Part 3, 1923] FABACEAE: INDIGOFEREAE Hi 



3. Indigofera parviflora Heyne; Wight & Arn. Prodr. 

 Fl. Ind. 201. 1834. 



Indigofera deflexa Hochst.; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 178. 1847. 

 Indigastrum deflexum Jaub. & Spach, Illnst. PI. Orient, pi. 492. 1857. 



An annual; stem 3-10 dm. high, branched, strigose; stipules subulate, 2 mm. long; leaves 

 ascending, 3-4 cm. long; leaflets 7-9, linear or narrowly oblanceolate, opposite, 1-2 cm. long, 

 strigose, acute at both ends; racemes very short and dense, rather few-flowered; calyx 3 mm. 

 long, its teeth subulate, slightly longer than the tube; corolla lilac, 6 mm. long; pod 2.5-4 

 cm. long, 2 mm thick, strigose, slightly upcurved at the a"bruptly acute apex, 15-20-seeded; 

 seeds 1.5 mm. long. 



Typb locality: Mysore. India. 



Distribution: On ballast, Mobile, Alabama; native of the East Indies, northern Australia, 

 Arabia, and Africa. 



Illustration: Jaub. & Spach, Illust. PI. Orient, pi. 492. 



IV. Hendecaphyllae. Annuals or biennials. Leaflets 7-11, green and glabrous above, 

 strigose beneath, often alternate, petiolulate. Calyx-teeth about 3 times as long as the tube. 

 Banner suborbicular; wings with a Broad acute basal auricle; keel-petals obliquely oblanceo- 

 late, obtuse; lateral spurs acute. Pod linear, strigose, slightly 4-angled, gradually tapering 

 at the apex. 



4 Indigofera hendecaphylla Jacq Coll 2: 358. 1788. 



Indigofera endecaphylla Beauv. Fl. Oware 2: 44. 1807. 



An annual or biennial; stem erect to procumbent, 3-10 dm. high, sparingly strigose or 

 subglabrous; stipules lanceolate, acuminate, membranous, 6-8 mm. long, persistent; leaves 

 2.5-6 cm. long, short-petioled, the rachis strigose; leaflets 7-11, oblanceolate or oblong- 

 oblanceolate, 1-2.5 cm. long, obtuse or rounded and mucronate at the apex; racemes dense, 

 3-10 cm. long, many-flowered; corolla 5-6 mm. long, salmon-pink to light-scarlet; pod reflexed, 

 linear, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, 2 mm. thick, 6-S-seeded; seeds 1.5 mm. long, 1 mm. thick. 



Type locality : Guinea. 



Distribution: Guadeloupe, naturalized; native of tropical Africa, Fast Indies, and China. 



Illustrations: Jacq. Ic. PI. Rar. pi. 570; Hot. Reg. 10: pi. 789; Iieauv. Fl. Oware pi. 84. 



V. Microcarpae. ' Low decumbent suffrutieose plants. Leaflets 5-9, conspicuously 

 punctate beneath. Calyx-teeth subulate, twice as long as the tube. Banner obovate, with a 

 short claw; wings linear-oblanceolate, with a small basal auricle; keel-petals oblanceolate, 

 obtuse; lateral spur small, pouch-like. Pod linear, torulose, 2-7-seeded, pubescent with curved, 

 in age spreading hairs. Seeds nearly cubic, with rounded edges. 



5. Indigofera sabulicola Benth. in Mart Fl Bras 15': 40 1859. 



Indigofera domingensis Griseb. Cat. Fl. Cub. 69. 1866. Not /. domingensis Spreng. 1825. 

 Dalea lephrosioides Griseb. Cat. Fl. Cub. 69. 1866. 



A perennial, more or less shrubby herb; stem 3-5 dm. long, procumbent, caneseent- 

 strigose, in age glabrate; stipules subulate, 5 mm. long; leaves 2-3 cm. long, the rachis and peti- 

 oles strigose; leaflets 7-9, cuneate or obovate, founded or retuse at the apex, 8-12 cm. long, can- 

 escent-strigose on both sides; peduncles 1-2 cm. long; spikes short and dense; bracts subulate, 

 shorter than the calyx; calyx 4 mm. long, canescent; corolla purplish or blue, 7 mm. long; 

 pod nearly straight, 8-12 mm. long, nearly 2 mm. thick, somewhat tomentose, 4-7 seeded; 

 seeds about 1 mm. long. 



Typb locality: Brazil. 



DISTRIBUTION: Veracruz and Guerrero; Cuba; also from northern South America to Brazil and 

 Paraguay. 



6. Indigofera domingensis Spreng; DC. Prodr. 2: 227. 1825. 



A perennial herb, suffrutieose at the base; stems decumbent, densely canescent, with short, 

 more or less spreading hairs, 3-5 dm. long; stipules subulate, 3-4 mm. long; leaves 1-2 cm. 

 long, rachis and petiole canescent as the stem; leaflets 7-4, obovate, 3-5 mm. long, canescent, 



