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LEGUMINOSiE, LXXIX. Indigofera. 



the under ; racemes many-flowered, nearly sessile, shorter than rather pilose, 8-10-seeded. O. S. Native of the East Indies. 



I. graveolens, Wendl. sert. han, t. 12. Flowers red. This 

 species is very like /. lateritia. 



Var. /3; stem rather diffuse. O- S. Native of the island 

 of Timor. 



Clammy Indigo. Tl. July, Aug. Clt. 1806. PI. 1 foot. 



72 I. GLUTiNOSA (Perr. in litt. but not of Vahl. D. C. prod. 

 apex and niucronate, acute at the hase, beset with strigse on 2. p. 227.) stem almost herbaceous, much branched; branches 

 both surfaces as well as the branches, glaucescent beneath ; ra- terete, beset with glutinous hairs ; leaves with 3 pairs of ellipti^ 

 cemes many-flowered, on short peduncles, exceeding the leaves ; obovate leaflets, which are clothed with adpressed bristles be- 

 legumes reflexed, rather compressed, straight, usually 8-seeded. neath; racemes a little longer than the leaves ; flowers distant; 



the leaves ; legumes reflexed, nearly terete, rather falcate, 4-6- 

 seeded. ^ . S. Native on the shores of Peru, near Truxillo. 

 Flowers rose-coloured, 



Truxillo Indigo. Shrub 6 feet. 



64 I. LESPEDEzioiDES (H. B. ct Kunth, 1. c.) shrubby; leaves 

 pinnate ; leaflets 8 pairs, cuneate-lanceolate, rounded at the 



Tj . G, Native of Mexico, on Mount JoruUo. Flowers red. 

 Lespedeza-llke Indigo. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



G5 I. arbore'scens (Zucc. obs. 1. no. 84.) stems shrubby ; Flowers red. 

 rough from papulae ; branches terete, scabrous from adpressed 



bristles ; 1 



legumes straight, nearly terete, erect, clothed with clammy hairs, 

 8-10-seeded- 0. S. Native of Guinea, particularly inSenegal 



pinnate, witli 4 to 8 j^airs of oblong, mucronate 



GliitinouS'hvaxcd. Indigo. 



PI. 1 foot. 



73 I. DENDROiDES (Jac(j. icou. rar. 3. t. 571. coll. 2. p. 357.) 



leaflets, which are also beset with adpressed bristles beneath ; stem herbaceous, erect, and is as well as the terete branches 

 racemes almost terminal, twice tlie length of the leaves ; legumes 

 spreading, terete, linear, glabrous. Tj . S. Native oil 



Shrub. 



Arborescent Indigo. 



66 I. SECUNDIFLORA (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 148.) shrubby ; 

 branches terete, and are as well as the leaves beset with clammy 

 pili ; leaves pinnate, with 2 or 3 pairs of almost lanceolate 

 leaflets ; racemes shorter than the leaves ; flowers secund ; 

 calyx very pilose; legume almost cylindrical, mucronate, hairy, 

 b . S. Native of Guinea. I. glutinosa, Vahl. in herb. Desf. 

 Flowers red. 



smoothish ; leaves with 6-15 pairs of oblong leaflets, whict 

 are clothed on both surfaces with very minute adpressed pubes- 

 cence ; racemes slender, a little longer than the leaves ; legume 

 erect, terete, straight, mucronate, smoothish, 8-12-seeded. 0.S. 

 Native of Guinea. Flowers rose-coloured. 



Tree-like Indigo. 



PI, 1 foot. 



Seciind'Jl 



Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



74 I. polyphy'lla (D. C. prod. 2. p. 227.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, scabrous from strigae ; leaves with 12-16 pairs of 

 elliptic leaflets, which are scabrous on the upper surface, and 

 clothed with white tomentum on the under; racemes length of 



Ql I. Berteria'na (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 277.) shrubby, de- 

 cumbent ; leaves with usually 4 pairs of oblong-spatulate leaflets, 

 which are clothed with white silky pubescence beneath ; pedun- 

 cles axillary, usually 1 -flowered ; legumes linear, straight. ^ . S, 

 Native of Guadaloupe. Flowers red. 



Berteros Indigo. Shrub decumbent. 



68 I. MUCRONA^TA (Spreng. in herb, Balb. D. C. prod. 2. p. 

 227,) stem terete, suflTrutescent at the base ; petioles and leaves 

 clothed with adpressed strigae on both surfaces ; leaves pinnate, 

 with 2 pairs of mucronate, ovate leaflets, which are pale be- 

 neath ; racemes pedunculate, longer than the leaves ; legumes 

 reflexed, straight, ^ little tetragonal, mucronate, clothed with 

 Stjigose pubescence, many-seeded. ^ . S. Native of Jamaica. 



leaves ; legumes pendulous, straight. 



