Leguminose—A morpha. 123 
Triss V.—GALEGES. 
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. fruticdsa. 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. GALEGA. 
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 monadclphous. 
Style smooth, Legume 
linear, terete, continuous 
within. There are three 
species, from the South of 
Europe and Western Asia. 
The name is from yaad, 
milk, on account of the 
herbage being supposed to 
increase the milk of goats, 
&c., and hence the English Fig. 69, Galega orientalis. (4 nat. size.) 
name of Goat’s Rue. 
1. G. orientalis (fig. 69).—About a yard high, with blue 
flowers appearing in July. Caucasus, &e. 
