AMORPHA fragrans.
Fragrant Bastard Indigo.
Natural Order. Leguminosa. DC. prodr. 2. p. 99.
Subordo I. P A P I LW N . ÌC E X .— Tribus I I . Lotea. DC.prodr.2.
p. 11.5.
Subtribus W . Galege®. Legumen X-loculare. Stamina diadelpha,
rariùs monadelpha. Caules herbacei fruticosi aut arborei. Folia p r imordialia
aut alterna aut opposita disparia, imo simplici, altero pinnato.
A M O R PH A . Caft/x 5-dentatus obconico-campanulatus. CoroUrs
vexillum ovatum concavum, al® et carina 0. Stylus filifor,mis rectus
glaber, (aut Lirsutus). Stamina cxserta, basi im i monadelpha. L e gumen
compressum ovatum lunulatumve 1-loculare l-2-sperraum.—
Frútices boreali Americani. Folia impari-pinnata, foliolis multijugis
pellucido-punctatis scepiùs basi stipellatis. Stipul® cauliuee, deciduce.
Racemi spicati elongati scepiùs ad apices ramorum subfasciculati.
Flores cceruleo-violacei. DC. prodr. 2. p. 256.
A . fragrans, fruticosa pubescens, foliolis elliptico-oblongis utrinque
obtusis mucronulatis ; junioribus pubescentibus, calycibus pubescentibus
pedicellatis : dentibus superioribus obtusis inferioribus
acutis, stylo hirsuto.
Amorpha nana. Sims Botan. magaz. t. 2112, nec aliorum.
A Strong upright deciduous Shrub: branches angular,
slightly pubescent. Leaves pinnate, generally bearing from
6 to 8 pair of leaflets, terminated by an odd one : leaflets
on short footstalks, oblongly elliptic or ovate, blunt at both
ends, terminated by a short mucro, the terminal one broadest,
when young clothed with a canescent pubescence, but
nearly smooth when old. Stipules at the base of the leaflets
and petioles setaceous. Petioles furrowed on the upper
side and keeled on the lower, clothed with a thin pubescence.
Spikes terminal, from one to four. Floivers dark
purple, very fragrant, much crowded, on short footstalks.
Pedicles slender, smooth or slightly pubescent. Calyx 5-
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