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goides, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5649. T. lance^folia. Link ; DC. loc. cit T. indi- 

 gofera, Bert. Misc. xix. 9, t. 5. T. lanceolata, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5636. 

 Xndigofera flexuosa, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5473— liheede Jfort. Mai i. t. 55, 



Tropical zone, spread universally from the Himalayas to Ceylox, Malacca and 

 Sum, ascending to 4000 ft. in the north-west.— Distrib. Everywhere in the Tropics. 

 ..-. A copiously-branched suberect perennial, 1-2 ft. high, with slender firm terete 

 Rtems. Leaves short-petioled, 3-6 in. long; stipules linear-subulate, ascending or 

 lefiexed; leaflets 13-21, narrow oblanceolate, obtuse, green, glabrescent above, 

 glaucous, obscurely silky below. Racemes copious, all leaf-opposed, 3-G in. long, lax ; 

 iover flowers fascicled ; pedicels ^-^ in.; bracts minute. Calyx ^-^ in., closely 

 i^rt^^i^^^^^ linear-subulate, as long as the tube. Corolla \~^ in., red, thinly silky, 

 ff^^"^ in. ty 1 in. broad ; style subglabrous, penicillate at the tip. 



Var, 1. maxima; taller, suberect, stipules lanceolate reflexed, racemes many- 

 ^ered elongated, corolla \ in, long, pod glabrescent 2-2^ in. long 10-12- 

 ^ed. T. maxima, Pers. ; DC Prodr. ii, 2o2. W. # A. Prodr. 213. Galega 

 ^ima, Linn. 8p. PI, 1063. T. Mitchellii, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5641.— Plains of the 

 >Vestern Peninsula and Ceylon. 



'/V|B. 2. piimila; lower, more diffuse, persistently finely downy, stipules linear- 



In iT"^' l^flets 9-11 smaller more downy, corolla rather smaller, pod 1-1^ in. 



pngtoely downy. T, pumila, Pers.; DC. Prodr. ii. 254. T. timoriensis, DC Prodr. 



'1; ^54. T. diffusa, W, ^ A. Prodr. 213. Galega diffusa, Boxh. Fl. hid. iii. 387. 



•procumbens, Ham. in Trans, Linn. Soc. xiil 5i7. T. parviflora, W/akt in Wall. 



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\ °' T. Rookerlana, W. 8f A. Prodr. 212 ; herljaceous, stems finely 

 ^y, racemes elongated, pod slightly recurved 8-10-seeded clothed with 

 P^raist^t brownish silky hairs. T. Colutea, Wight. ; Wall. Cat. 5647. Galega 

 "^^j -ffa/n. in Trans. Linn. Sac. xiii. 646. T. amoena, Hort. Calc. nan Pei's. 



Plains from the Himalayas to Ceylox and Malacca. 



of i\ ^^^^^^ ^^ ■^'- i'w^'i^^irea, from which it scarcely differs except in the vestiture 

 t^nc^t^" ^^^Py'^^ linear; leaflets 13-19, narrow oblanceolate, J-1 in. long, 

 all laf 1^^ ^°iarginate, glabrescent above, thinly persistently silky below. Bacemes 

 teetli * '^^^*^^^^g 6-9 in. long; pedicels ^^ in. Calyx densely silky, ^ in. ; 

 flafL 7 **^^'' exceeding the tube. Corolla ^-i in. Pod lf-2 in. by ^ in. ; style 

 ^^tened, subglabrous, pLicillate at t^^ ' 



ra» • *■ vUlosa, Pers. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 251 ; herbaceous, stems finely downy, 



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HaVf^ t *^® Himalayas to Cetlow.— Disteib. Mauritius, Trop. Africa. 

 sliort Ta ^- T^^Turea, but stems some-ffliat firmer and more -woody, clothed with 

 ' |fcen^pP^««sed white hairs. Leaves nearly sessile, 2-3 in. long; stipules linear, 

 ^L^f °r reflexed; leaflets 13-19, grey-green, glabrescent above, persistently 

 long. 1 • narrow oblanceolate, often emarginate. Bacemes half a foot or more 

 P«dicek ^' flowers in distant fascicles, lowest often in the axils of the leaves ; 

 teeth r/^'^*^^'^^; tracts setaceous, plumose. Calyx hi '"• <^®^P' densely silky; 

 the cai -^'^"^' ^0"«^er exceeding the tube. Corolla pale red, not much exceeding 

 8lalro*{^; ■P"'^ 1-Ii in. long, i-l in. broad, densely persistently velvety; style 

 "s, nattened, densely penicillate at the tip. 



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