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LEGUMINOS^E. LXXIX. INDIGOIERA. 



the under ; racemes many-flowered, nearly sessile, shorter than 

 the leaves ; legumes reflexed, nearly terete, rather falcate, 4-6- 

 seeded. I? . S. Native on the shores of Pern, near Trnxillo. 

 Flowers rose-coloured. 



Truxtllo Indigo. Shrub feet. 



Cl I. i.ESPEDE/iomEs (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) shrubby ; leaves 

 pinnate ; leaflets 3 pairs, cuneate-lanceolate, rounded at the 

 apex and mucronate, acute at the base, beset with strigae on 

 both surfaces as well as the branches, glauceseent beneath ; ra- 

 cemes many-flowered, on short peduncles, exceeding the leaves ; 

 legumes reflexed, rather compressed, straight, usually 8-seeded. 

 Jj . G. Native of Mexico, on Mount Jorullo. Flowers red. 

 Lespedcza-like Indigo. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



65 I. AUBORE'SCENS (Zucc. obs. 1. no. 81.) steins shrubby ; 

 rough from papulae : branches terete, scabrous from adpressed 

 bristles; h-aves pinnate, with 4 to 8 pairs of oblong, mucronate 

 leaflets, which are also beset with adpressed bristles beneath ; 

 racemes almost terminal, twice the length of the leaves : legumes 

 spreading, terete, linear, glabrous. fj . S. Native of? 



Arborescent Indigo. Shrub. 



66 I. SECUNDIFLORA (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 148.) shrubby; 

 branches terete, and are as well as the leaves beset with clammy 

 pili ; leaves pinnate, with 2 or 3 pairs of almost lanceolate 

 leaflets ; racemes shorter than the leaves ; flowers secnnd ; 

 calyx very pilose; legume almost cylindrical, mucronate, hairy, 

 f? . S. Native of Guinea. I. glutinosa, Vahl. in herb. Desf. 

 Flowers red. 



Secund-jlomered Indigo. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



67 I. BERTERIA'NA (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 277.) shrubby, de- 

 cumbent ; leaves with usually 4 pairs of oblong-spatulate leaflets, 

 which are clothed with white silky pubescence beneath ; pedun- 

 cles axillary, usually 1 -flowered; legumes linear, straight. Tj . S. 

 Native of Guadaloupe. Flowers red. 



Berteru's Indigo. Shrub decumbent. 



68 I. MUCRONA'TA (Spreng. in herb. Balb. D. C. prod. 2. p. 

 227.) stem terete, suffrutcscent at the base ; petioles and leaves 

 clothed with adpressed strigse on both surfaces ; leaves pinnate, 

 with 2 pairs of mucronate, ovate leaflets, which are pale be- 

 neath ; racemes pedunculate, longer than the leaves ; legumes 

 reflexed, straight, a little tetragonal, mucronate, clothed with 

 strigose pubescence, many-seeded. fy . S. Native of Jamaica. 



Mucronate -leafietted Indigo. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



* * Petioles elongated. Stem herbaceous. 



69 I. INQUI'NANS (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1236.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, and is as well as the terete branches hispid from clammy 

 pili ; leaflets 4-5 pairs, elliptic-oblong, clothed with adpressed 

 white pili beneath ; racemes shorter than the leaves ; legumes 

 spreading, straight, terete, rather pilose, 8-10-seeded. 0. S. 

 Native o? St. Domingo. Flowers red. This plant is cultivated 

 for Indigo in St. Domingo. 



Dyeing Indigo. PI. 1 foot. 



70 I. LATERI'TIA (Willcl. spec. 3. p. 1233.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, pilose, clammy; leaves with 1 or 2 pairs of obovate, villous 

 leaflets ; racemes usually about equal in length to the leaves ; 

 legumes tetragonal, hairy, straight, 8-10-seeded. O- S. Na- 

 tive of Guinea, particularly in the island of St. Thomas. I. 

 hirsuta, Jacq. icon. rar. t. 359. coll. 2. p. 359. but not of Lin. 

 Flowers red. 



Brick-coloured-lwired Indigo. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1806. PI 1 ft. 



71 I. VISCOSA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 247.) stem herbaceous, erect, 

 and is as well as the terete branches, rather hispid from clammy 

 pili ; leaves with 6 pairs of oblong-elliptic leaflets, which are 

 clothed with adpressed bristles beneath ; racemes shorter than 

 the leaves ; legumes spreading, straight, somewhat compressed, 



rather pilose, 8-10-seeded. O- S. Native of the East Indies. 



