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Plains of Scinde, Stocks.— Distrib. Arabia, Egypt, Abyssinia. 

 1 A^^^'^^.^'^^^^2,1 feet high, with sulcato woody branches. Leaves 1-2 in. long; 

 leaflets opposite, subcoriaceous, persistently argenteous,, i-l in. long ; petiole J in. ; 

 sijpules minute, setaceous. Racemes subsessile, 12-20-flowercd, shorter than the 

 leaves^l 311^ long whilst in flower.' Calya: ^ in., campanulate, argenteous; teeth 



Po^^ll^'^-^^^*^^^^' ?^ ^^"^ ^® ^^^^^' ^^^^^^^ 6 ii^M reddish-yellow, externally canescent. 

 8 2 m. by ^ in., at first argenteous, finally glabrescent, distinctly torulose. 



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Vae. cmrulea; leaves 2-3 in. long, leaflets 7-9 less argenteous than in the 

 m, racemes more elongated 1-2 in. long, pod less decidedly torulose. I. 

 B^hmlf- ^^- ^"^^^ "i- 277 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 203 ; Wt. Ic, t. 366 ; Dalz. # Gibs. 

 cJ^aL • ^- ^^*"^' <^^«^'- '■« ^«^^- ^^i^- 5476. I. brachycarpa, Gmk. in Wall. 

 th/w I h ti"ctoria, Tar. brachycarpa, i)a Prodr. ii. 22i, Plains of Banda and 

 tHe Western Peninsula. ^ i- ' 





faintl **»ctoria, imn. ; DC. Pi'odr. ii. 224 (e.rcZ. var. /3) ; slirubby, 

 ^. {, ^^geiiteo-canescent, leaflets 9-13 large oTjovate-oblong, pod nearly 

 raignt «-12-seeded not torulose. Roxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 379 ; JFall. Cat. 54:74 ; 

 p^ ^P^- f '•0^'"- 202; Wt. Ic. t. 365; Dalz. 8f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 50 i Brand. 

 ii q't7 X }. ^' iiidica, Zamk. Diet. iii. 245. I. sumatrana, Gaertn. Fi-uct. 



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The imiversally cultivated indigo. Whether it be truly wild is doubtful. 



W. \ fl ^^ ^^' ^^S\ "^ith twiggy woody thinly silvery branches. Leaves 1-2 in. 

 S^m } opposite, membranous, turning blackish when dried; petiole i-1 in. 



t^te 1^^^'^^^^ly sessile, 2-4 in. long. Ck/yx ^ in., silvery; teeth as long as the 

 scarceiv f if ^ ^^'^ reddish-yellow, P^J 3-1 in. long, ^ in. thick, glabrescent,. 

 Tateia t- ^^^"^^'^*^— -'• "^^^^^^ Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 225, also commonly culti- 

 W lik ^ y^f ^^ America, differs by its short congested racemes and pod turned 

 ^^ probalf ^^^ r - ''' fi^^<^cida var. constricta, Thwaites Enum. 411, from Ceylon, 

 Wesof/ /*^ distinct species, but the flowers are unknown. It has the habit and 



.1^!^.^^^^^^' "^'itJi '^ slender tetraquetrous subtoruloso 4-6-seeded pod. 





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fSinesno + 1 ^S"^**** Grah. in Wall, Cat. 5458 ; slirubbv, densely argenteo-;^ 

 mtZT ^^^^^^ 11-21 small oblauceolate, pod linear straight 8-12-seeded' 

 Or„A ? ?^; '^- ^ ^- ^'-o^'-- 202 ; Dalz. ^- G^j-Js. ^o;»J. FL 59. I. foliolosa, 

 i inam 5 ^'^'- ^^^- I- PolypIiyUa, J^ottler MSS. nm Ileyne mc fi C. 

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^^on-Df,r 1 ®"^^» ^ith numerous erecto-patent silvery woody branches. Leaves- 

 •ilterf oU ^^^ ^°' '^°^; leaflets opposite, rigidly subcoriaceous, persistently 

 «Vt7'.-| f>r^ ^°- ^^"g- ^^^oe^nes sessile, dense, 1-1^ in. long. Cal2/a: ^\ in.^ 

 ^Wailv ^^^^^^, as long as the tube. Corolla yellowish red. H" i°- ^^^Sy 

 ,.7 canescent. P<;£; turgid, straight, finely canescent, l-lj in. long. 



■^««;7e^s 7?2any, opposite (except I. Dosua) ; foioers large for the genus. 



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IeafleteJ'^y^*»dracea, Wall. Cat. 5482; slirubby, brancbes glabrous,. 

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?^%etiof 1 i"^^^' perennial, with slender woo<!j' erecto-patent branches. Xtfam<r 

 '*WVi. 'M~2in. long; leaflets membranous, opposite, obtuse, green above, pale 

 8 i m. long^ i^Qth sides with a few short adpressed hms.' Jiacemes very lax, 



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