466 
verticillata. 
cruciata , 
fruticosa. 
vulgaris. 
emarginata. 
angustifolia. 
microphylla. 
DIADELPHIA OCTANDRIA. Potygals. 
nis pedunculatis, spicis inferioribus depressis apetalis. 
— IValt.Jl . car. 1 79. 
in the pine-barrens of Carolina. 0 . July, Aug. v. s. 
Calyx greenish-white, with pale yellow petals. 
11. P. caule erecto ramoso, foliis verticillatis linearibus, spi- 
cis setaceis pedunculatis, floribus distincte alternis ap- 
proximatis.-— Willd. sp. pl. 3 .p. 89 7- 
Icon. Pluk . mant. t. 438 .f. 4. 
On the sides of dry hills and in pine- woods : New York 
to Carolina. © . June — Aug. v. v. Flowers very 
small, white, or sometimes pale red. 
12. P. caule erecto ramoso alato-anguloso, foliis quaternis li- 
neari-lanceolatis, capitulis spicatis sessilibus. — IVilld. 
sp. pl. 3. p. S 97. 
In wet places, on the edge of bogs and rivulets j Cana- 
da to Carolina. O. July — Sept. v. v. Flowers red 
mixed with green. 
IV. DECJNDRIA. 
501. AMORPHA. Gen. pl 1170. 
1. A. glabra, subarborescens ; foliis petiolatis, spicis aggre- 
gatis elongatis, calycibus nudiusculis pedicellatis, 
dentibus 4. obtusis, unico acuminato, leguminibus 
oligospermis .— Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 97 O. 
Icon. Schmidt ari. 30. Schkuhr handb. lg?. Hort. cliff, 
t. 19. Mill. ic. 27. Duharn . arb. t. 46. 
a. A. foliis mucronatis, calycibus glabris. 
/3. A. foliis emarginatis, calycibus canis. 
y. A. foliis lineari-ellipticis basi subacutis. 
On the banks of rivers : Carolina and Florida, v} . 
June, July. v. v. Var. y. v. s. in Herb. Lewis. A 
shrub from nine to twelve feet high. Flowers of a 
very fine blue, in close and long spikes. It is gene- 
rally known by the name of Wild Indigo. The leaves, 
as in all the following species, are beset with glands, 
which are transparent. 
2. A. glabriuscula, pumila 3 folds brevissime petiolatis utrin- 
que obtusis, spicis solitariis abbreviatis, calycibus nu- 
diusculis pedicellatis, dentibus omnibus acuminatis, 
leguminibus monospermis. 
