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verlicillala. 
eruciata. 
Jruticosa. 
vulgaris. 
emarginata. 
angustifoiia. 
microphylla. 
DiADELPHIA OCTANDKIA. folygala. 
nis pednnculatis, spicis inferioribus depressis apetalis. 
— Walt.Jl. car. 1 79. > 
In the pine-barrens ot Carolina. 0 . July, Aug. v. s. 
Calyx greenish-white, with pale yellow petals. 
11. P. caule erecto ramoso, foliis verticillatis linearibus, spi- 
fcis setaceis pedunculatis, floribus distincte alternis ap- 
proximatis. — IVilld. sp. pi. 3, p. 897- 
Icon. Pluk. mant. t. 438. jT. 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. pi. 3. p. 897. 
In wet places, on the edge of bogs and rivulets j Cana- 
da to Carolina. 0. July— Sept. v.v. Flowers red 
mixed with green. 
W. DECJNDRIA. 
561. AMOSPHA. Gen,pl.ll70. 
1. A. glabra, subarborescens ; foliis petiolatis, spicis aggre- 
gatis elongatis, calycibus nudiusculis pediceliatis, 
dentibus 4. obtusis, unico acuminato, leguminibus 
oligospermis. — Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 970. 
Icon. Schmidt arl. 30. Schkiihr handb . 197. Hort. cliff, 
t. 19. Mill. ic. 27. Dukam. arh. 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. I2 • 
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^ foliis brevissime petiolatis utrin- 
que obtusis, spicis solitariis abbreviatis, calycibus nu- 
diuscuiis pediceliatis, dentibus omnibus acuminatis, 
leguminibus monospermis. 
