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LEGUMINOSjE. CIV. TEPIIROSIA. CV. AMORPHA. CVI. EYSENHARDTIA. CVII. NISSOLIA. 



legumes villous. Tj . ^. S. Native of South America. Galega 

 longifolia, Jacq. icon. rar. 3. t. 572. Flowers purple. Legume 

 linear. Racemes few-flowered. 



Long-leaved Teplirosia. Clt.? Shrub tw. 



* * * * Mimosoldece (from Mimosa and idea, like ; the plants 

 resemble some species of Mimosa in having abruptly-pinnate 

 leaves). Leaves abruptly pinnate. 



83 ? T. MIMOSOIDES (Pers. ench. 2. p. 330.) plant suffruticose, 

 scandent ; leaves with 12 pairs of linear, obtuse, mucronate 

 leaflets, beset with adpressed pili on both surfaces ; racemes ax- 

 illary, pedunculate ; legumes pendulous, compressed, f? . w . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Galega mimosoides, Willd. spec. 3. 

 p. 1249. Flowers probably red. 



Mimosa-like Tephrosia. Shrub cl. 



***** Simplicifolice (from simplex, simple, and folium, a 

 leaf; the leaves are simple). Leaves simple. 



84 T. FRUTE'SCENS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 256.) stem shrubby ; 

 leaves ovate-roundish ; flowers lateral, panicled. I? . S. Native 

 of Campeachy. Galega frutescens, Mill. diet. no. 3. Flowers 

 scarlet. 



Frutescent Tephrosia. Shrub. 



Cull. All the species of this genus grow best in a mixture of 

 loam and peat, and are easily propagated by seeds, or by young 

 cuttings planted in sand, with a bell-glass placed over them ; 

 those of the stove species in heat. 



CV. AMO'RPHA (from a, priv. and ftopipt], morphe, form; 

 in reference to the deformity of the corolla, from the want of 

 the vexillum and keel). Lin. gen. 369. Lam. ill. t. 621. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 256. Bonafidia, Neck. elem. no. 1364. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Dcc&ndria. Calyx 5-toothed, ob- 

 conically campanulate. Vexillum ovate, concave. Wings and 

 keel wanting. Style filiform, straight, glabrous. Stamens ex- 

 serted, monadelphous at the very base. Legume compressed, 

 ovate, or lunulate, 1-celled, 1-2-seeded. North American 

 shrubs, with impari-pinnate leaves, many pairs of leaflets, which 

 are full of pellucid dots, and usually furnished with stipels at the 

 base. Stipulas of the stem deciduous. Racemes spicate, elon- 

 gated, usually in fascicles at the tops of the branches. Flowers 

 blue or violet, or bluish-violet. 



1 A. FRUTICOSA (Lin. spec. 1003.) shrub glabrous, or a little 

 villous ; leaflets elliptic-oblong, lower ones distant from the stem; 

 calyx rather villous, with 4 of the teeth obtuse, and 1 acumin- 

 ated: vexillum glandless ; legume few-seeded. ^ . H. Native 

 of North America, in Carolina and Florida, on the banks of 

 rivers. Schkuhr, handb. t. 197. Mill. icon. t. 27. Ker. bot. 

 reg. 427. There are varieties of this plant with mucronate, 

 emarginate or narrower leaflets. This species was once used in 

 Carolina as an indigo plant, but is now neglected. 



Shrubby Bastard Indigo. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1724. Sh. 6 ft. 



2 A. GLA'BRA (Desf. cat. hort. par. 192.) shrub glabrous; 

 leaflets elliptic-oblong, lower ones distant from the stem ; calyx 

 glabrous, with 4 of the teeth obtuse, and 1 acuminated ; vexil- 

 lum glandular on the outside ; legume few-seeded. ^ . H. 

 Native of North America. 



Glabrous Bastard Indigo. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1810. Sh. 

 3 to 6 feet. 



3 A. NA'NA (Nutt. in Fras. cat. 1813. nov. gen. amer. 2. 

 p. 91.) a smoothish dwarf shrub; leaflets elliptic, mucronate; 

 calyx glabrous, with all the teeth setaceously acuminated ; legume 

 1-seeded. Jj . H. Native on grassy hills, near the river Mis- 

 souri. A. microphylla, Pursh, fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 466. 



