TepJirosia.'} L. LEGTJMINOS.E. (J. G. Baker.) 113 



goides, Grah. in Wall Cat. 5649. T. lancesefolia, Link ; DC. /oc. c#. T. indi- 

 gofera, Bert. Misc. xix. 9, t. 5. T. lanceolata, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5636. 

 Indigofera flexuosa, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5173lUieede Hort. Mai i. t. 55.- 



Tropical zone, spread universally from the HIMALAYAS to CEYLON, MALACCA and 

 SIAM, ascending to 4000 ft. in the north-west. DISTKIB. Everywhere in the Tropics. 



A copiously-branched suberect perennial, 1-2 ft. high, with slender firm terete 

 stems. Leaves short-petioled, 3-6 in. long; stipules linear-subulate, ascending or 

 reflexed ; leaflets 1321, narrow oblanceolate, obtuse, green, glabrescent above, 

 glaucous, obscurely silky below. Racemes copious, all leaf-opposed, 3-6 in. long, lax ; 

 lower flowers fascicled ; pedicels -3- in. ; bracts minute. Calyx | in., closely 

 silky ; teeth linear-subulate, as long as the tube. Corolla ^-f in., red, thinly silky. 

 Pod l-2 in. by i in. broad ; style subglabrous, penicillate at the tip. 



VAR. 1. maxima; taller, suberect, stipules lanceolate reflexed, racemes many- 

 flowered elongated, corolla \ in. long, pod glabrescent 2 2^- in. long 10-12- 

 seeded. T. maxima, Pcrs. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 252. W. $ A. Prodr. 213. Galega 

 maxima, Linn. Sp. PL 1063. T. Mitdiellii, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5641. Plains of the 

 Western Peninsula and Ceylon. 



VAR. 2. ptimila ; lower, more diffuse, persistently finely downy, stipules linear- 

 setaceous, leaflets 9-11 smaller more downy, corolla rather smaller, pod 1-1^ in. 

 long finely downy, T. pumila, Pers. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 254. T. timoriensis, DC. Prodr. 

 ii. 254. T. diffnsa. W. <f A. Prodr. 213. Galega diffusa, Roxb. Fl. 2nd. iii. 387. 

 Gv procumbens, Ham. lit Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 547. T. parviflora, Wight in Wall. 

 Cat. 5642. Distribution of the type. 



212 ; herbaceous, stems finely 

 down v, raceme " elongatecl,' pod slightly recurved 8-10-seeded clothed with 

 persistent brownish silky hairs. T. Colutea, Wight. ; Wall Cat. 5647. Galega 

 hirta, Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 546. T. amoena, Hort. Calc. non Pers. 



Plains from the HIMALAYAS to CEYLON and MALACCA. 



Closely allied to T. purpurea, from which it scarcely differs except in the vestiture 

 of the pod. Stipules linear; leaflets 13-19, narrow oblanceolate, ^-1 in. long, 

 truncate or emarginate, glabrescent above, thinly persistently silky below. 'Racemes 

 all lateral, reaching 6-9 in. long ; pedicels -j~- in. Calyx densely silky, - in. ; 

 teeth setaceous, exceeding the tube. Corolla -| 5- in. Pod 1^-2 in. by -fc in. ; style 

 flattened, subglabrous, penicillate at the tip. 



9. T. villosa, Pers. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 251 ; herbaceous, stems finely downy, 

 racemes elongated, pod much recurved 6-8-seeded densely clothed wjth white 

 silky hairs. Wall. Cat. 5645; W. fy A. ProUr. 21'2. <3j alega' villosa,' Linn. ; 

 Roxb. Fl lyd. iii. 385. T. argentea, Pers. ; DC. P/w/r.li.' 252';' W.$ A. Prodr,' 

 212. Qalega argentea, Lamk. Diet. ii. 599. G. Barba-jovis, Burin. Fl Ind. 

 172. 



Plains from the HIMALAYAS to CEYLON. DISTRIB. Mauritius, Trop. Africa. 



Habit of T. purpurea, but stems somewhat firmer and more woody, clothed with 

 short adpressed white hairs. Leaves nearly sessile, 2-3 in. long ; stipules linear, 

 ascending or reflexed; leaflets 13-19, grey-green, glabrescent above, Insistently 

 silky below, narrow oblanceolate, often emarginate. Eacemes half a foot or more 

 long ; lower flowers in distant fascicles, lowest often in the axils of the leaves ; 

 pedicels very short ; bracts setaceous, plumose. Calyx ^-\ in. deep, densely silky ; 

 teeth setaceous, lower exceeding the tube. Corolla pale red, not much exceeding 

 the calyx. Pod 1-1^ in. long, i-| in. broad, densely persistently velvety; style 

 glabrous, flattened, densely .penicillate at the tip. 



VAR. 1. incana ; stems clothed with short spreading pubescence, leaflets rather- 

 broader, pod still more densely silky. T. incana, Grah. in Wall Cat. 5644 ; 

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