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from the parent tree, observing to slope it close off from the 

 stock ; and if at any time the joined parts be covered with 

 fresh grafting-clay, it will be of great service to the graft. 

 This operation is always performed in April or May, that the 

 graft may unite with the stock before the succeeding winter. 

 It is commonly practised upon Orajiges, Myrtles, Jasmines, 

 Walnuts, Firs', Pines, and several other trees, which will 

 not succeed so well by common grafting or budding. Qn 

 Oranges it is chiefly practised as a curiosity, to have a young 

 plant with fruit upon it, in a year or two from seed, by 

 inarching a bearing branch into a young stock; but these 

 plants are seldom long-lived, and, as they rarely grow large, 

 we wculd by no means advise it. 



Indian Arrow Root. See Maranta, 



Indian Corn. See Zea. 



Indian Cress. See Tropccolum. 



Indian Fig. See Cactus. 



Indian Mallow. See Sida. 



Indian Millet. See Holcus. 



Indian Oak. See Tectona. 



Indian Reed, Cane, or Shot. See Canna. 



Indicum, Indigo. See Indigofera. 



Indigo, Bastard. See Amorpha, 



Indigofera; a genus of the class Diadelphia, order Decan- 

 dria. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth one-leafed, 

 spreading, nearly flat, five-toothed. Corolla: papilionace- 

 ous; standard rounded, reflex, emarginate, spreading; wings 

 oblong, obtuse, spreading at the inferior margin, of the shape 

 of the standard ; keel obtuse, spreading, deflex, marked on 

 each side by an awl-shaped hollow dagger or point. Sta- 

 mina: filamenta diadelphous, disposed in a cylinder, ascend- 

 ing at their tips; antheree roundish. Pistil: germen cylin- 

 dric; style short, ascending; stigma obtuse. Pericarp: 

 legume roundish, long, (Gsertner says linear-oblong-, com- 

 monly four-cornered.) Seeds: numerous, kidney-shaped; 

 (according to Gsertner, kidney-retuse, or cuboid.) ESSEN- 

 TIAL CHARACTER. Calix: spreading. Keel of the corolla 

 with an awl-shaped spreading spur on each side. Legume : 

 linear. The species are, 



1. Indigofera Sericea; Silky-leaved Indigo. Leaves sim- 

 ple, lanceolate, silky ; spikes sessile ; stem shrubby. Spike 

 terminating, ovate, villose, with bractes the length of the 

 calices between the flowers ; keel of the corolla shorter than 

 the other petals, dark puiple, with a long claw, and on each 

 side a spur. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope. Like 

 all the other species from that country, it only requires the 

 protection of a dry-stove or glass-case ; and may be propa- 

 gated by cuttings, though some of them do not strike readily. 

 Those that ripen their seeds here, may be propagated from 

 them. 



2. Indigofera Oblongifolia ; Oblong-leaved Indigo. Leaves 

 simple, oblong, silky ; racemes axillary. This is a shrub, 

 with tomentose silky branches; flowers numerous; standard 

 of the corolla very finely villose; calix silky-tomentose. 

 Native of Egypt and Arabia. 



3. Indigofera Linifolia ; Flax-leaved Indigo. Leaves sim- 

 ple, 'linear, hoary ; legumes globular. Stem short, upright ; 

 flowers three or four, on short pedicels in the axils of the 

 leaves, red; fruit globular, crowned with the style, snow- 

 white, one-seeded. Native of the East Indies, and, like the 

 other species imported from thence, propagated by seeds, 

 which should be sown in a hot-bed early in the spring ; and 

 when the plants come up two inches high, they should be 

 transplanted into small pots filled with good fresh earth, and 

 the pots mus-t be plunged into a hot-bed of tanners' bark. 

 When the plants have acquired some strength, the glasses 



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must be raised in the day-time. The perennials may also be 

 increased by cuttings. 



