46. LEGUMINOS^I: PAPILIONACE.E. 157 



8. Indigofera birsuta, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 751 ; DC. Prodr. 

 ii. p. 228 ; Benth. Fl. Rongk. p. 76 ; Jacq. Ic. PI. Bar. t. 569 ; 

 Hook. Comp. Pot. Mag. ii. t. 24. 



China: without locality {Macartney Sf Staunton); Formosa 

 {Oldham, 157 !) ; Kwangttjng : Macao {Nelson ! Vachelll Calleryl), 

 Pakhoi {Play/air !) ; Hongkong {Lamont ! Hindi I Champion ! 

 Wright ! Wilford !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



"Widely diffused in tropical Asia, Africa, America, and Aus- 

 tralia. 



9. Indigofera macrostachya, Vent. Jard. Malm. p. et t. 44 ; 

 DC. Prodr. ii. p. 226; Bunge, Enum. PI. Chin. Bor. p. 16; 

 Baker et S. Moore in Jburn. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 381 ; Debeaux, 

 Fl. Tchef. p. 44; Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 8; Franchet,Pl. 

 David, p. 82. 



Chihli : near Peking {Bunge ! Bretschneider ! Tatarinow ! 

 Bushell !), Jehol {David, 1825 !); Shingking : Chienshan {Boss !), 

 Talienwhan {Swinhoe ! Urquhart ! Birnie !) ; Shantung : Chefoo 

 {Perry V); Chekiang : JNmgpo {Cooper ! Everardl); Cobea 

 {Carles I Perry !). Herb. Kew. 



[Lndigofera rotundifolia, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 458; DC. 

 Prodr. ii. p. 233, from Canton, is an obscure plant.] 



10. Indigofera tinctoria, Linn. Sp. PI ed. 1, p. 751 ; DC. Prodr. 

 ii. p. 224 ; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 99 ; Franchet, 

 PI. David, p. 82. 



Chihli : Peking mountains {David, 475 ? ex Franchet) ; Fo- 

 kien : Amoy {Fortune, A 56 !) ; Formosa {Oldham, 156 !) ; 

 Hainan {Swinhoe). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Generally cultivated and wild in the tropics ; but it is uncer- 

 tain where it is really indigenous. 



11. Indigofera trifoliata, Linn. Amcen. Acad. ir. p. 327 ; DC. 

 Prodr. ii. p. 223 ; Baker in Hook.f.Fl. Brit. Lnd. ii. p. 96; 

 Wight, Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 314 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, 

 p. 105. 



Hupeh : Ichang {A. Henry !) ; Kwangttjng : around Canton 

 {Sampson, hb. Hance, 5685 !). Herb. Kew. 



Almost throughout tropical Asia, and extending to North 

 Australia. 



