LEGUMINOS^E 



A deciduous shrub, 2-6 ft. ; Branches straight, erect, rigid, prominently 

 angled, without thorns, glabrous or nearly so, green. 



Native of Britain. Described by some botanists under name of Sarothamnus 

 scoparius. Syns. Genista scoparia, Spartium scoparium. 



LEAD PLANT, Amorpha canescens. 



Gardens. Light loamy soil and sunny position ; frequently cut by winter, 

 but reviving in spring. Propagated by cuttings in autumn, layers in summer, 

 or suckers in winter. July, August. 



Flowers dark purplish-blue or violet, in terminal elongated spicate raceme, 

 2-7 ins. long ; Standard nearly orbicular or obcordate, concave, I in. long ; 

 Anthers golden ; Fruit a legume, slightly longer than calyx, 1 -seeded. 



Leaves imparipinnate, 2-4 ins. long, leaflets 21-49, l~l in. long, ovate- 

 elliptical, approximate, sub-sessile, obtuse or acute, rounded or truncate at 

 base, densely white tomentose, pellucid dots. 



A deciduous shrub, 1-3 ft. ; densely white canescent all over, somewhat 

 straggling. 



Native of N. America; introduced from Missouri, 1812. Also called Shoe- 

 strings. 



BASTARD INDIGO, Amorpha fruticosa. 



Gardens, shrubberies. Requires a sheltered situation. June, July. 



F/ozvers dark bluish-purple, small, in a spicate raceme, elongated, usually 

 in fascicles at tops of branches, pedicels short ; Corolla of only one petal — 

 the standard, ovate, concave, emarginate, 2-3 times as long as calyx ; Stamens 

 exserted, monadelphous below ; Ovary sessile, 2-celled, style curved, stigma 

 terminal ; Fruit a legume, |— J in. long, oblong, acute, curved, glabrous, 

 glandular, thick-stalked, usually 2-seeded, nearly indehiscent. 



Leaves imparipinnate, 6-16 ins. long, leaflets 17-21, 1-2 ins. long, elliptic- 

 oblong, obtuse, entire, pellucid dots, lower ones distant from stem ; petioles 



swollen at base. 



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