1. graveolens, Wendl. serf. ban. t. 12. Flowers red. This 

 species is very like /. latcril'nt. 



1'ar. ft; stem rather diffuse. 0. S. Native of the island 

 of Timor. 



Clammy Indigo. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1806. PI. 1 foot. 



72 I. GLUTINOSA (Perr. in litt. but not of Vahl. D. C. prod. 



2. p. 227.) stem almost herbaceous, much branched ; branches 

 terete, beset with glutinous hairs ; leaves with .'i pairs of elliptic- 

 obovate leaflets, which are clothed with adpressed bristles be- 

 neath ; racemes a little longer than the leaves ; flowers distant ; 

 legumes straight, nearly terete, erect, clothed with clammy hairs, 

 8-10-seeded. . S. Native of Guinea, particularly in Senegal. 

 Flowers red. 



Glutinous-bailed Indigo. PI. 1 foot. 



73 I. DENDROIDES (Jacq. icon. rar. 3. t. 571. coll. 2. p. 357.) 

 stem herbaceous, erect, and is as well as the terete branches 

 smoothish ; leaves with 6-15 pairs of oblong leaflets, which 

 are clothed on both surfaces with very minute adpressed pubes- 

 cence ; racemes slender, a little longer than the leaves ; legume 

 erect, terete, straight, mucronate, smoothish, 8-1 2-seeded. O-S. 

 Native of Guinea. Flowers rose-coloured. 



Tree-like Indigo. PI. 1 foot. 



74 I. POLYPHY'LLA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 227.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, scabrous from strigse ; leaves with 12-16 pairs of 

 elliptic leaflets, which are scabrous on the upper surface, and 

 clothed with white tomentum on the under ; racemes length of 

 leaves; legumes pendulous, straight. G. Native of Nipaul. 

 Habit almost of a species of Diilea. Racemes and branches 

 clothed with rufous villi. Stamens diadelphous. Ovary linear, 

 compressed, almost tetragonal, acuminated by the style. 



Many-leaflettcd Indigo. PI. 1 foot. 



75 I. HETERO'TRICHA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 227.) stem almost 

 herbaceous, terete ; branches and peduncles hispid from long, 

 stiff, bristly hairs, which are hooked at their apexes ; leaves with 

 4-6 pairs of elliptic or obovate, mucronate leaflets, which are 

 beset with adpressed strigae beneath ; racemes much longer 

 than the leaves, pedunculate ; legumes reflexed, terete, mucro- 

 nate, bearing adpressed strigae and bristly hairs. Tj . ? G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Burch, cat. geogr. no. 2635. 

 Flowers red ? A very distinct species. 



Portable-haired Indigo. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



76 I. DOMINGE'NSIS (Spreng. in herb. Balb. D. C. prod. 1. c.) 

 stems somewhat herbaceous ; branches rather villous, and rather 

 compressed at the apex ; leaves with 4 pairs of obovate leaflets, 

 which are dotted beneath and covered with adpressed pubes- 

 cence on both surfaces ; racemes longer than the leaves, crowded 

 with flowers ; legumes pendulous, terete, rather torulose, and 

 rather villous, 3-4-seeded. O-? S. Native of St. Domingo. 

 Allied to the following and /. enneaphylla. Flowers rose-co- 

 loured. 



St. Domingo Indigo. PL 1 foot. 



77 I. OLIGOSPE'RMA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 228.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect ; branches angular at the apex and pubescent ; leaves with 

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

 vered with adpressed bristly hairs on both surfaces ; racemes 

 length of leaves ; legumes terete, villous, and bristly, 2-3- 

 seeded, spreadingly-reflexed. O- S. Native of Senegal. It 

 differs from 7. dtsperma in the leaves not being glabrous, in the 

 legumes being more slender and not torulose, and in being much 

 more villous. Flowers red. 



Few-seeded Indigo. PI. 1 foot. 



78 I. DISPE'RMA (Lin. syst. nat. 3. p. 232.) stem herbaceous ? 

 branches terete ; leaves with 4-6 pairs of elliptic-oblong, 

 glabrous leaflets; racemes slender, longer than the leaves ; 

 legumes terete, rather torulose, mucronate, 2-seeded, scabrous 



