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acute. Tj . G. Native of Upper Xlpnul, at Suembu, where it is 

 called Dosi-sma by the Nawaris. Flowers purple. 

 Dosi-sn'it Indigo. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



47 I. GALEGOIDES (D. C. prod. 2. p. 225.) stem erect; leaves 

 pinnate, having 8 or 9 pairs of elliptic, mucronate leaflets, which 

 are beset with minute pubescence on both surfaces ; racemes 

 axillary, one half shorter than the leaves ; legumes erect, straight, 

 linear, acuminated, compressed, rather callous at the sutures on 

 both sides. 10-12-seeded. T; . S. Native of Ceylon. Legume 

 2 inches long and hardly a line broad. 



Galcga-like Indigo. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



48 I. CASSIOIDES (Rottl. ex herb. Balb. D. C. prod. 2. p. 22.5.) 

 stem suflfruticose, erect ; leaves pinnate, having 4 or 5 pairs of 

 elliptic-obovate, retuse, mucronulate leaflets, which are rather 

 pubescent on both surfaces ; racemes length of leaves ; legumes 

 spreading, rather compressed, glabrous, 10-seeded, with the su- 

 ture thick and prominent on both sides. fy . S. Native of 

 India, on the Nelligcry mountains, where it is called Maniligueda. 

 The leaves are nearly like those of a species of Colutea. Le- 

 gume stiff', an inch long. 



Cassia-like Indigo. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



49 I. CYLINDIUCA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 225.) stem suffruticose ; 

 leaves pinnate, having 4 or 5 pairs of obovate, obtuse, or emar- 

 ginate, glabrous leaflets ; racemes longer than the leaves ; le- 

 gumes spreading, straight, cylindrical, 8-10-seeded, glabrous, 

 with the sutures not prominent. J? . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Leaves very like those of Colutea. The legume 

 almost like that of Calophaca, about an inch long, and about 

 2 or 3 lines in diameter. 



Cylindrical-podded Indigo. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



50 I. JU'NCEA (Delaum. herb. amat. t. 227.) stem shrubby, 

 erect, and is as well as the leaves smooth ; petioles elongated, 

 filiform, in the young plants the leaves are furnished with 3 or 

 4 pairs of obovate-oblong leaflets, but at length almost all 

 nearly leafless ; racemes erect, shorter than the petioles ; legumes 

 reflexed. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. I. 

 aphylla, Link. enum. 2. p. 251. I. filif olia, Ker. bot. reg. 104. 

 Lebeckia contaminate, Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 261. but 

 not of Thunb. Spartium contaminatum, Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. 

 vol. 3. p. 10. but not of Lin. Flowers purple. 



Rushy Indigo. Fl. June, July. Clt. ? Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



51 I. AUSTRA'LIS (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1235.) shrubby; branches 

 terete, rather pubescent ; leaves pinnate, having 5-7 pairs of el- 

 liptic-obtuse, glabrous leaflets ; racemes rather shorter than the 

 leaves ; legumes spreading, terete, straight, glabrous, 8-10-seed- 

 ed. ?2 . G. Native of New Holland. Lodd. bot. cab. 149. 

 Ker. bot. reg. 365. Flowers rose-coloured. 



Southern Indigo. Fl. Mar. June. Clt. 1790. Sh. 3 to 4 ft. 



52 I. SYLVA'TICA (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 379.) erect, 

 shrubby ; stem and branches acutely angled ; leaves with 4-7 

 pairs of leaflets ; leaflets nearly equal, elliptic, quite smooth, 

 for the most part emarginate ; racemes shorter than the leaves, 

 or about the same length. F; . G. Native of New Holland. 

 Hook, in bot. mag. 3000. I. angulata, Lindl. bot. reg. 2578. 

 I. speciosa, Fraser, mss. Flowers rose-coloured, inclining to 

 purple. A very shewy plant. 



Wood Indigo. Fl. Mar. June. Clt. 1824. Sh. 3 to 8 feet. 



53 I. NU'DA (G. Don, in Loud. hort. brit. p. 301.) plant almost 

 leafless ; branches terete, mucronate ; racemes axillary ; corolla, 

 calyx, and pedicels purple. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Racemes long, in the axils of the branches. Lebeckia 

 mida, Sims, bot. mag. t. 2214. Flowers purple. 



Naked Indigo. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. Shrub 2 to 3 ft. 



