1897.] G. King — Maferiahfor a Flora of the Malayan Pmiimda. 81 
X. Inpioofbra fiiRStJTA Linn. Sp. Pi. 751. An animal or bien- 
nial siiberect herb 1-3 or 4 feet liigh j etem densely covered with 
Boft short .spreading- grey or brown pubescence. Leaves 2-5 in. long^ 
short-petioled ; leaflets termiual and in 2-5 opposite paira, obovate 1-2 
in. long, membranous grejisli- green above, glftwcous beneath, densely 
coaled with adpressed hairs ; stipulea setaceotis, plnmoBe. Eacemes 2-6 
in. long, sliort-peduncled, very dense-fid. Oalyx densely pubeBcent, 
■15 in. long ; teeth setaceous plumose ; tube very short. Corolla *2 in. 
long, little exserfced^ purple or red. Fod 'S— '7 in long, straight, densely 
covered with spreading grey pnbescence, 6-S seeded. DC. Prodr. IL 228 ; 
Roxb. Flor. Ind. Ill, 376 ; Jacq. Ic. I, 569 ; Wall. Cat. 5450 ; Hook. Comp. 
Bot. Mfjg. t. 24 ; W. & A, Prodr. 1, 204 ; Miq. Flor. Itid. Bat. I. 304 j Bak. 
in Flor. Brit. Ind, II, 98. I. fmrnginea Scbura, & Thonn. PL Gnin. 370. 
Pahano ; Ridley! Penanq ; Omtis! MALkiiCk ^ lUdley ! Sisoai'Okk ; 
Eullsti! DiSTRiB. Tropics generally. 
2. ImmaovBUA Anil Linn. Mantisf?. 272. A shrub 4-6 feet high 
with twiggy woody thinly silvery branches. Leaves 2-3 in. long, 
petioles "5-1 in. ; leaflets terminal and in 5-8 opposite pairs, ovate-acnte 
■6-1 in, long, membianous, green ; stipules subulate. Racemes 1-2 in. 
long, dense-fld.^ nearly sessile. Calyx '04 in. silvery, teeth acnte as long 
aa tube. Corolla purple 'J!>-2 in,, distinctly exserted. Pods •4-'6 in. 
long "1 in. thick glabrescent retro-falcate 4-6-seedcd. Miq. Flor. Tnd. 
Bat. I, 307. Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind, 11, 99. /. tinctoria var. Anil Kurz 
Joum. As. Soc, XLV, pt. 2, 269 excl. all syn. 
An damans; Port Blair, not uncommon. A native of America but 
not tincommoii in cultivation and aa an introduced escape or weed in the 
Old World. This is appaa'ontly much coramouer in Indo-Cbina than it 
is in India ; it is frequeutly mistaken for Indigofera coertdea Hoxb. 
which however appears to be exclusively an Indian plant. 
St. iNOiGorEBA tinctoria Linn. Sp. PL 751. A shrub 4-6 feet 
high with twiggy woody thiuly silvery branches. Leaves 1-2 in. long, 
petioles v^-l in. ; leaflets terminal and in 4-6 opposite pairs, obovate- 
oblong, *5-l in. long membranous, green ; stipules subulate. Racemes 
2-4 ii4, long, lax-fld. nearly sessile. Oahjx '04 in,, silvery, teeth acute 
as long as tube. Corolla reddish-yellow -IS-^ in., distinctly exserted. 
Pods •7-1 in. long *1 in thick, glabrescent straight, or slightly I'ecarved 
towards tip, 8-12-seeded. DC, Prodi'. II, 224 ( var. a. only) j Roxb. 
Flor. Ind. Ill, 379 ; Wall, Cat. 5474 ; W. & A. Prodr. 1, 202 ; Wight, Icon, 
t. 365 ; Miq. Flor, Ind, Bat. 1, 306 ; Bak, in Flor. Bi it. lud. II, 99. /. indka 
Lamk, Encya Meth. Ill, 245. I. siwiatratia Giprtu. Fruct. 11,317, t. liS*. 
PenanG; cultivated, CiiJ-hV/ Malacca; Qn^iih! Fahokore; Scorte- 
chini! Pahakg growing near Sultan's tomb/* Ridley! SiJfOAroRE.; 
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