O.G. Native of Nipaul. 

 Racemes and branche! 



Habit almost of a species of Dalea* 



clothed with rufous villi. Stamens diadelphous. Ovary linear, 



compressed, almost tetragonal, acuminated by the style. 



Many-leafletted Indigo. PI. 1 foot. 



75 h hetero'tricha (D. C. prod. 2. p. 227.) stem almost 

 herbaceous, terete ; branches and peduncles hispid from long) 

 stiff, bristly hairs, which are hooked at their apexes ; leaves vith 

 4-6 pairs of elliptic or obovate, mucronate leaflets, which w 

 beset with adpressed strigse beneath ; racemes much longer 

 than the leaves, pedunculate ; legumes reflexed, terete, mncro- 



Tj . ? G. ^^ 



tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Burch, cat. geogr. no. 2635. 

 Flowers red ? 



nate, bearing adpressed strigae and bristly hairs 



M^<^^onat€ 



Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



• * 



Petioles elongated. Stem herbaceous. 



69 I. iNaui'NANS (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1236.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, and is as well as the terete branches hispid from clammy 

 pili ; leaflets 4-5 pairs, elliptic-oblong, clothed with adpressed with flowers ; legumes pend 



white pili beneath ; racemes shorter than the leaves ; legumes 

 spreading, straight, terete, rather pilose, 8-10-seeded. ©. S. 

 Native of St. Domingo. Flowers red. This plant is cultivated 

 for Indigo in St. Domingo. 

 Dyeing Indigo. PL 1 foot. 



70 I. lateri'tia (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1233.) stem herbaceous, 



A very distinct species. 

 Variable-haired Indigo. PI. 1 to 2 feet, ^ 



76 I. Dominge'nsis (Spreng. in herb. Balb. D. C. prod. 1. ^ 

 stems somewhat herbaceous ; branches rather villous, and ra 

 compressed at the apex ; leaves with 4 pairs of ^^^^^^^} x^ 

 which are dotted beneath and covered with adpressed pu 

 cence on both surfaces ; racemes longer than the leaves, cro 



pendulous, terete, rather torulose, »» 



Native of St. Domue 



rather villous, 8-4-seeded. © . ? S. 



Allied to the following and /. enneaphylla. Flowers rose-or 



loured. 



St. Domingo Indigo. PI. 1 foot. ^ 



77 I. oligospe'rma (D. C. prod. 2. p. 228.) stem ^erbaceow 



erect ; branches angular at the apex and pubescent ; leaves 



erect, pilose, clammy ; leaves with 1 or 2 pairs of obovate, villous 4-5 pairs of elliptic-oblong, mucronate leaflets, wnicn 



leaflets ; racemes usually about equal in length to the leaves ; 

 legumes tetragonal, hairy, straight, 8-10-seeded. 0. S. Na- 

 tive of Guinea, particularly in the island of St. Thomas. I. 

 hirsiita, Jacq. icon. rar. t. 359. colj. 2. p. 359. but not of Lin. 

 Flowers red. 



B rick-colour ed-hvLxredi Indigo. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1806. PI 1 ft. 



71 I- viscosa (Lam. diet. 3. p. 247.) stem herbaceous, erect, 

 and is as well as the terete branches, rather hispid from clammy 

 pili ; leaves with 6 pairs of oblong-elliptic leaflets, which are branches terete ; leaves 



raceio^ 



vered with adpressed bristly hairs on both surfaces; ra 

 length of leaves ; legumes terete, villous, and bristly» ^^ 

 seeded, spreadingly-reflexed. ©. S. Native of Senegal. ^^ 

 diflfers from /. disperma in the leaves not being glabrous, m 

 legumes being more slender and not torulose, and in being 



Few-seeded Indigo. 



clothed with adpressed bristles beneath ; racemes shorter than 

 the leaves ; legumes spreading, straight, somewhat compressed, 



more villous. Flowers red. 



ru. PI. Ifoot. , u poOs' 



78 I. bispe'rma (Lin. syst. pat. 3. p. 232.) stem her bace^ 



^' with 4-6 Dairs of elhptic-obl^ 



than the Ica^^ 



pairs 

 glabrous leaflets ; racemes slender, longer tnan uii= — ^ 

 legumes terete, rather torulose, mucronate, 2-seeded, sea 



