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INDIGOFERA. incana. 
ET oh Indigofera. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Lecuminos#. ‘Tribus Lote. Decandolle. 
INDIGOFERA. Supra in notis appendicis, vol. 3. 
I. incana; caule decumbente basi suffrutescente ramosissimo, ramis sericeo- 
ubescentibus, foliis petiolatis 3-foliolatis, foliolis ovatis acutis. sericeis, 
eguminibus reflexis acutis sericeis. Dec. prodr. 2.232. 
I. incana. Thunberg. prodr. 132. Willd. sp. pl. 3.1224. Thunb. fl. 
cap. 596. 
Rami teretes, apice tantim subangulati, pube brevi appressd leviter 
pubescentes. Foliola 3-nata, subrotundo-ovata, ovata, et obovata, apiculata, 
supra glabra, subtis pubescentia, Racemi pedunculati, foliis quadrupld 
longiores, erecti. Flores amoné rubro-purpurei. Vexillum dorso pilosum, 
aleeque apice rotundate. 
This pretty species of Indigofera is nearly related to 
T. amena, already published at folio 300 of this work ; but 
is readily distinguished by the bluntness of all the petals, 
the downiness of the back of the vexillum, and the small- 
ness of the leaves, which vary from roundish-ovate to 
obovate with a little point, are always sessile, or nearly so, 
upon the common petiole, and smooth on their upper 
surface. j 
Our drawing was made from a plant in Mr. Colvill’s 
Nursery, which had been raised by Mrs. Marryat, of 
Wimbledon, from Cape seeds. A free-flowering green- 
house plant, of much beauty. 
There is a remarkable peculiarity in the genus Indi- 
gofera, by which it may be readily recognised. The hairs 
of the leaves are attached by their middle, and not by 
one end. 
