L eguminoscz A morpka. 



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TRIBE V.GALEGE^. 



Herbs, not climbing, or erect or climbing shrubs, rarely 

 trees. Leaves pinnate. Flowers solitary, racemose, or panicu- 

 late. Stamens 10, usually diadelphous. Pods 2-valved, rarely 

 small and indehiscent or inflated. 



13. AMORPHA. 



A small genus of North American deciduous shrubs with 

 imparipinnate leaves and small purple or white flowers dis- 

 posed in dense terminal racemose panicles. Only one petal, 

 the upper, is developed in this genus, the others are wanting, 

 hence the generic name. 



1. A. fruticosa. Bastard Indigo. This is the only species 

 at all common in gardens. It is a shrub about 6 to 9 feet 

 high, with elegant pinnate 

 leaves and purple flowers. 

 There is a narrow-leaved 

 and a small-leaved variety, 

 and one with bluish flowers. 



14. GALfiGA. 



Tall erect perennial 

 herbs. Leaves imparipin- 

 nate, leaflets entire ; sti- 

 pules semi-sagittate. Flow- 

 ers white or blue, in ter- 

 minal and axillary racemes. 

 Stamens monadelphous. 

 Style smooth. Legume 

 linear, terete, continuous 

 within. There are three 

 species, from the South of 

 Europe and Western Asia. 

 The name is from 7<z\, 

 milk, on account of the 

 herbage being supposed to 

 increase the milk of goats, 

 &c., and hence the English 

 name of Goat's Rue. 



1. G. orientalis (fig. 69). About a yard high, with blue 

 flowers appearing in July. Caucasus, &c. 



Fig. 69. Galega orientalis. (J nat. size.) 



