THE SHRUBS OF NORTH CAROLINA. 169 



1. Indigo Bush. (Amorpha fmticosa, Linn.) — 



A very pretty shrub, 6 to 15 feet high, growing upon 

 streams in all the Districts, but more frequent in the 

 Lower. The flowers are small, dark purple, crowded 

 on spikes which are 3 or 4 inches long and clustered 

 together. It is said to have been used for the manu- 

 facture of Indigo, but, I imagine, with not much 

 profit. 



2. Dwarf Indigo Bush. (A. herbacea, Walt.) — 

 Like No. 1 in its whole habit, but only 2 or 3 feet 

 high, of a grayish aspect, and with the flowers whit- 

 ish or pale-blue. It is frequent in the barrens of the 

 Lower District. The leaves in these two species are 

 pinnate, like those of the Locust and Hickory. The 

 fruit is a very small pod, sprinkled with glands. 



He Huckleberry. (Cyrilla racemiflora, Walt.) 

 — This is an .absurd name, but I have never heard any 

 other. This smooth shrub inhabits the borders of 

 swamps and branches in the Lower District, and is 

 10 to 15 feet high. The leaves are oblong, shining, 

 2 to 3 inches long. The small white flowers grow on 

 racemes that are 3 to 5 inches long, and that are clus- 

 tered on the ends of the previous year's growth, and 

 make this quite ornamental. The bark at the base 

 of the trunk pulverizes naturally, and is much used 

 as a styptic and in applications to old ulcers. 



(Buckley a distichophylla, Torr.) — A smooth shrub, 

 about 6 feet high, with. slender grayish branches, 

 known only upon the streams of this State that flow 

 westward, as the Pigeon and French Broad Rivers. 



