244 A FLORA OF MANILA 



oblong to elliptic-oblong, apiculate, 1 to 2 cm Jong, pale and appressed- 

 pubescent beneath. Racemes axillary, solitary, 2 to 3 cm long, it'lowers 

 red, about 5 mm long, corolla long-exserted. Pods numerous, crowded, 

 reflexed, strongly curved, 1 to 1.5 cm long, 6- to 8-seeded, slightly appressed- 

 pubescent with very short hairs. 



In open waste places, San Pedro Macati, etc., fl. most of the year; 

 widely distributed in the Philippines. A native of tropical America, .now 

 found in many other tropical countries. 



3. I. TINCTORIA L. Tayom (Tag.) ; Indigo. 



An erect, slightly pubescent shrub, 1 to 1.5 m high. Leaves 6 to 10 

 cm long; leaflets 9 to 13, obovate-oblong, 1.5 to 2.5 cm long. Racemes 

 rather lax, sessile, 2 to 6 cm long. Flowers reddish or reddish-yelow, 

 small. Pods spreading or reflexed, straight or nearly so, 2 to 8 cm long, 

 8- to 12-seeded. (Fl. Filip. pi. 16S.) 



In thickets and waste places, Pasig, fl. Aug.-Dec. and probably in other 

 months; widely distributed in the Philippines but certainly introduced. 

 Formerly, like ^he preceding species, extensively cultivated for indigo. 

 Tropics generally. 



27. TEPHROSIA Persoon 



Herbs or undershrubs, erect or spreading, with odd-pinnate leaves, 

 the leaflets opposite, usually pubescent. Racemes leaf-opposed. Flowers 

 usually small, numerous. Calyx-tube campanulate, the teeth subequal. 

 Petals clawed; standard suborbicular; keel incurved. Stamens diadel- 

 phous; anthers obtuse. Ovary linear, many-ovuled; style incurved; stigma 

 capitate, often penicillate. Pod linear, flat, 2-valved, many-seeded. (Greek 

 "ash-colored," from the gray pubescence of many species.) 



Species about 100 in the tropics of both hemispheres, 4 in the Philip- 

 pines. 



1. T. dichotoma Desv. Balabalatungan (Tag.). 



An erect or ascending, branched, shrubby or suffrutescent plant 1 m high 

 or less, all parts pubescent. Leaves 5 to 10 cm long, odd-pinnate; leaflets 

 5 to 21, narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, mucron^te, base cuneate, 1 to 2.7 

 cm long, the lower surface pubescent with appressed pale hairs. Racemes 

 short, dense, axillary, many-flowered. Flowers pink-purple, about 7 mm 

 long. Pods many, straight or slightly curved, narrowly oblong, pubescent, 

 2.5 to 3.5 cm long, about 4 mm wide, containing 7 to 12 seeds. (Fl. Filip. 

 pi. 162, T. luzoniensis.) 



In open waste places, occasional, fl. most of the year; widely distributed 

 in Luzon. Endemic. 



29. MILLETTIA Wight & Arnott 



Trees or shrubs, sometimes climbing. Leaves odd-pinnate. Flowers 

 showy, in axillary, simple, often fascicled racemes or in terminal panicles. 

 Calyx campanulate, truncate or with short teeth. Corolla exserted, the 

 petals clawed; standard broad; keel not beaked. Stamens monadelphous 

 or diadelphous. Ovary linear, few-ovuled; style incurved; stigma capitate. 

 Pod linear to oblong, usually flat, few-seeded, indehiscent or tardily so. 

 (In honor of Doctor Millet, an English physician.) 



Species 60 or more in the tropics of the Old World, 6 or more in the 

 Philippines. 



