A native 

 of North America, cultivated in British gar- ^^ 

 dens in 1820, where it is a shrub from 3 ft. ■'^- 

 to 5 ft. high. Its flowers, which appear in g?; 

 July and August, are of a purplish blue. 

 Plants of this sort are in the Fulham Nur- 

 sery. 



M 6. A. (f.) cane'scens Xutt. The canescent Amorpha, or Bastard Indigo. 



Identification. Nutt. in Fras. Cat., 1813, and Gen. Amer., 2. p. 92. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 467. ; 



Dec. Prod., 2. p. 256. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 234. 

 Synonyme. f A. pub^scens Pursh, 2. p. 467. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. 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. (i)ec. P/'orf.,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 Amorpha (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. 



