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Near Indigofera alropm'purea ROXB. ; but differs from it by the slightly 

 curved pods and the very short bracts ruduced to ciliate teeth. The bracts 

 of /. atropurpurea are very long, and much exceed flower-buds in length. 



Indigofera linifolia RETZ; DC. Prodr. H. p. 222; WIGHT Ic. t. 313; 

 BENTH. Fl. Austral. II. p. 195 ; BAKER in HOOK. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. II. p. 92 ; 

 TRIMEN Fl. Ceyl. II. p. 22 ; HENRY List PI. Formos. p. 31 ; ITO et MATSUM. 

 Tent. Fl. Lutch. p. 399 ; MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PI. Formos. p. 104. 



HAB. Beelonsau, Kilai, Takow. 



DISTRIB. India, Ceylon, Australia. 



Indigofera macrostachya VENT. DC. Prodr. II. p. 226; BAKER et 

 S. MOORE in Journ. Linn. Soc. XVH. p. 381 ; FRANCHET PI. David, p. 82 ; 

 FORBES et HEMSL. Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 157 ; MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PI. 

 Formos. p. 104. 



HAB. 



DISTRIB. China. 



Indigofera tinctoria LINN. DC. Prodr. II. p. 224 ; BAKER in HOOK, f . 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. II. p. 99 ; FRANCHET PI. David, p. 82 ; FORBES et HEMSL. Ind. 

 Fl. Sin. I. p. 157 ; MATSUM. et HAYATA. Enum. PI. Formos. p. 104. 



HAB. Tamsui, Shiutikn. 



DISTRIB. Widely cultivated in the Tropics. 



Indigofera trifoliata LINN. ; HOOK. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. II. p. 9G ; HANCE 

 in Jouru. Bot. (1879,) p. 105 ; WIGHT Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 314 ; FORBES et HEMSL. 

 Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 157 ; HAYATA Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 75. 



HAB. Koshim, Kotosho. 



DISTRIB. Through tropical Asia to northern Australia. 



Indigofera venulosa CHAMP.; WALP. Ann. IV. p. 487; BENTH. Fl. 

 Hongk. p. 77 ; FORBES et HEMSL. Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 158 ; HAYATA Mater. 

 Fl. Formos. p. 76. 



HAB. Byoritsu, Daitosei, Horisha, Tochikoan. 



DISTRIB. China: Kiangsu, Kiaugsi, Chekiang, Hongkong; Corean Archi- 

 pelago. 



