[7] By Mr. Jacob Bobart, in 1693. _Ait. Kew._
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Indigofera Angustifolia. Narrow-Leaved Indigo.
_Class and Order._
Diadelphia Decandria.
_Generic Character._
_Cal._ patens. _Cor._ carina, utrinque calcari subulato patulo.
_Legumen_ lineare.
_Specific Character and Synonyms._
INDIGOFERA _angustifolia_ foliis pinnatis linearibus, racemis
elongatis, caule fruticoso. _Linn. Syst. Veget. ed. 14._ _Murr. p.
678._ _Mant. 272._ _Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 69._
This small, delicate, and rather elegant species of Indigo, to be found
in most collections of greenhouse plants near town, rises with an
upright, shrubby stem, to the height of several feet; its leaves, of a
lively green colour, are furnished with pinnæ, which are numerous and
unusually narrow, whence its name; its flowers, produced on long racemi
springing from the sides of the stem or branches, are of a singular dull
red colour, and rarely followed by seeds with us.
It is a native of the Cape[8], from whence it was introduced by Mr.
Masson, in 1774; flowers from June to October, and is usually increased
by cuttings.
There is a description of this species in the _Mantiss. Pl. Linn._ but
we know of no figure of it that has yet been published.