LEGUMINOSiE. LXXIX. Indigofera. 



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Native of the Cape of Good Hope. J, tenuif olia, Lam, diet. 3. 

 p» 249. Flowers red. 



CapillaryAesLwed Indigo. Shrub ^ foot. 



terete, young ones hairy ; petioles very short ; leaflets 5, ellip- 

 tic-oblong, mucronate, clothed with adpressed strigae on botli 

 surfaces ; peduncles axillary, slender, 3 times longer than the 

 110 I. Perrinia'na (Spreng. neue. entd. 2. p. 161.) branches leaves, bearing at the top an ovate head of flowers. I? . ? G. 



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terete, beset with adpressed pili ; leaves with usually 4 pairs of 

 linear, obtuse, mucronate leaflets, which are lined above, and 

 silky beneath ; racemes few-flowered ; legumes linear, clothed 

 with rusty villi. ©. ? S. Native of South America. 



Perrin's Indigo. PL 1 foot ? 



nil. angustif6lia (Lin. mant. 272.) stem shrubby ; branches 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



23. Flowers red. 



Lotus alopecuroides, Burm. 



o!e;| terete, hoary ; leaves with 2-3-4 or 5 pairs of approximate, linear, above, but hoary beneath ; peduncles 3 ti 



xm 



cap. p. 



FoX'tail-like Indigo. Shrub. 



118 1. coRiACEA (Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 68.) branches terete, 

 hairy ; petioles very short ; leaflets 5, obovate, cuneated, some- 

 what emargJnate and mucronate, beset with adpressed strigae 



longer than the 

 leaves ; flowers disposed in dense heads ; legumes straight, 



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somewhat revolute at the margins ; racemes 3 times longer than terete, glabrous. ^ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Uie leaves; calyxes canescent. T2 • G' Native of the Cape of Lotus Mauritanicus, Lin. spec. 1091. I. Maurit^nica, Thunb. 



fl. cap. 598. Lotus fruticosus, Berg. cap. 226. Lotus race- 

 mosus, Poir. suppl. 3. p. 508. Indigofera, Sieb. pi. exsic. cap. 

 "- 54. This plant has very much the habit of Dorijcnium. 



Good Hope. Thunb. fl. cap. 599. Sims, hot. mag. 465. Poly- 

 gala pinnata, Burm. cap. 20. Corolla purplish. 



Fl. Ju. Oct. Clt. 1774, Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



no. 



Narrow'kaved Indigo. 



112 I. Humboldtia'na (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 276.) shrubby. Flowers red or purple, 

 erect, smoothish ; leaves_ with 3 pairs of spatulate, mucronate 

 leaflets, which are rather silky beneath ; racemes exceeding the 

 leaves ; legumes pendulous, nearlv terete, b . G. Native of 

 Mexico. I. mucronkta, WiUd 



Humboldt's Indigo. 



Flowers red. 



Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



Coriaceous Indigo. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1774. Sh.2 to 3 ft. 



119 I. sarmentosa (Lin. fil. suppl. 334. Thunb. fl. cap. 596.) 

 stem very short, much branched ; branches filiform ; leaves and 

 calyxes clothed with adpressed strigose pubescence ; petiole 



113 L ORNiTHopoDiofDEs (Schlecht. and Cham, in Linnaea. 5. 

 p. 577.) leaves with 2 pairs of leaflets ; pili strigose, cinereous ; 



very short ; leaflets ovate, small, mucronate ; peduncles axillary, 

 usually 2-flowered, much longer than the leaves ; legumes cylin- 

 drical, glabrous. T2 . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



stems diffuse, prostrate ; racemes on long peduncles, few-flow- Ononis filiformis, Lin. mant. 266. Lotus exstipulatus. Berg. 

 ered, exceeding the leaves; calycine segments subulately-acu- cap. 227. Flowers red. 



Habit of/, ennea- 



minated, equal m length to the corolla ; legume deflexed, 8- 

 seeded, straight. ©. S. Native of Mexic 

 Tnylla. Stipulas subulate. Flowers red. 

 OrmtbopuS'Uke Indigo. PL prostrate. 



/3, microphylla (Lam. diet, 3. p. 250.) leaves with 3-5 



leaflets. 



Sarmentose Indigo. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1786. PI. straggling. 

 120 I. digita'ta (Thunb. fl. cap. 598.) branches slender, an- 

 gular at the apex, and are, as well as the leaves and calyxes, 



5 5 T)ifT]t^*^rc J' '.v, ^ , . ^ , ffular at the apex, and are, as well as the leaves ana calyxes, 



leaflets all f sin? f digttatus, fingered, in reference to the Somewhat canefcent from adpressed strig^ ; leaves stalked, pal- 



hand) LeaS /' r ^ •'?™T'' ^'f *'^' ^' i^" ^""^^'^ °^ ^'^ ™ately 5-6-foliate ; leaflets lanceolate-linear, acute, complicated ; 



. rflets 3 or 5, rising f}u„c , 



jrom the top of petioles, or 'directly f. 



peduncles much longer than the leaves, bearing at the top of 



G. Native of 



(D. C. prod. 2. p. 231.) branches angular 



each a dense ovate-oblong spike of flowers. 



