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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



j 6. A. (f.) cane'scens Nutt. 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. 2,34. 

 Synnnyme. ? A. pubescens Pursh 2. p. 467. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 380. from Pursh's specimen in the Lambertian 



herbarium. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Suffruticose, dwarf, all over whitely 

 tomentose. Leaflets ovate-elliptic, mucronate, the 

 lowest near the base of the petiole. Calyx tomen- 

 tose; its teeth ovate, acute, equal. Ovary 2- 

 ovLiled. Legume 1-seeded. {Dec. Prod.) A low 

 tomentose shrub ; Louisiana, on the banks of the 

 Missouri and the Mississippi. Height 3 ft. Introd. 

 1812. Flowers dark blue ; July and August. Le- 

 gume brown ; ripe in October. 



380. A. (f.) canesccns' 



Genus XL 



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EYSENHA'RDT/^ H. etB. The Eysenhardtia. Lin. Si/st. I>iade\phk 



Decandria. 



Identification. H. B. et Kunth Nov. Gen.,vi. p. 489.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 257. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 234. 

 Synomjme. Dalbergm Spreng. Syst. App. 263. 



Deritintion. Named in honour of Charles Williatn Eysenbardl, M.D., a professor in the University 

 of Konigsberg, in Prussia. 



Gen. Char. Calyx obconically campanulate, 5-toothed ; upper teeth rather 

 remote, lower one longest. Petals 5, disposed in a papilionaceous manner. 

 Vexillurn oblong, and the two keel petals distinct. Stamens diadelphous. 

 {Don's Mill.) 



Leaves compound, impari-pinnate, alternate, stipulate, deciduous ; beset 

 with glands. Flowers in terminal racemes, white. An unarmed shrub or 

 low tree ; native of Mexico. 



^ 1. E. AMORPHoroES H.et B. The Amorpha-like Eysenhardtia. 



Identification. H. B. et Kunth ; Dec. Prod., and Don's Mill. ; Bot. Reg. Chron., 1839, No. 55. 

 Synonyme. Dalberg/a amorphdldes Spreng. 

 Eiigravings. H. B. et Kunth, 6. t. 592. ; and our fig. 381. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. An unarmed low tree or shrub, with 

 ini[)ari-piunate leaves, composed of many 'pairs 

 of stipulate leaflets, and these are, as well as the 

 calyxes, beset with glands. Racemes terminal, 

 cylindrical, flowers white. {Don's Mill., ii. p. 234.) 

 A deciduous shrub or low tree. Mexico, on 

 mountains. Height 6 ft. to 10 ft ; in British gar- 

 dens 4 ft. to 6 ft. Introduced in 1837. Flowers 

 white. Legume ?. 



This plant was raised in the Hort, Soc. Garden, 

 and has proved quite hardy. The leaves are dis- 

 tinctly marked with glandular dotting ; a very un- 

 usual case among leguminous plants. The twigs 

 are short, and so closely set upon the branches 

 as to form a dense mass of foliage. Each is termi- 

 nated by an erect compact spike, from 2 in. to 

 3 iu. long, of white or pale yellow flowers, 

 which, although not larger than those of a spiraea, nevertheless, from theii" 

 abundance, must produce a beautiful appearance. {Bot. Keg. 



3S\. Ejsenhirdtia amor|ihUides. 



