INDIGOF'ERA STIPULA‘RIS. 
LARGE-STIPULED INDIGOFERA. 
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NATURAL ORDER, LEGUMINOSA. 
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CALYCIFLORE, aA, (ae on} rhe * 
OF - a to which on Linweee. 
D ECANDOL LE. = Plant belongs, 
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No.191. 
GENUS. Inpicorera. lLinnzus. Catyx campenlas yt ety 
vel quinguedentatus. Corotta papilionacea, vexillum atum vel o Recie 
tum retusum ; alex horizontaliter patentes; carina alis he revior, - rect ve ap arum 
incurva, sub mis recondita, utrinque lateraliter calcare sepius subulato, aucta. 
Stamina diadelpha, filamento vexillari libero, omnibus apice filife ibus; an- 
ther consimiles ovate connectivo mucronulate. Oyarium bi-vel pluri-oyn- 
latum. cata filiformis. Sriema obtusum vel capitatum, | “seeped lineare 
vel oblongu ot ,int us isthmie 
cellulosis transverse divisum, bivalvatim dehiscens, Hens piperami , foliis 
pinnatim uni-plurifoliolatis ee > aay atim tri-quinque foliolatis, pedunvatis 
axillaribus unifloris vel racem 
_ SPECIES. weer me STIPULARIS. (Lawx.) Sorrrvricosa decumbens, 
scen 
; vatis foliaceis “petiolum “equantibus, racemis Jonge pedunculatis mul. 
4 tii, petalingla abris, leguminibus teretis rectis pendulis glabri 
Cua ACTER OF THE GENus, INDicorERA. CaLyx bell-shaped, 
five-toothed or five-cleft. Coroua papilionaceous, the standar 
obovate or ad 1, blunt; the wings spreading horizontally, and _ 
concealing the ich is shorter than the wings, straight or 
slightly curved, 1 ot iat furnished on each side with a prominent 
spur. Stamens diadelphous, the upper filament free from the base, 
and all filiform at the top. ANTHERS all alike, ovate, surmounted by 
a smal] point. Ovary with two or many ovules. Sty e filiform. 
STIEMA blunt or capitate. Pop linear or oblong, straight or curved, 
eylindrical or compressed, divided between the seeds by a cellular 
tissue, opening i in two valves. 
_ DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES, INDIGOFERA STIPULARIS. STEM 
Escuabenk shrubby at the base. Brancues clothed with rough hairs. 
Leaves composed of a common stalk, four or five lines long, and three 
leaflets palmately arranged, obovate, blunt, with a small projecting 
point narrowed at the base, green on both sides, and thickly covered 
with stiff appressed hairs, most of them attached by the centre. Sr1- 
putes large and leaf-like, ovate, pointed, about the length of the leaf- 
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