LEGUMIXOR;E. 175 



Leaves compound (7. trifoliatci. 



(1) Leaves trifoliolate. (7. glandulifera. 

 Leaves pinnate, leaflets more than three. (2) 



(2) Plant ferrugiueo -hirsute /. Idrsutn. 



Plant quite or nearly glabrous or slightly pubescent. (3) 



(3) Leaflets larger, oblong, 5 cm. long 7. kotcensis. 



Leaflets smaller, oblong, less than 2.] cm. (4) 



(4) Pod linear, 5 cm. long, straight /. venulosa. 



Pod lineal 1 , 2] cm. long. (5) 



/r , I'll (7. tinctoria* 



(5) Pod nearly straight 1 



1 7. peseudchtinctoria. 

 Pod strongly recurved 7. Anil. 



Indigofera Anil LINN. DC. Prodr IT. p. 225 ; BENTS. Fl. Hongk. p. 

 77 ; FORBES et HEMSL. Lid. Fl. Sin. I. p. 15G ; MATSUM. et HAY ATA 

 Fnum. PI. Formos. p. 104. 



TTAl;. Tamsui, Taihoku, Shintiku, Hozan, Shintengai, Kussha.ku. 



PISTRIB. Common in tropical Africa, and some part of Asia. 



Indigofera decora LINDL. ; WALP. Ann. I. p. 230 ; BENTH. Fl. Hongk. 

 p. 77 ; Bot. Mag. t. 50f>3 ; FOIJBES et HEMSL. Tnd. Fl. Sin. I. p. 15(5 ; MATSUM. 

 et HAYATA Enum. PI. Formos. p. 104. 



HAB. 



DISTRIB. Japan. 



Indigofera glandulifera HAYATA Materials for a Flora of Formosa p. 

 74. Base shrubby, slender, glabrous or pubescent, many- branched. Leaves 

 trifoliolate, petiolate, petioles 5 mm. long, folioles sessile or shortly petioliilate, 

 oblong-obovate or ol lanceolate, rounded or shortly mucrouate at the apex, base 

 narrowed, 1 cm. long, 4 mm. broad, adpressiugly pubescent on both sides, 

 glandulously punctate beneath. Flowers small, 3 mm. long, clustered at the 

 axils. Calyx pubescent, 2} mm. long, 5-fid, lobes linear, 2 mm. long. Petals 

 pubescent outside ; standard obovate 3 mm. long, 1-.J- mm. broad, narrowed 



* The distinction between I. tlncforla ami J. pseudo-tuwtorin is not very clearly observed in 

 the Formosan species. 



