Indigofera.'] L. LEGUMINOS^. (J. G. Baker.) 99 



Plains of SCINDE, Stocks. DISTRIB. Arabia, Egypt, Abyssinia. 



A shrub several feet high, with sulcate woody branches. Leaves 1-2 in. long ; 

 leaflets opposite, subcoriaceous, persistently argenteous,, ^1 in. long ; petiole ^ in. ; 

 stipules minute, setaceous. Eacemes subsessile, 12-20-flowered, shorter than the 

 leaves, ^1 in. long whilst in flower. Calyx ^ in., campanulate, argenteous ; teeth 

 deltoid, cuspidate, as long as tube. Corolla in., reddish-yellow, externally canescent. 

 'Pod f- ^ in. by in., at first argenteous, finally glabrescent, distinctly torulose. 



VAE. ccBrulea; leaves 2-3 in. long, leaflets 7-9 less argenteous than in the 

 type, racemes more elongated 1-2 in. long, pod less decidedly torulose. I. 

 cjerulea, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 377 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 203 ; Wt. Ic. t. 366 ; Dale. Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 59. I. retusa, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5476. I. brachycarpa, Grah. in Wall. 

 Cat. 5470. I. tinctoria, var. brachycarpa, DC. Prodr. ii. 224. Plains of Banda and 

 the Western Peninsula. 



28. 1. tmctoria, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 224 (excl. var. fi) ; shrubby, 

 faintly argenteo-canescent, leaflets 9-13 large obovate-oblono-, pod nearly 

 straight 8-12-seeded not torulose. -Roxb. Fl Ind. iii. 379 : Wall. Cat. 547 4; 

 W. A. Prodr. 202 ; Wt. Ic. t. 365 ; Dais. $ Gibs. Bomb. FL 59 ;. Brand. 

 For. FL 135. I. indica, Lamk. Diet. iii. 245. I. suuiatrana, Gaertn. Fruct. 

 ii. 317, t. 148ltheede Hart. Mai. i. t. 54. 



The universally cultivated indigo. Whether it be truly wild is doubtful. 



A shrub 4-6 ft. high, with twiggy woody thinly silvery Branches. Leaves 1-2 in. 

 long ; leaflets opposite, membranous, turning blackish wMl dried ; petiole i-1 in. 

 Eacemes lax, nearly sessile, 2-4 in. long. Calyx ^ in., silverjfcteeth as long as the 

 tube. Corolla ^- in., reddish-yellow. Pod f-1 in. long, inL thick, glabfcescent, 

 scarcely at all recurved. 2. Anil, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 225, also commonly culti- 

 vated, a native of America, differs by its short congested racemes and pod turned 

 .back like a sickle. /. flaccid a var. consiricta, Thwaites Enum. 411,^rom Ceylon, 

 is probably a distinct species, but the flowers are unknown. It has the habit and 

 leaves of /. tinctoria, with a slender tetraquetrous subtorulose 4-6-seeded pod 



29. I. Wigrhtii, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5458 ; shrubby, denself 

 canescent, leaflets 11-21 small oblanceolate, pod linear straight 8-12-5 

 not torulose. W. $ A. Prodr. 202 ; Dak. $ Gibs. Bomb. FL 59. I. 



Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5485. I. polyphylla, Rattier MSS. non Heyne nee DC. 

 I. inamosna, Thwaites Enum. 83. 



Plains of the WESTERN PENINSULA and CEYLON. 



A low shrub, with numerous erecto-patent silvery woody branches. Leaves 

 short-petioled, 1^-2 in. long ; leaflets opposite, rigidly subcoriaceous, persistently 

 silvery, obtuse, ^\ in. long. Racemes sessile, dense, 114 in. long. Calyx ~ in., 

 silvery; teeth linear, as long as the tube. Corolla yellowish -red, - in. long, 

 externally canescent. Pod turgid, straight, finely canescent, 1-1 1 in. long. 



* Leaflets many, opposite (except I. Dqsua) ; flowers large for the genus. 



30. X. cylindracea, Wall. Cat. 5482 ; shrubby, branches glabrous, 

 leaflets small oblong obscurely hispid, stipellse and bracts minute, pedicels 

 elongated. 



NIPAL, Wallich. 



An erect shrubby perennial, with slender woody erecto-patent branches. Leaves 

 short-petioled, l|-2 in. long ; leaflets membranous, opposite, obtuse, green above, pale 

 below, f- in. long, both sides with a few short adpressed hairs. Eacemes very lax, 



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