30. Tephrosia.] 43. PAPILIONACEJS. [31. Indigofbba. 



St. 9 + 1, anthers oblong, obtuse. Pod linear compressed, 

 several -seeded, not or obscurely septate within. 



1. T. purpurea, Fers. Sarphnka, Eharw. 



Shrubby 2 ft. high with downy angled branches, leaves 

 2-6" long with 4-9 prs. of oblong to oblanceolate lflts. J-l 7 by 

 l~¥ &ppre8sed silky beneath and purple or purple-grey flowers 

 in terminal or leaf- opposed racemes. 



Waste ground, very common and often gregariouB. 



FIb. July- J any. , Fr. Oct.- June. 



Lflts. obtnse apicnlate with distinct parallel oblique nerves. Calyx 

 l-^y canescent, teeth subulate=tube or two upper rather shorter. Corolla 

 \* silky. Fool 1£-2 V slightly curved flat 6-12-seeded. 



2. Var. pumila, Pers. (sp.). Stems prost rate. Lflts. seldom more than 

 4-6 prs. This is kept distinct in " Bengal Plants, " but there appears to 

 be no distinction except the habit, the other characters given are 

 variable. Common. 



3. T, Candida, B.C., is a handsome shrub with racemes 

 of white flowers. RSnchi, cult. Fls. r. s. 



31. Indigofera, L. 



Herbs or shrubs with usually adpressed forked hairs 

 (I. hirsuta has simple basifixed hairs) and odd-pinnate rarely 

 1-3-foliolate leaves. Fls. reddish bracteate in axillary 

 racemes or spikes. Calyx teeth 5 usually many times longer 

 than the tube, sub-equal. Standard ovate or orbicular. Keel 

 petals gibbous or spurred. St. 9+1, anthers apiculate. Pod 

 various, usually more than 1-seeded and narrow, septate. 



I. L. 5-or more-foliolate (rarely fewer in 3). 



a. Shrub b. 



Fls. f-f". Lflts. 13-17 oblong or obovate- 



oblong 1- arbor ea. 



Fls. £". Lflts. 9-13 obovate . . .2. tinctoria. 



b. Suffruticose or herbaceous. 



Racemes lax 2-4-fld. ... .3. glabra. 



Racemes very dense, spicif orm . . .4. hirsuta. 

 Racemee capitate. Branches trailing . . 5. enneaphylla 



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