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', 17*. T. repens, i. Creeping, perennial, glabrous j leaflets obovate, dentate: stipules:^ 

 subulate above ; peduncles axillary : flowers umbellate, bracteolate, v^ite, at length reflexed ; 

 calyx-teeth lanceolate; superior as long as the tube ; legume 4-seeded. — Hab. Naturalized in 

 mountain-pastures, Jamaica {Macf), [introduced from Europe]. 



18*. T. filiforme, £., Wahlenh. Annual; leaflets obovate, em arginate, serrulate, the 

 middle petiohilate ; stipules semiovate; peduncles axillary : flowers shortly pedicelled, 15-3, 

 bracteolate, yellow ; standard smooth, oblong, tapering into the claw ; legume ovoid, 1-seeded, 

 stipitate, shortly mucronate. — T. procumbens. Soy. Willem. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica!, 

 Wils., common in the mountains at 4000', [introduced from Europe]. 



SuBTEiBE 3. GALEGE^. Stamens diadelpTious {rarely monadeJfhoui). legume 

 mostly bivahed, — Leaves pinnate (1-foliolate), 



4. INDIGOFERA, L. 



Calyx 5-fid. Standard roundish ; keel vpith a subulate spur on each side. Stamens dia- 

 delphous : anthers apiculate. Legume bivalved : seeds usually truncate, separated by 

 spurious dissepiments. — Herbs or shrubs ; haii's often attached by their middle ; leaves 

 impari-pinnate {-i-foliolate) ; flowers in axillary racemes, variegated-purplish. 



19. I. subulata, V. SviSrnteaceBi, sparingly pubescent with oppressed hairs ; leaflets 

 2(-3-l)-jugal, opposite, oval, mucronate : stipules long, setaceous ; racemes pedmtcled, ex- ( 

 ceeding the leaves ; flowers distant ; calyx-lobes long, subulate ; legume tetragonal, elon- ' 

 gated, linear, pointed, many-seeded, reflexed. — Wight Ic.2. t. 387. — 1. scabra, Bth. I. mu- 

 cronata, Spreng., Ma<f. J 1. flaccida, Hoxb. I I. lespedezoides, Sook. Am. ! {non Kth.). — 

 Branches trailing; leaflets pale beneath, 12"'-8"' long ; flowers 2"'-3"', legume 2"-l" 

 long.— Hab. Jamaica !, Ma^., March, common i;i mountain-thickets ; [Mexico I to Vene- 

 zuela ! ; East Indies !]. 



20*. Z. hirsuta, L. Annual ; stem covered with soft, spreading hairs ; leaflets 2-5- 

 jugal, opposite, obovate-oblong, sericeous-pubescent chiefly beneath : stipules long, seta- 

 ceous ; racemes peduncled, usually exceeding the leaves ; calyx-lobes subulate, about as long 

 as the corolla; legume tetragonal, linear, mucronate, 4-6-seeded. — ^Hab. Naturalized in 

 S. Vincent!, Guild.; [East Indies! to China!, trop. Australia I, trop. Africa ! to Natal!]. 



21. I. viscosa. Lam. Annual, sufirutescent ; branches, petioles, and legumes glu- 

 tinous with stipitate glands ; leaflets 4-8-jugal, elliptical-oblong, pubescent with appressed 

 hairs chiefly beneath: stipules long, setaceous; racemes peduncled, few-flowered ; calyx- 

 lobes subulate; legume cylindrical, linear, 12-6-seeded. — Wight Ic. 2. t. 704. I. in- 

 quinans, W. — ^Legumes distant, straight, 10"'-12"'-long. — Hab. Antigua!, Wullschl, ; 

 [Haiti ; trop. Africa!, East Indies]. 



22*. I. tinctoria, L. Suffi-utescent, slightly pubescent ; leaflets 6-4-jugal, opposite, 

 oval, or obovate-oblong : stipules subulate ; racemes sessile ; calyx-lobes triangular ; legume 

 linear, subcompressed-cylindrical, slightly torulose, somewhat thickened along the lines of 

 dehiscence, many-seeded, deflexed-spreading, straightish or incurved. — SI. t. 179. /. 2. 

 Dese. n. 1. t. 17.— I. tinctoria, a, BO. {non j8).— Legume 16"'-14"' long, 1'" broad.— 

 JIab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, Macf, Al., March ; [East Indies ! to China ! ; tropical 

 Africa! to Natal!]. 



23. I. Anil, L. Suflrutescent, whitish-perberulous on the branches and under side of 

 leaflets; leaflets 3-7 -jugal, opposite, spathulate-oblong : stipules subulate; racemes sessile; 

 caly^-lobes triangular ; legume oblong-linear, cylindrical, not torulose, much thickened along 

 the dorsal line, 6-3-seeded, arcuate-infiexed. — SI. t. 176./. 3. Vuss. Fl. 2. t. 9. — I. Anil, 

 a, $,DG.{nony). I. tinctoria, ^,1)0. — Legume 6"'-5"' long, li"'broad. — Hab. Jamaica!, 

 all coU., very common ; Caribbean Islands !, Trinidad ! ; [South Carolina ! to Brazil 1 ; natu- 

 ralized in tropical Africa !, East Indies !, China !]. 



5. TEPHKOSIA, Fers. 



Calyx 5-fld. Standard roundish : wings transversely rugnlose, usually adhering to the 

 obtuse keel. VexiUar stamen adhering to the column above its base (or £stiuct). Legume 



