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*C. psonALioiDKs, DC. Burma, cultivated {Ji(h Mason). 



DoUclioa fahcvform ix, L' Her. 

 Lupinus triJoUatm, Cab. 



Pt'h-pa-swon. 



The pods are esteemed a good vegetable. 



Indigofeea, LinnoMS. 

 Sfamens diadc-lphous (9 + 1). Leaves pinnately many-1-foliolate. 

 Sub-genus Spn-KitiDiornoRA, Desv. 

 Ovari/ 1-ovuled. I'ods very short, 1-seeded. 

 I. LixiFOLiA, Retz. Arakan and Pegu. 



All parts appressed silk-hairy. Leaves simple, small. Pods almost globular. 

 Sub-genus Eu-ixdigofera, Bth. 

 Ovary 2-more-ovulcd. Pods usually elongate, rarely short. 



* Calyx deeply cleft, the lobes subulate-acuminate. Corolla about twice as long 

 as the calyx. Annuals or perennials. 



-\- Pods short, 2- rarely ?,-sceded. 



I. ENNEAPHTLLA, L. Limcstono hills of Sogain and about Prome. 



Appressed pubescent. Loaves pinnate. Pods almost 4-angular, shortly hairy. 

 Seeds cubical. 



+ -4- Pods many- or several-seeded, elongate. 

 ° Seeds eylindrical. 



* I. TixcTORiA, L. var. a cultivated in Prome and Pegu, and most 



probably elsewhere ; var. /j frequent in the open 

 Mai. forests, and along river-banks, all over Burma. 



Leaflets usually in 4 to 5 pairs. Racemes shorter than the leaves. 



var. a genicina. Pods about an inch long and more slender, usually straight 

 or only slightly cuiTcd, 7-10-seeded, the seeds about a line long, pale-coloured. 



var. ft anil, L. ; /. carulea, Roxb. /. aryentea, var. ccerulea, Bak. Pods 

 more curved and rcfle.xed, shorter, about A inch, long but sometimes longer, 3-4, but 

 as often 4-6, and even up to 7-seeded, the seeds smaller, olive-coloured. 



I cannot find any sufficient grounds for specifically separating the above two 

 forms. The pod dilfers greatly on the same plant (Kurz). 



I. ENDECAPUYLLA, JaCq. Ava. 



/. debilis, Grail. 

 Leaflets in 1 or 2 pairs. Racemes very slender, much longer than the leaves. 

 In Burma the pods are more slender and more persistently pubescent (Kurz). 

 I. TRiFOLiATA, L. Tcnasscrim. 



Leaves 3-foliolate. Racemes very short or reduced to clusters. 



° ° Seeds cubical or i.-angular-ollong. 



I. viscosA, Lamk. Ava. 



All parts (also the pods) viscose-pubescent. Leaflets in 4-7 pairs. 



I. TRiTA, L. Ava. 



/. cinerea, Willd. 



All parts appressed greyish or silvery pubescent. Leaves 3-foliolate. Pods thinly 

 appressed pubescent. 



I. niRscTA, L. Ava. Tenasserini. 



All parts hiisute-pubescent. Leaflets in 3 or 4 pairs. Pods hirsute. 



