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3. I. subulata Poir. Encyc. Suppl. in. 150 (1813); leaflets 

 in 2-3(-l) pairs, elliptical, apex rounded or obtuse, strigose on 

 both sides ; racemes longer than the leaf with long peduncle ; 

 pods straight or only slightly curved, with 10-15 seeds. — BG. 

 Prodr. a. 223 ; Bak. in Hook. f. Fl. Br. hid. ii. 96 ; Griseb. loc. 

 ('it. I. mucronata Spreng. ex BC. torn. cii. 227 ; Macf. Jam. i. 245. 



Broughtonl common, Port Royal and St. Andrews Mts., Macfadyen] 

 Yallahs River, Purdie ! March ; Agualta Vale, Metcalfe ! Kingston, Prior ! 

 also Glutei Gordon Town, Balll Guava Ridge, 2000 ft., Eggersl Hope, 

 Harris ! Golden Spring, 800 ft., TJwmpson ! Constant Spring ; Port Morant ; 

 Hitchcock ! Porus, Lloyd ! Fl. Jam. 6852, 8066. — Tropical and subtropical 

 regions. 



Shrubby, stem and branches white-strigose. Leaflets 2-4 cm. 1., 

 1-1-8 cm. br. ; stipules long, filiform, acuminate, about 6 mm. 1. Racemes 

 1-1-5 dm. 1., sometimes to nearly 3 dm. 1. Calyx 5-partite, 2-5-3 mm. 1. ; 

 segments lanceolate, acuminate, subequal. Corolla : standard roundish- 

 rhomboidal, vermilion-coloured on the inside, pale outside with a green 

 nerve, 4-5 mm. 1., 4 mm. br. ; wings oblong, apex broader, rounded, 

 ciliolate at apex, as long as the standard ; keel as long as the standard, 

 white, upper edge tinged with red, and ciliate. Pod linear-cylindrical, not 

 torulose, thickened especially along the dorsal margin, reflexed, strigillose, 

 2-5-4-5 cm. 1. Seeds 2 mm. 1., linear, 4-angled, with a depression at scar 

 of attachment. 



4. I. lespedeziodes H. B. & K. Nov. Gen. <t- Sp. vi. 457 (1824); 

 leaflets variable in size and number, 1 or 2, or with simple leaves 

 only below and 1 to 4 pairs above, oblong and slightly tapering 

 to the base, apex obtuse, mucronulate or emarginate-retuse, 

 strigose on both sides ; racemes about as long as the leaf or 

 longer, with several flowers; pod straight, with about 10 seeds. 

 —BC. torn. cit. 226 ; Benth. in Fl. Bras. xv. pt. 1, 39 t. 5. 



Liguanea Ridge, St. Andrew, 1000 ft. ; on land recently burnt over, 

 Lititz Savanna, 300-900 ft. ; Harris 1 Fl, Jam. 11,745, 12,204.— Tropical 

 S. America. 



Shrubby, 2-3 ft. high ; young branches slightly angled, slightly strigillose 

 or glabrate. Leaflets, 3-1 cm. 1., 7-5(-2) mm. br. ; stipules lanceolate- 

 setaceous, about 2-5 mm. 1. Calyx 5-fid, tube about 1 mm. 1.; segments 

 triangular-acuminate, 1*3 mm. 1. Corolla reddish, standard roundish, 

 reflexed, about 5 mm. 1. ; wings obliquely oblanceolate, a little shorter 

 than the keel; keel about as long as the standard, with spurs about the 

 middle. Pod linear-cylindrical, not torulose, slightly thickened along each 

 margin, reflexed, strigillose or glabrescent, 2-5-3 cm. 1. 



Various species of Indigofera have been successfully used as cover crops, 

 protecting the soil from wash on sloping ground. 



Macfadyen states (Flor. Jam. i. 244) that I. argentea L. " was formerly 

 a common weed in the Botanic Garden at Bath." We have not seen 

 specimens from Jamaica. 



4. TEPHROSIA Pers. 



Shrubby herbs or shrubs. Leaflets numerous, with parallel 

 oblique nerves, underneath often silky. Flowers in clusters of 

 2-6 arranged in racemes terminal or opposite the leaves, or in 

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