Indigofera.] xlvii. leguminos^. 581 



(2) I. tinctoria Linn. Sp. PI. 751; Baker, I.e. ii. on; Prain, 

 I.e. 81. 



A shrub 2 to 4 ft. tall. Branches slender erect. Leaves i 

 to 2 in. long; petioles -5 to i in. long; leaflets thin, membranous, 

 4 pairs, obovate-oblong, -5 to i in. long, -2 to 3 in. wide, glabrous 

 above, silky appressed beneath. Racemes 2 to 4 in. long, lax, 

 sub-sessile. Flowers numerous, very small. Calyx -04 in. long, 

 teeth acute. Corolla -15 to -2 in. long, reddish yehow exsert. 

 Pod 7 to I in. long, cylindric, straight, slender, -i in. thick. Hah. 

 An occasional escape from cultivation. Singapore. Malacca 

 (Griffith), Pahang near the Sultans' tombs. Pekan. Bindings, 

 Pangkor (Scortechini). Distrib. Asia, origin doubtful. Native 

 names: Nila; Tarum. The indigo plant. 



The indigo cultivated by the Chinese extensively from cuttings is, I 

 believe, I. Anil, Linn. It has short falcate fruit. I have only seen very poor 

 fruit of it, as it is always cut before fruiting. It is a more woody plant than 

 I. tinctoria, and is a native of South America. 



(3) I. Finlaysoniana Grah. in Wall. Cat. No. 5288. I. gale- 

 goides Prain, Journ. Beng. I.e. 82, not of DeCandolle. 



A tall shrub rising to 8 ft. Branches at first pubescent, then 

 glabrous. Leaves 8 to 12 in. long; petioles -5 to 2 in. long; leaflets 

 6 to 12 pairs, oblong blunt, "5 in. long, -3 in. wide or bigger, mem- 

 branous, green above, glabrescent beneath and appressed hairy. 

 Racemes 2 to 3 in. long, dense-flowered. Calyx "04 in. long, hoary; 

 teeth deltoid short. Corolla pink or pale red, -4 to -5 in. long. 

 Pods glabrous cylindric, straight beaked, erect fastigiate, 2*5 to 

 3 in. long. Seeds 15 to 18. Hab. Sporadic, but apparently wild. 

 It is not cultivated as Prain suggests. Malacca (Griffith). Pulau 

 Tinman (Burkill). Perak, Bukit Bungarang (Kunstler). Lankawi 

 (Curtis). Distrib. Indo-Malaya. 



20. TEPHROSIA, Pers. 



Herbs or shrubs. Leaves compound odd-pinnate; leaflets 

 opposite. Flowers in terminal racemes. Calyx campanulate; 

 teeth distinct, sub-equal. Corolla exsert ; petals clawed. Standard 

 sub-orbicular; keel incurved not beaked. Stamens diadelphous. 

 Ovary sessile, linear ; style incurved. Stigma penicillate. Pod 

 linear flat, many-seeded, 2-valved. Species 100, tropics generally. 



Pods brown hairy . . . . . . . (i) T. subamoena 



Pods glabrescent . ., . . . . . (2) T, purpurea 



(i) T. subamcBna Prain, I.e. 86. T. Hookeriana var. amosna 

 Prain, I.e. 85. 



A branched bushy herb slightly downy, about 2 ft. tall. 

 Leaves 4 to 8 in. long ; leaflets 6 to 9 pairs, narrow oblanceolate 

 truncate, glabrous above, thinly silky beneath, i in. long, -2 in, 

 wide. Stipules setaceous. Racemes lateral 6 to 14 in. long. 



