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LEGUMINOS^E. LXXIX. INDIGOIERA. 



reflexed. Q. S. Native of Senegal, on plains near Richard-Tole. 

 Flowers red. Habit nearly like that of /. psoraleoides, but 

 differs in the leaves being pinnate. 

 Rough Indigo. PI. 1 foot. 



94 1. JAMAICE'NSIS (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 277.) herbaceous ; 

 leaves with 3 pairs of oblong, mucronate leaflets, and are as 

 well as the erect angular branches beset with adpressed 

 bristly hairs ; racemes straight, exceeding the leaves ; legumes 

 reflexed, almost terete. O- S. Native of Jamaica. Flowers 

 red. 



Jamaica Indigo. PI. 1 foot. 



95 I. SPICA'TA (Forsk. descr. 13. Vahl. symb. 1. p. 56.) 

 stem herbaceous, decumbent, villous ; leaves with 4 pairs of 

 obovate villous leaflets, outer ones largest ; stipulas lanceolate- 

 subulate, dry ; spikes longer than the leaves ; legume terete, 

 torulose, pendulous. Native of Arabia Felix. Flowers red. 

 Allied to 1. hirsuta. 



Spicate-Qowered Indigo. PI. decumbent. 



96 I. SCA'BRA (Roth, nov. spec. 359.) the whole plant is 

 scabrous from adpressed strigae : stem erect, tetragonal ; leaves 

 with 4 pairs of oval, mucronate leaflets ; racemes elongated, 

 loose, exceeding the leaves ; legume pendulous, a little arched, 

 strigose, and somewhat tetragonal. O- ? S. Native of the 

 East Indies. 



Scabrous Indigo. PI. 1 foot. 



97 I. MICROCA'RPA (Desv. journ. bot. 1814. 1. p. 79.) stem?; 

 leaves with 4 pairs of leaflets, covered with white hairs; racemes 

 shorter than the leaves ; legume very short, white, 2-seeded. 

 Native of Brazil. 



Small-fruited Indigo. PI. ? 



4. Eraclnjjiodae (from /3pa-%vc, brachys, short, and -rrovg 

 Trofoc, pous podos, a foot ; in reference to the petioles being very 

 short). D. C. prod. 2. p. 229. Leaves impari-pinnalc ; leaflets 

 approximate. Petioles very short. 



98 I. FRA* GRANS (Retz, obs. 4. p. 29.) stems terete, rather 

 pilose ; leaves with 1 or 2 pairs of leaflets ; leaflets ovate, ter- 

 minal one obovate and larger ; racemes longer than the leaves, 

 3-5-flowered ; legume linear, tetragonal. Tj . S. Native of the 

 East Indies. Pluk. phyt. t. 166. f. 1. Flowers red. 



Fragrant Indigo. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. PI. 1 foot. 



99 I. PUSI'LLA (Lam. diet. 2. p. 248.) stems terete, beset with 

 a few adpressed strigje ; leaflets 3 or 4, alternate, oval, clothed 

 beneath with white hairs, terminal one oblong and longer ; 

 racemes a little longer than the leaves, few-flowered ; legume 

 deflexed, linear, rather terete, 4-6-seeded, hardly puberulous. 

 O- ? S. Native of Madagascar and the Island of Bourbon. I. 

 tenella, Vahl. mss. Flowers red. 



Small Indigo. PI. prostrate ? 



100 I . GLA'BRA (Lin. spec. 1062.) stem herbaceous, smoothish ; 

 leaves with 1 or 2 pairs of obovate leaflets, which are smooth 

 above and pubescent beneath ; racemes few-flowered, length of 

 leaves; legumes horizontal, glabrous, terete, acute. O. H. 

 Native of the East Indies. Pluk. aim. t. 166. f. 1. Branches 

 with a few long hairs. Stipulas setaceous. Flowers red. 



Glabrous Indigo. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 1 ft. ? or pr. 



101 I. ENNEAPHY'LLA (Lin. rnant. 272.) stem herbaceous, 

 procumbent, pubescent ; branches compressed ; leaves with 3-5 

 pairs of obovate-oblong, approximate leaflets ; racemes sessile, 

 length of leaves ; legume straight, somewhat tetragonal, 2- 

 seeded. O- S. Native of the East Indies. Hedysarum pros- 

 tratum, Burm. ind. t. 55. f. 1. Pluk. aim. t. 166. f. 2. Sti- 

 pulas membranous, dilated at the base, acuminated at the apex. 

 Corolla dark purple. 



Nine-leofletted Indigo. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1776. PL pr. 



