Indigof&ra.'] i. leguminosjb, (J. G. Baker.) 90 



Plains of Scinbb, StooJcs. — Disteib. Arabia, Egypt, Abyssinia, 

 A ehrub several feet high, with sulcata woody branches. Leaves 1-2 in. long ; 

 leaflets opposite, Subooriaoeous, persistently argenteous,, J-1 in. long ; petiole ^ in. ; 

 stipules minute, setaceous. Bacemes subsessile, 12-20-floweTecl, shorter than the 

 leaves, J-1 in. long whilst in flower. Calyx ^ in., campanulate, argenteous ; .teeth 

 deltoid, cuspidate, as long as tube. Corolla ^ in., reddish-yellow, externally canescent. . 

 _ Fod |-J in. by ^ in,, at first argenteous, finally glabreseent, distinctly torulose. 



Vae. cesrulea; leaves 2-3 in. long, leaflets 7-9 lees argenteous than in the 

 type, racemes more elongated 1-2 in. long, pod less decidedly torulose. I. 

 cffiTulea, Soxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 377 ; W. 4- A. Frodr. 203 ; Wt. lo. t. 366 ; Salz. ^ Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 69. I. retusa, Grah. in WaU. Cat. 5476. I. brachycarpa, Grah. in, Wall. 

 Cat. 5470. I. tinetoria, var. breichycarpa, DC. Frodr. ii. 224. Plains of Banda and 

 the Western Peninsula. 



28. I, tinetoria, lArm. ; DC. Frodr. ii. 224 (e.vcl. var. 0) ; shrubby, 

 faintly argenteo-canescent, leaflets 9-13 large o'bovate-oblong, pod nearly 

 straight 8-12-s6eded not torulose. Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 379 : Wall Cat. 5474 ; 

 W. Sf A. Frodr . 202; Wt. Ic. t. 365; Dah. §• Oibs. Bomb. Fl. 59; £rand. 

 For. Fl. 185. I. indica, Lamk^ Diet. iii. 245. I. sumatrana, Gaertn. Fruet. 

 ii. 817, t. 148— JJAeefZe Sm-t. Mai. i. t. 54. 



The universally cultivated indigo. Whether it be truly wild is doubtful. 



A. shrub 4-6 ft. high, with twiggy woody thinly silvery branches. Leaves 1—2 in. 

 long ; leaflets opposite, membranous, turning blackish when dried ; petiole i-1 in. 

 Eaeemes lax, nearly sessile, 2-4 in. long. Calyx ^ in., silvery ; teeth as long as the 

 tube. Corolla ^-^ in., reddish-yellow. Fod |-1 in. long, i in, thick, glabreseent, 

 scarcely at all recurved. — 1. Ami, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 225, also commonly culti- 

 vated, a native of America, differs by its short congested racemes and pod turned 

 back like a sickle. 7. flaccida var. constricta, Thwaites Eniim. -411, from Ceylon, 

 is probably a distinct species, but the flowers are unknown. It has the habit and 

 leaves of /. tinetoria, with a slender tetraquetrous subtoiulose 4-6-s6eded pod. 



29. E. ^tTig-litii, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5458 ; shrubby, densely argenteo- 

 canescent, leaflets 11-21 small oblanceolate, pod linear straight 8-12-3eeded 

 not torulose. W. 8f A. Frodr. 202 ; Dalz. 8r Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 59. I. foliolosa, 

 Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5486. I. polyphyUa, Bottler MSS. non Heyne neo DC. 

 I. inamoena, ThwaiteS' Flnum. 83. 



Plains of the Westbek PENiNsniA and Ceylon. 



A low shrub, with numerous erecto-patent silvery woody branches. Leaver 

 short-petioled, l|-2 in. long; leaflets opposite, rigidly subcoriaceous, persistently 

 silvery, obtuse, ^| in. long. Bacemes sessile, dense, 1-1^ in. long. Calyx ^ in.,, 

 silvery; teeth linear, as long as the tube. Corolla yellowish-red, ^-^ in. long, 

 externally canescent. Fod turgid, straight, fljiely canescent, 1-li in. long. 



*** Beqflets many, oppodte {except I. Dosua) ; Jlowers large for the genus. 



80. X. cylindracea, Wall. Cat. 5482 ; shruTsby, branches glabrous,, 

 leaflets small oblong obscurely hispid, stipeUee and bracts minute, pedicels- 

 elongated. 



NiPAi, WalUoh. . 



An erect shrubby perennial, with slender woody erecto-patent branches. Leaves 

 short-pstioled, 1^-2 in. long ; leaflets membranous, opposite, obtuse, green above, pale 

 below, i-i in. long, both sides with a few short adpressed hairs. Baoemes yesry lax, 



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