230 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Genus X. 
AMO’RPHA L. Tre Amorpua, or Bastard InDico. Lin. Syst. Mona- 
‘ délphia Decandria., 
Identification. Lin. Gen., 369. ; Lam. Ill, t. 621. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 256.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 234. 
Synonymes. Bonafidia Neck. Elem. No. 1364.; Faux Indigo, Fr.; Unform, Ger.; Amorfa, Ztal. 
ertvation. From a, privative, and morphé, form ; in reference to the deformity of the corolla, from 
the want of the wings and keel. 
Gen. Char. Calyx 5-toothed, obconically campanulate. Vezwillum ovate, con- 
cave. Wings and Keel wanting. Style filiform, straight, glabrous. Stamens 
exserted, monadelphous at the very base. Legume compressed, 1-celled, 
1—2-seeded. (Don’s Mill.) 
Leaves compound, impari-pinnate, alternate, stipulate, deciduous ; stipules 
deciduous. Flowers of a blue violet colour, in spicate racemes. 
Shrubs, large, deciduous; natives of North America. Leaves having many 
pairs of leaflets that have transparent dots in their disks, and usually minute 
stipules at their base. The flowers are disposed in racemes, usually grouped 
at the tips of the branches. The species are highly ornamental on account 
of their leaves, and more especially of their long spikes of flowers; which, 
though, when taken separately, they are small, and imperfect in regard’ to 
form, are yet rich from their number, and their colours of purple or violet, 
spangled with a golden yellow. The plants are not of Jong duration ; and are 
liable to be broken by wind; for which reason they ought always to be 
planted in a sheltered situation. They produce abundance of suckers, from 
which, and from cuttings of the root, they are very readily propagated. 
% 1, A, FRuTICO'sA Lin, The shrubby Amorpha, or Bastard Indigo. 
Identification, Lin. Sp., 1003, ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 256.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 234. 
Synonymes. Wild Indigo, Amer. ; faux Indigo, Fr., Strauchartiger Unform, Ger. ; Indaco bastardo, 
Barba di Giove, Ital. 
Engravings. Schkuhr Handb., t. 197.; Bot. Reg., 427.; and our fig. 375. 
Spec. Char., §c. Rather arborescent, somewhat 
villose or glabrous. Leaflets elliptic-oblong, 
the lowest distant from the base of the 
petiole. Calyx somewhat villose ; 4 of its 
teeth obtuse, 1 acuminate. The standard 
glandless. Legume few-seeded. (Dee. Prod.) 
An erect glabrous shrub, Carolina and 
Florida, on the banks of rivers. Height 
9 ft. to 12 ft. Flowers very dark bluish purple; 
June and July. Leguine brown ; ripe Oct. 
Naked young wood greyish brown. 
Varieties. 
& A. f. 2 angustifolia Pursh has the Jeaf 
lets linear-elliptic. 
2 A. f. 3 emarginata Pursh has the leaflets 
notched, and the calyx hoary. 
% A. f. 4 Lewtsii Lodd. Cat., 1830, appears to have rather larger flowers 
and leaves than the species. 
& A. f. 5 cerulea Lodd. Cat., 1830, has the flowers of somewhat a paler 
blue. Perhaps only a variation of A. croceo-lanita. 
% 2. A. (F.) GLa‘BRa Desf. The glabrous Amorpha, or Bastard Indigo. 
Identification. Desf. Cat. Hort. Par., 192.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 256.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 234, 
Engraving. Our fig. 376. from a specimen in Dr. Lindley’s herbarium. 
Spec. Char., §c. Rather arborescent, glabrous. Leaflets elliptic-oblong, the 
375. Amérpha fruticdsa. 