4. Indigofera Ovata ; Ovate-leaved I/idigo. Leaves sim- 

 ple, ovate ; stem herbaceous. Native of the Cape. 



5. Indigofera Spinosa ; Thorny Indigo. Leaves ternatc, 

 obovate ; peduncles spinescent ; stem shrubby. A shrub, 

 with an ash-coloured bark, and very much branched : calix 

 villose, five-cleft. Native of the East Indies. 



6. Indigofera Trifoliata; Trifoliate Indigo. Leaves ter- 

 nate; flowers sessile, natural. Native of the East Indies. 



7. Indigofera Psoraloides ; Long-spiked Indigo. Leaves 

 ternate, lanceolate; racemes very long; legumes drooping. 

 Peduncle angular, longer than the leaves, in a many-flowered 

 raceme; pedicels very short; corollas red; germen channelled. 

 It flowers from July to September ; and is a native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



8. Indigofera Candicans ; White Indigo. Leaves ternate, 

 lanceolate-linear, silky underneath : spikes peduncled, few- 

 flowered ; legumes cylindric, straight. The flowers are red, 

 not many, five to eight or nine in a spike ; they appear from 

 July to September. This species is distinguished by the 

 whiteness of the stem and under side of the leaves. Native 

 of the Cape. 



9. Indigofera Amoena ; Scarlet-flowered Indigo. Leaves 

 ternate, oval, somewhat hairy ; branches round; spikes pedun- 

 cled ; stipules bristle-shaped ; calices loose ; stem frutescent. 

 It flowers in March and April. Native of the Cape. 



10. Indigofera Procurnbens ; Prostrate Indigo. Leaves 

 ternate, obovate ; stem herbaceous, prostrate ; spikes pedun- 

 cled ; peduncles many times longer than the leaves ; flowers 

 dark purple. Native of the Cape. 



11. Indigofera Sarmentosa; Dwarf Indigo. Leaves ter- 

 nate, ovate, subsessile; peduncles axillary, two-flowered or 

 thereabouts; stem prostrate, filiform. It flowers in June. 

 Native of the Cape. 



12. Indigofera Denudata. Leaves ternate, ovate, smooth; 

 racemes peduncled, longer than the leaf; stem shrubby, 

 upright. Native of the Cape. 



13. Indigofera Mexicana. Leaves ternate; panicle 

 branched into spikes ; stem shrubby. Found by Mutis in 

 New Gvanada. 



14. Indigofera Trita. Leaves ternate, ovate, acute ; 

 racemes short ; stem upright. Native of the East Indies. 



15. Indigofera Coccinea. Leaves ternale, ovate-oblong; 

 peduncles many-flowered, axillary ; legumes round, bowed. 

 Corolla scarlet, with two long reflex spurs to the seed. 

 Native of China about Canton. 



16. Indigofera Rotundifolia. Leaves ternate, roundish, 

 tomentose on both sides ; racemes short, axillary ; stem twin- 

 ing ; corollas yellow, with two long, awl-shaped, curved 

 spurs to the heel. Native of China, about Canton. 



!? Indigofera Bufalina. Leaves ternate, ovate, smooth; 

 racemes axillary ; legumes thick, villose ; stem climbing. 

 Native of Cochin-china. 



18. Indigofera Fliformis. Leaves quinate, oblong, villose; 

 flowers in spikes, peduncled; peduncles and branches filiform; 

 stem upright. Native of the Cape. 



19. Indigofera Coriacea; Leathery-leaved Indigo. Leaves 

 quinate, obovate, mucronate, hairy ; stipules awl-shaped ; 

 legumes straight, smooth. It flowers in July and August, 

 and is a native of the Cape. 



20. Indigofera Digitata. Leaves digitate; racemes pedun- 

 cled ; stem shrubby. Native of the Cape. 



21. Indigofera Stricta. Leaves pinnate, smooth, oblong; 

 racemes axillary, scarcely peduncled; stem shrubby, upright 

 Native of the Cape. 



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