60S 



ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART 



Spec. Char., S-c. Shrubby, dwarf, rather glabrous. Leaflets elliptical, mucro- 

 nulate. Calyx glabrous, all its teeth setaeeously acuminate. Legume 1- 

 seeded {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 25(>.) A native of herbage-covered hills near the 

 Missouri, where it grows to the height of from 1 ft. to 2 ft. According to 

 Pursh, it is an elegant little shrub, with purple flowers, which are fragrant. 

 It was introduced in 1811, by Mr. Lyon; but it is not common in col- 

 lections. 



& 4. A. (f.) fra v grans Sweet.. The fragrant Amorpha, or Bastard Indigo. 



Identification. Swt. Fl.-Gard., t. 241. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 234. 

 St/mmt/rnc. A. nana Sims in Bot. Mag., t. '2112., but not of others. 

 Enzravin%s. Swt. Fl.-Gard., t. '241.'; Bot. Mag., t. 2112.; and our 

 fig. MS. 



Spec. Char., $c. Shrubby, pubescent. Leaves with 

 (5 — 8 pairs of elliptic-oblong mucronate leaflets, 

 obtuse at both ends, young ones pubescent. Calyx 

 pubescent, pedicellate ; superior teeth obtuse, lower 

 one acute. Style hairy. Flowers dark purple. (Don's 

 Mill., ii. p. 234.) A native of North America, where 

 it grows 7 ft. or 8 ft. high ; flowering in June and 

 July. Introduced in 1800; but not common in 

 British collections. Planted in deep, free, dry, sandy 

 soil, this sort, like all the others, will grow and flower 

 freely. 



3k 5. A. (f.) CRO v CEo-LANA v TAJfW,y. The Saffron-coloured-woolly Amorpha, or 

 tawny Bastard Indigo. 



Identification. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 139. ; Don's Mill., 2. 



p. 234. 

 Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 139. ; and oury^. 304. 



Spec. Char., $c. Plant clothed with tawny pu- 

 bescence. Racemes branched. Leaves with 

 6 — 8 pairs of oblong-elliptic, mucronulate, 

 downy leaflets; the 3 upper teeth of calyx 

 ovate, acute, the 2 lower ones very short, and 

 rounded. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 234.) A native 

 of North America, cultivated in British gar- 

 dens in 1820, where it is a shrub from 3 ft. 

 to 5 ft. high. Its flowers, which appear in 

 July and August, are of a purplish blue. 

 Plants of this sort are in the Fulham Nur- 

 sery. 



« 6. A. (f.) gane'scens Nutt. The canescent Amorpha, or Bastard Indigo. 



Identification. Nutt. in Fras. Cat., 1813, and Gen. Amer., 2. p. 92. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 467. ; 



Dec. Prod., 2. p. 256. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 234. 

 Synonyme. ? A. pub^scens Pursh, 2. p. 467. 



Spec. Char., cfc. Suffruticose, dwarf, all over whitely tomentose. Leaflets 

 ovate-elliptic, mucronate, the lowest near the base of the petiole. Calyx 

 tomentose ; its teeth ovate, acute, equal. Ovary 2-ovuled. Legume 1- 

 seeded. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 256.) A native of Louisiana, on the banks of 

 the Missouri and the Mississippi; producing its dark blue flowers in July 

 and August. Introduced in 1812, by Lyon, but not common in col- 

 lections. This sort, like every other kind of Amorpha (and indeed like all 

 ligneous plants, the wood of which is not hard and compact, and the dura- 

 tion of which is consequently but temporary), requires to be well cut in 

 every year, or otherwise to be planted in very poor, dry, sandy soil. Nothing 

 but cutting in shrubs of this description in soils where they grow freely, 

 will eithet make them assume handsome shapes, or preserve their vitality for 

 any length of time. The same may be said of the peach, the almond, the 

 hydrangea, the ribes, ami many other soft-wooded trees and shrubs. 