102 I. TENTAPHY'LLA (Lin. syst. veg. 564.) stems herbaceous, 

 depressed ; leaves with 2 pairs of oval leaflets : peduncles 2- 

 flowered. Q. S. Native of? Very like the preceding species. 

 Flowers red. 



Five-kqfletted Indigo. PI. prostrate. 



103 I. SEMITRI'JUGA (Forsk. descr. 137. Vahl. symb. 1. 

 p. 56.) stem suffruticose, prostrate ; branches terete, clothed 

 with hoary villi ; leaves with 2 pairs of obcordate, mucronate 

 leaflets ; racemes longer than the leaves ; legumes pendulous, 

 oblong, torulose, 2-seeded. >j. S. Native of Arabia and 

 eastern Asia. Mart. acad. mon. 6. p. 189. The whole plant 

 is very villous. Flowers red. Perhaps only a variety of /. 

 enneaplujlla. 



I nr. -p ; legumes 4-seeded. fj . G. Native of Persia. I. 

 argentea, Burm. fl. ind. 171. but not of Lin. Coronilla Persica 

 argentea, Garcin. in herb. Burm. 



Half-three-paired-\eafietlc& Indigo. Shrub prostrate. 



104 I. PU'LCHRA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1239.) stems fruticose ; 

 branches terete, 'hairy ; leaves with 1 to 3 pairs of oblong, acute, 

 villous leaflets, those on the branches are sometimes simple ; 

 racemes ovate, villous, with rufous hairs, length of leaves, ter- 

 minal, somewhat capitate ; legume oblong, hairy, 2-3-seeded. 

 Tj . S. Native of Guinea. I. ferruginea, Thonn. in herb. Puer. 

 I. rufescens, Poir. suppl. 3. p. 148. Flowers rod. 



Fair Indigo. Shrub 1 foot. 



105 I. MINIA'TA (Ort. dec. 98.) stems herbaceous, procum- 

 bent, and are as well as the leaves clothed with adpressed silky 

 pubescence ; leaves with 2-3 pairs of oblong-linear leaflets ; 

 racemes pedunculate, longer than the leaves ; legumes linear, 

 tetragonal, 4-seeded. O- S. Native of Cuba. Flowers ver- 

 milion-coloured. 



termilion-fiowered Indigo. PI. procumbent. 



106 I. CYTISOIDES (Thunb. prod. 133.) stem shrubby, erect; 

 branches angular, and are as well as the leaves clothed with 

 fine adpressed pubescence ; leaves with 2 or 3 pairs of oblong, 

 mucronate leaflets ; racemes twice the length of the leaves ; 

 legumes, somewhat cylindrical, and somewhat torulose. Jj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Jacq. hort. schccnbr. 

 t. 235. Curt. bot. mag. 742. I. mucronata, Lam. diet. 3. p. 

 247. Psoralea cytisoides, Lin. spec. 1076. Pluk. phyt. t. 185. 

 f. 5. Racemes sometimes terminal from the abortive branches. 

 Bracteas ovate, mucronate, large, deciduous. Flowers rose- 

 coloured. Calyx hoary. 



Cytisus-like "indigo. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1774. Sh. 3 to 5 ft. 



107 I. LoioloES (Lam. diet. 3. p. 247.) stem shrubby, erect; 

 branches terete, clothed with hoary pubescence ; leaves with 2 

 pairs of lanceolate, velvety leaflets ; racemes longer than the 

 leaves ; calyx short ; legume linear, a little arched, velvety, 

 rather torulose. fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Comm. hort. 2. t. 84. Flowers red. Very like the preceding 

 species. 



Lotus-like Indigo. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1800. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



108 I. KIGRICANS (Vahl. in herb. Juss. Pers. ench. no. 46.) 

 stem much branched, twiggy ; leaves with 2 pairs of linear- 

 cuneated leaflets ; flowers panicled ; legume short, strigose. 

 Q.I S. Native of Guinea. Allied to /. pulchra, but differs 

 in the pedicels rising from the axils of the superior leaves, 

 solitary, 1 -flowered, and therefore constituting a racemose pa- 

 nicle. Stems, pedicels, petioles, and under surface of leaves beset 

 with white strigae. Legume oval, 2-3-seeded, clothed with 

 brown villi. Flowers purple. 



Blackish Indigo. PI. 1 foot. 



109 I. CAPILLA V RIS (Thunb. prod. 133. fl. cap. 599.) stem 

 suffruticose ; branches slender, terete, glabrous ; leaves with 2 

 or 3 pairs of filiform, acute, glabrous, approximate leaflets ; 

 racemes pedunculate, much longer than the leaves. fy . G. 



