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T. Indigofkra hirsuta Linn. Sp. PI. 751. An annual or bien- 

 nial suberect herb 1-3 or 4 feefc bigh ; stem densely covered with 

 soft short spreading grey or brown pubescence. Leaves 2-5 in. long, 

 sliort-petioled ; leaflets terminal and in 2-5 opposite pairs, obovate 1-2 

 in. long, membranous greyish-green above, glaucous beneath, densely 

 coated with adpressed hairs ; stipules setaceous, plumose. Racemes 2-6 

 in. long, short-peduncled, very dense-fid. Calyx densely pubescent, 

 *15 in. long ; teetli setaceous plumose ; tube very short. Corolla "2 in. 

 long, little exserted, purple or red. Pod 'h-l in long, straight, densely 

 covered with spreading grey pubescence, 6-S seeded. DC. Prodr. II. 228 ; 

 Roxb. Flor. Ind. Ill, 376 ; Jacq. Ic. 1, 569 ; Wall. Cat. 5450 ; Hook. Comp. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 24 ; W. & A. Prodr. I, 204 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I. 304 ; Bak. 

 in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 98. I. ferruginea Schum. & Thonn. PI. Guin. 370. 



Pahang ; Ridley ! Penang ; Curtis ! Malacca ; Ridley ! Singapore ; 

 Htdlett ! Distrib. Tropics generally. 



2. Indigofera Anil Linn. Mantiss. 272. A shrub 4-6 feet high 

 with twiggy woody thinly silvery branches. Leaves 2-3 in. long, 

 petioles "5-1 in. ; leaflets terminal and in 5-8 opposite pairs, ovate-acute 

 •5-1 in. long, membranous, green ; stipules subulate. Racemes 1-2 in. 

 long, dense-fld., nearly sessile. Calyx "04 in. silvery, teeth acute as long 

 as tube. Corolla purple •35-'2 in., distinctly exserted. Pods •4-6 in. 

 long •I in. thick glabrescent retro-falcate 4— 6-seeded. Miq, Flor. Ind. 

 Bat. I, 307. Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 99. J. tinctoria var. Anil Kurz 

 Journ. As. Soc. XLY, pt. 2, 269 excl. all syn. 



Andamans; Port Blair, not uncommon. A native of America but 

 not uncommon in cultivation and as an introduced escape or weed in the 

 Old World. This is apparently much commoner in Indo-China than it 

 is in India ; it is frequently mistaken for Indigofera coerulea Roxb. 

 which however appears to be exclusively an Indian plant. 



3. Indigofera tinctoria Linn. Sp. PI. 751. A shrub 4-6 feet 

 high with twiggy woody thinly silvery branches. Leaves 1-2 in. long, 

 petioles '5-1 in. ; leaflets terminal and in 4-6 opposite pairs, obovate- 

 oblong, "5-1 in. long membranous, green; stipules subulate. Rcicemes 

 2-4 in. long, lax-fld. nearly sessile. Calyc "04 in., silvery, teeth acute 

 as long as tube. Corolla reddish-yellow 'IS-^ in., distinctly exserted. 

 Pods '7-1 in hmg '1 in tliick, glabrescent straight, or slightly recurved 

 towards tip, 8-12-seeded. DC. Prodr. II, 224 {var. a. only); Roxb. 

 Flor. Ind. Ill, 379; Wall. Cat. 5474 ; W. & A. Prodr. I, 202 ; Wight, Icon, 

 t. 365 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. 1, 306 ; Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 99. 1, iiidica 

 Lamk, Encyc. Metli. Ill, 245. L sumatrana Gasrtn. Fruct. II, 317, t. 148. 



Penang; cultivated, C^n-^ts .' Malacca; Grifiih! Pasgkork; Scot fe- 

 chini ! Pahang; "growing near Sultan's tomb," Ridley! Singapore; 



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