Dwarf Bastard Indigo. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1811. Sh. -J to 1 ft. 



4 A. HERBA V CEA (Walt. car. 179. Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 91.) 

 plant dwarf, herbaceous, pubescent ; leaflets elliptic, mucronate, 



lower ones approximating the stem ; calyx pubescent, with all 

 the teeth acute and short ; legume 1-seeded. If.. F. Native of 

 Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, in dry sandy pine woods. A. 

 pumila, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 64. A. pubescens, Willd. 

 spec. 3. p. 970. Lodd. bot. cab. 689. Spike a foot long. 



Herbaceous Bastard Indigo. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1803. PI. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



5 A. FRAGRANS (Sweet, fl. gard. 241.) shrubby, pubescent; 

 leaves with 6-8 pairs of elliptic-oblong, mucronate leaflets, ob- 

 tuse at both ends, young ones pubescent ; calyx pubescent, pe- 

 dicellate, superior teeth obtuse, lower one acute ; style hairy. 

 Tj . F. Native of North America. A. nana, Sims, bot. mag. 

 2112. but not of others. Flowers dark purple. 



Fragrant Bastard Indigo. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. Sh. 

 7 to 8 feet. 



6 A. CROCEO-LANA'TA (Wats. dend. brit. t. 139.) plant clothed 

 with tawny pubescence ; 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. 

 Jj . H. Native of North America. Flowers bluish-purple, 



Copper-noolled Bastard Indigo. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub 3 to 5 feet. 



7 A. CANE'SCENS (Nutt. in Fras. cat. 1813. gen. amer. 2. p. 

 92.) plant suffruticose, humble, every part clothed with hoary 

 villi ; leaflets ovate-elliptic, mucronate, lower ones approx- 

 imating the stem ; calyx tomentose, with the teeth ovate, acute, 

 and equal ; ovary containing 2-ovula ; legume 1-seeded. T; . H. 

 Native on the banks of the Missouri and Mississippi. 



Canescent Bastard Indigo. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1812. Sh. 3 ft. 



Cult. Amurpha is a genus of elegant flowering shrubs, and 

 are well adapted for small shrubberies, or the front of large ones. 

 They thrive well in common garden soil. They may be in- 

 creased by layers, or cuttings taken ofF at a joint, and planted in 

 a sheltered situation early in autumn will strike root. Some of 

 the species are rather tender, and require protection in severe 

 weather. 



CVI. EYSENHA'RDTI A (in honour of Charles William Ey- 

 senhardt, M.D. a professor in the University of Konigsberg, in. 

 Prussia). H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 489. t. 592. 

 D.C. prod. 2. p. 257. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx obconically-cam- 

 panulate, 5-toothed, upper teeth rather remote, lower one longest. 

 Petals 5, disposed in a papilionaceous manner. Vexillum ob- 

 long, and the two keel petals distinct. Stamens diadelphous. 

 Ovary biovulate. Style filiform, hooked at the apex. Legume 

 unknown. An unarmed tree, with impari-pinnate leaves, com- 

 posed of many pairs of stipellate leaflets, and are, as well as the 

 calyxes beset with glands. Racemes terminal, cylindrical. 

 Flowers white. This genus comes very near Anwrpha. 



1 E. AMORPHOIDES (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.). tj . G. Native 

 of Mexico, near St. Augustin de las Guevas and Guanaxuato. 

 Dalbergia amorphoides, Spreng. syst. app. 268. 



Amorpha-like Eysenhardtia. Tree 12 to 20 feet. 



Cult. A mixture of loam and peat will suit this shrub, and 

 young cuttings will strike root in sand, under a bell-glass, in heat. 



CVII. NISSO'LIA (in honour of William Nissole, an in- 

 dustrious French botanist. He was a member of the Academy of 

 Montpelier, and author of some papers in its Transactions : he 

 was born in 1647 and died in 1735.). Jacq. amer. 198. Lin. 

 gen. no. 853. Lam. ill. t. 600. D. C. prod. 2. p. 257. but 

 not of Tourn. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx campanulate, 

 5-toothed. Corolla papilionaceous. Stamens 10, monadelphous, 

 with a dorsal fissure or diadelphous. Legume stipitate, 1 or 



