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lowest distant from the base of the petiole. Calyx glabrous, four of its 

 teeth obtuse, one acuminate. Standard glanded on the outside. Legume 

 containing few seeds. {Dec. Prod.) A glabrous shrub. North America, 

 Height 3 ft. to 6ft. Introduced in 1810. Flowers bluish purple; July 

 and August. Legume brown ; ripe in October. 



376. A. (f.) glabra. 



377. A. (f.) nJma. 



378. A. (f.) fragrans. 



Don's 



j* 3. A. (F.) NA V NA Nutt. The dwarf Amorpha, or Bastard Indigo. 



Identification. Nutt. in Fras. Cat., 1813. : Nov. Gen. Amer., 2. p. 91. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 256. 



Mill., 2. p. 234. 



Synonyme. A. microph^lla Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2. p. 466. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., 2112. ; and our fig. 377. 



Spec. Char., $c. Shrubby, dwarf, rather glabrous. Leaflets elliptical, mucro- 

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

 seeded. (Dec. Prod.) A low glabrous shrub. Native of herbage-covered 

 hills near the Missouri. Height 1 ft. to 2 ft. Introduced 1811. Flowers 

 purple, fragrant ; July and August. Legume brown ; ripe in October. 



* 4. A. (F.) FRA N GRANS Sweet. The fragrant Amorpha, or Bastard Indigo. 



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

 Synonyme. A. nana Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 2112., but not of others. 

 Engravings. Swt. Fl.-Gard., t. 241.; Bot. Mag., t. 2112. ; and our fig. 378. 



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. (Don's Mill.) A pubescent shrub. North America. Height 

 7 ft. to 8 ft. Introduced in 1800. Flowers dark purple ; June and July. 

 Legume brown ; ripe in September. 



& 5. A. (F.) CRO^CEO-LANA'TA Wats. The 

 Saffron-coloured-woolly Amorpha, or tawny 

 Bastaid Indigo. 



Identification. Wats. Dend. Brit. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 234. 

 Engravings. Wats. Deud. Brit., t. 139. ; and our fig. 379. 



Spec. Char., 8?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.) A pubescent 

 shrub. North America. Height 3 ft. to 5 ft. 

 Introd. 1820. Flowers purple or purplish 



blue ; July and August. Legume dark brown, or brown ; ripe in October. 



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