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INDIGOFERA stachyodes. 
Long-spiked Indigo. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. JiEGUMINOSAL, § PAPILIONACEAE. 
INDIGOFERA. Botanical Register, vol. 2. fol. 104. 
I. stachyodes ; frutescens, ramis pubescentibus angulatis, foliis utrinque 
dense pubescentibus 18-22-jugis : foliolis linearibus acutis nxargine re- 
curvis, racemis erectis axillaribus sessilibus foliis subsequalibus, bracteis 
pilosis alabastris longioribus, calycibus cyathiformibus, ovario 7-ovulato. 
Among the crowd of species now found in the genus In- 
digofera it is not easy to say whether this is new or not; we 
believe however that it may be so considered, although we are 
in ignorance of its fruit. 
Its seeds were collected inBhotan, one of the independent 
states in the North-east of India, by W. Griffith, Esq., at the 
height of 4000 feet above the sea, and sent to Richard Hors- 
man Solly, Esq., by whom they were presented to the Horti- 
cultural Society. It flowered in the Gardens at Chiswick, in 
September 1840. 
Fig. 1. represents the calyx and stamens ; fig. 2. the ovary 
of this species. 
A handsome hardy greenhouse shrub, growing readily in 
a rich open soil, chiefly composed of sandy loam, with a little 
leaf-mould. 
It is easily increased by cuttings of the young wood, par- 
tially matured at the base, placed in sand, with a little bottom 
heat. The plant, when in good health, flowers during a 
greater part of the summer. 