Hope. Flowers red. 



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a lurrowed, rather canescent ; petioles wanting i leaflets 3-5, D'igitate-\e3L\edi Indigo. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



w^K^'""^''""^*^' ^*^^' ^^^^^ somewhat revolute margins, clothed ^ "' ^ R,,..„^'ttt, m C r^^A. 2 t.. S.-^l .^ 



in S -V ^^"^ beneath ; flowers axillary, on short pedicels, 



m fascicles. 

 Flowers red. 



121 I. Burche'llii (D. C. prod. 2. p. 231.) branches slender, 

 angular at the apex, and are, as well as the petioles and leaves, 

 "h ' G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. hoary from adpressed strigae ; leaves stalked, 4-5-foliate ; leaf- 

 lets obcordate, mucronate, hoary beneath, and rather strigose 



G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Burch. 



/""rrowrf-stemmed Indigo. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



D Ssi ^ K "^"^1:^^^"°^^^^ (^^h^- '" herb. Juss. D. C. prod. 2. 

 fixed b ti^"*^^^^ ^^'■^*^' hoary from adpressed down, which is 

 slendp ^ centre ; petioles wanting ; leaflets 3-5, linear, very 

 dicels ^°!"^"*^»t complicated, beset with adpressed hairs ; pe- 

 4-6 sp ^'^'i'^^' ^°^'^^^y» 1 -flowered ; legumes straight, terete, 

 MaS? ' I ."^ Puberulous. T? . S. Native of Ceylon and 



i; ,^T^athus I'ndica, Lin. spec. 1001.— Burm. fl. ind. 



mk.phyt. t. 201.f. i._ 



155. 

 red? 



Rheed. mal 9. t. 3. Flowers 



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p^alalhus-li/ce Indigo. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1817. Sh. 1 to 2 fr. 



young one^^rlT'^'t ^.'^^""^- ^' ^^P' ^^^'^ branches terete, 

 oblonff CI A ^""y ' petioles almost wanting ; leaflets 5, 



*'th °(jg "^^ted, mucronate, strigose above, but white beneath, 

 tlian the 1 ^"^^'"^ Revolute ; racemes pedunculate, much longer 

 ^•^O-seedlT^^i %^"^^^ straight, terete, spreading, glabrous, 

 candicanr «• u^ ' ' ^^^'"^^ ^^ ^^^ Cape of Good Hope. I. 



•P«cie9, but j-^P*' ^•^^'''' ^^P" ""• ^^' ^^""y ^'^^ ^^'^ following 

 <^pitate TK f^^ ^'^ '^^ flowers being loosely racemose, not 

 flowers' . ^"""'*f'*g says his plant has terminal racemes of 



fZL t°".'' ^^^y are axillary. 



nri AT ^''- ^l.Ju.Aag. Clt. 1822. Shrub 1 to 2 ft. 



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above. T2 . 



cat. no. 2918. Flowers red. 



BurchelVs Indigo. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



122 I. SESSiLiFOLiA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 231.) branches terete, 

 young ones canescent, at length becoming spinose ; petioles 

 w anting ; leaflets 3, obovate-cuneated, retuse, somewhat emar- 



inate, pubescent beneath ; spikes pedunculate, longer than the 



eaves ; legumes compressed, rather arched, glabrous, 4-seeded. 



T2 . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. This species is 



nearly allied to /. spindsa, but differs in the leaves being all sessile, 



and in the legume being compressed, not terete. Flowers red, 



Sessile-leaved Indigo. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



123 I. SPINOSA (Forsk. descr. 137. Vahl. symb. 1. p. 55.) 

 branches grey ; leaves on short petioles, trifoh'ate ; leaflets ob- 

 ovate, hoary; stipulas acerose; peduncles spinose, 2-3-flow- 

 ered, twice the length of the leaves ; legume terete, but some- 

 what tetragonal, scabrous. Tj . G. Native of Arabia Fehx, and 

 the East Indies. This plant has the habit of a species ofAlhagi. 



Flowers red. 



Sp'my Indigo. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 1 to 2 ft. 



124 I. ca'ndicans (Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 67.) branches slen- 

 der, angnlar, clothed with adpressed silky canescent down ; leaves 

 stalked, trifoliate ; leaflets lanceolate-linear, silky beneath ; sti- 



than 



231.)' branches pulas small ; spikes pedunculate, few-flowered, much longe 



