Indlgofera 



LEGUMIXOS/E 



15 



Praia mid BaJc. f. in Journ. Hot. xl. 03. Colutese affiuis fruticosa, 

 tloribus spicatis pnrpurascentibus, siliquis incurvis, e cujus 

 tinctura Indigo conficitur Slotine Cat. 141 & Hist. '//. 34, t. 179, 

 /. 2 (pod thicker than specimen) & 170, f. .">. Indigofera decom- 

 1'osita &c. Brou-ne Hist. J<m/. .">0i'. Type in Herb. Hermann in 

 Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Indigo. 



Sloa)ic Herb. vi. 7 (omitting ripe jtods) & S (2 specimens) ! Broughtoul 

 Macfadycnl Me Nab I Lane I March I Prior; Gordon Town, Ball ! near 

 Kingston, 500 ft., Clutel also Hitchcock; Linie Cay; Norbrook, GOO ft.; 

 Campbell \ Alligator Pond; Hope; Harris I Fl. Jam. 57:7, 0265, 8215, 

 ^229. Cultivated formerly throughout the tropics. 



Fig. 3. Iii<li>j<if> ra tinctoria L. 



A. Raceme and leaf x li- F, Ovary ami calyx cut leogthwise x 7. 



M. Standard x 6. G, Ripe pods x -. 



1 Wing x <J. H, Ripe seed x 3. 



1), Keel x 6. I, Ditto cut lengthwise x 3. 



E, Flower with corolla removed x 7. 



Shrtib, about 2 ft. high ; ends of branches white-strigillose. Lea 

 1-2 cm. 1. ; stipules small, awl-shaped, deciduous. Calyx 5-fid, segments 

 triangular. Corolla: standard broadly elliptical, vermilion-tinged inside. 



5-6 mm. L, 3'5 mm. br. ; wings oblong-spatb-ulate, shorter than the k 

 about 4*5 mm. 1. ; keel oblanceolate, greenish, ciliolatc at the apex, about 

 as long as the standard. Pod linear-cylindrical, slightly torulose, thickened 

 along both margins, retlexcd, strigillose, 2-5-M-o cm. 1. ,SV ( ,/.s cylindrical, 

 terete or angled, about 2 mm. L, without any depression at the scar of 

 attachment. 



There are three pages (viz. 7, 8, 9) with specimens of lndi,joft-nt in Herb. 

 Sloane vi. The specimens on page 7 have the slightly curved many-sided 

 pod of J. tinctoria L., but some ripe pods of /. snjj'ruticosa Mill, h 

 also been inserted. The plate 17'J, f. 2, is taken from one of the-e 



