66 MKUUIM.. 



obtuse, sometimes apiculate, tlie base acute, the lower surface somewhat 

 paler than the upper, not glandular; petioles about 2 mm long; stipules 

 none. Kaccmes axillary, nsually solitary, slightly exceeding the petiole 

 in length, oacli with fi-om 5 to 8 densely disposed pinkish flowers. 

 Flowers about 4 mm long, the calyx-teeth very slenderly acuminate. 

 Pods few, usually one or two in each raceme, rcflexed, narrowly oblong, 

 straight, acuminate, 10 to 15 mm long, strongly 4-angled, ridged along 

 one side, about 1.8 mm thick, sparingly pul)esc('nt witli sliovt appressed 

 hairs, each containing from 5 to 8 seeds. 



Luzon, Provinco of Itizal, .Moroii^-, aloii^- llic borders of Ljikc IJay, liiir. Sci. 

 J. ',11 Ramos, Aujrust, ]90(;. 



A species witli niiicli tlie jii)])earaiioe of, and eertainly allied to ludir/ofcra 

 trifoliata Linn., difTering from that species in its simple leaves, which are not 

 at all glandular beneath, and absence of stipules. 



3. Indigofera trifoliata Linn. Amoen. Acad. 4 (1739) 327; Sp. PI. ed. 2 

 (1763) 1062; IJaker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 96; F.-Vill. Nov. App. 

 (1880) 58; Vid. Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1880) 106; Morr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 

 3 (1908) Bot. 411. 



Batanes Islands, Sabtan, Bur. Hci. 372Jf Fenix. Luzon, Province of Cagayan, 

 For. Bur. 16 '/SI, IdoOl Bacani, Bur. Sci. 7878 Ramos: Province of Pangasinan, 

 Bur. fici. .'/OOd, .'{Sot Ramos: Province of Rizal, For. Bur. .}2S8 Ahern's collector. 



India and Ceylon to southern China. Malaya, and nnrthern Australia: rather 

 variable in vegetative characters. 



4. Indigofera zoilingeriana ^lici- Fl. liid. Bat. 1' (18;lo) 310. 

 hidif/ofcra lesymanni INIiq. 1. c. (185S) 1083; Prain & Baker in Journ. Bot. 



40 (1902) 143; Merr. in Forestry liureau (Philip.) Bull. 1 (1903) 24; Perk. 

 Frag. Fl. Philip. (1!)04) 10. 



Indif/offjra fialec/oidcs \"u\. I'liaii. ( uiiiiiig. IMiilij). (18S.')| 107, Rev. PI. Ynse. 

 Filip. (1886) 105; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (ISSO) 59, non DC. 



Indigofera henthauiiaua Hance in Ann. Sci. Nat. IV 18 (1802) 219. 



Batanes Islands, Batan, Bur. Sri. .il'.K) MraDis. i.uzoN, Province of Ilocos 

 Norte, For. Bur. ].').j08 Merritt it iJiirUn;/: Province of ]5enguet, Merrill .'I'lUi, 

 Williams 1288: Province of Pangasinan. For. Bur. S.llO Vurran tC- Merritt: 

 Province of Rizal, Merrill 50.'i3 : Pi<)\ince of Cainariiics, For. Bur. lOGGt) 

 Cnrran, Ahem 23-'/, 235. ^Minda.nao. rniviiuc of Surigao, Ahon J.}'/. 



Southern China and Formosa to Cochin-( liina. the Malay Peninsula and 

 Archipelago to New Caledonia. 



Indigofera zoUiugcriaua Mitp, lias not only i)age ])riority over /. tei/smanni, 

 but 1 he part of the volume containing the descri[)tion of it antedates the part 

 containing tlic di-cript ion of /. Iri/smntnii by about tliree years. This is much 

 thr* largest of our I'liilippiiie sjn'cies, soinclimes reaching a iicight of about 8 m. 

 It extends from sealevcl to an altitude of at least KMIO m. It dillcrs from all 

 the other Philippine sjx'cies in its short caly.x-teeth. and in its pods being 

 pointed forward in tlu' direction of the main axis of llic raicnic. oi more or less 

 spreading. Imi not icllcxcil. 



5. Indigofera hirsuta Mnn. Sp. I'l. (1753) 751; DC. l'ro<lr. 2 (1825) 228; 

 yUq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1' (1855) 304; Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 98; 

 F.-Vill. Nov. Apj.. (1S80) ,58; Prain c'^- Baker in Journ. Bot. 40 (1902) 136. 



