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INDIGOFERA. angulata. 
Angular-stemmed Indigo. 
—e——. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Lecguminoss. Tribus Lote Dec. 
INDIGOFERA.—Supra, vol. 5. fol. 386. 
I. angulata; caule fruticoso, ramis angulatis discoloribus, foliis pinnatis 
2-4-jugis, foliolis oblongis emarginatis eequalibus petioloque glabris, 
racemis foliorum longitudine. 
Frutex virgatus, omni parte purpureo obductus, ramis glabris angulatis. 
Folta pinnata, 2-4-juga cum impare, glabra, foliols oblongis v. obovatis 
obtusis v. emarginatis petiolatis. Racemi muliifiori, foliis pauld longiores, 
rachi, pedicellis, calycibusque purpurets glabriusculis. Bractex minute, 
pedicellis multd breviores. Calyx truncatus, obsolete quinque dentatus. Flores 
lurido-purpuret. Vexillum rotundatum, emarginatum, basi maculd hippocre- 
picd intensrore notatum. Stylus reflexus, teres, et stigma capitatum glabri. 
It is not improbable that this species has been con- 
founded by foreign writers with J. australis, to: which 
it bears much prima facie resemblance. Nor should we be 
by any means sure that it was not from this very kind that 
M. Decandolle drew up his character of I, australis, 
especially as he does not cite the figure in this work, as 
is his usual practice, had he not stated, in express terms, 
that the branches of his plant are round, while in ours 
they are remarkably angular. 
In the absence of any means of comparing our garden. 
plants either with Sieber’s dried collection, specimens from 
which are cited by M. Decandolle, or with any authentic 
specimens from the latter Botanist, we must satisfy our- 
selves with stating the differences which exist between 
the I. australis formerly published at folio 386 of this 
work, and the plant now under consideration. 
I. australis has leaves of eight or nine pairs of small 