54 I. MACROSTA'CHYA (Vent. malm. t. 44.) shrubby ; branches 

 terete, clothed with adpressed pubescence ; leaves pinnate, hav- 

 ing 8 or 10 pairs of oval-oblong, obtuse, mucronate, pubescent 



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leaflets ; racemes many-flowered, longer than the leaves. Tj . G. 

 Native of China. Flowers rose-coloured, those on the lower 

 part of the raceme soon falling ofF in the gardens. 



Long-spiked Indigo. Fl. June, July. Clt. ? Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



55 I. POLYCA'RPA (Willd. herb, ex Spreng. syst. 3. p. 276.) 

 shrubby, erect ; leaves with 5 pairs of obovate-oblong leaflets, 

 which are rather strigose on both surfaces ; racemes many- 

 flowered, about equal in length to the leaves ; legumes reflexed, 

 tetragonal. Ij . S. Native of South America. 



Many-fruited Indigo. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



56 I. FRUTE'SCENS (Lin. fil. suppl. 334.) stem shrubby, terete, 

 beset with short hairs at the apex, which are fixed by their 

 centre, as well ns the under side of the leaves ; leaves pinnate, 

 with 2 or 4 pairs of obovate-oblong leaflets ; racemes a little 

 longer than the leaves. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Thunb. fl. cap. 598. Flowers red. 



Shrubby Indigo. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1822. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



571. EMARGINA V TA ; shrubby, branched, spreading ; leaves 

 with 3 pairs of obovate-oblong, emarginate leaflets ; flowers in 

 axillary and terminal panicles. Fj . S. Native of Sierra Leone, 

 at the edges of woods. Flowers dark purple. 



En/arginate-\eafietted Indigo. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



58 I. DIVARICA'TA (Jacq. hort. schcenbr. t. 365.) shrubby; 

 branches spreading much, puberulous, sulcated ; leaves pinnate, 

 with 4 or 5 pairs of elliptic-oblong, mucronate leaflets, which are 

 clothed with adpressed pubescence beneath ; racemes shorter 

 than the leaves ; legume spreading, arched upwards, rather 

 tetragonal, and somewhat nodulose, 6-8-seeded. F? . G. Na- 

 tive of? Flowers red. Lower leaves having 2 or 3 pairs of 

 leaflets, the upper with 6 or 7 pairs. 



.Dit'an'ea/e-branched Indigo. Fl. July, Aug. Clt.? Shrub 2 

 to 3 feet. 



59 I. COMPUE'SSA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 248.) shrubby ; branches 

 glabrous, compressed, flat ; leaves pinnate, having 1 or 2 pairs 

 of leaflets ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, rather silky, minute ; 

 racemes slender, longer than the leaves, 5-6-flowered; legume 

 nearly terete, straight, smoothish. T? . S. Native of Mada- 

 gascar. Flowers red. 



Campressed-stemmed Indigo. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



60 I. CINERA'SCENS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 226.) shrubby ; branches 

 terete, slender, velvety at the apex from cinereous, rufescent, 

 very short down ; leaves pinnate, with 2 or 4 pairs of obovate, 

 obtuse leaflets, which are clothed with cinereous pubescence 

 beneath ; racemes much shorter than the leaves, floriferous at 

 the base. F? . S. Native of the Mauritius. 



Greyish Indigo. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



61 I. HU'MILIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 454.) 

 shrubby, procumbent, silvery from silky strigae ; leaves pin- 

 nate, having 2 or 4 pairs of oblong, acutish, stiff" leaflets ; ra- 

 cemes few-flowered, much exceeding the leaves ; legumes re- 

 flexed, rather terete, straight, usually 2-seeded. ^ . S. Native 

 of Peru, on the mountains near Caxamarca. Flowers red. 



Humble Indigo. Shrub procumbent. 



62 I. TEPHROSIOIDES (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 455. t. 580.) 

 shrubby, rather climbing, when young clothed with adpressed, 

 strigose villi ; leaves pinnate, with 6 to 9 pairs of leaflets ; leaf- 

 lets oblong, mucronately awned, clothed beneath with silky 

 and silvery strigae ; racemes on very long peduncles ; legumes 

 reflexed, pendulous, tetragonal, straight. >? . S. Native of 

 Quito, near Cuenca. Flowers red. Ova 10 or 12, but the 

 seeds are only 5 or 6, from abortion. 



Tephrosia-like Indigo. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



63 I. TRUXILLE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) shrubby, much 

 branched ; branches clothed with ferruginous strigse ; leaves 

 pinnate ; leaflets 5 or 6 pairs, oblong, obtuse, mucronate, cu- 

 neated at the base, strigose oh both surfaces, but especially on 



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