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racemes 2-6 in. long. Bracts minute. Calyx-teeth much longer 
than the tube, bristle-like, fringed. Pod hairy, about j in. 
Throughout India, ascending to 4000 ft.; June-January. — Nearly all 
tropical regions. 
4. Indigofera Gerardiana, Wall . ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 100, including 
var. hetemntha. A silvery pubescent or tomentose shrub. Leaves 
1J-3 in. ; leaflets 7-23, opposite, ovate or oblong-ovate, £-f in., 
both surfaces hairy. Eacemes 2-4 in. Bracts minute. Blowers 
J-J in. long, pale red or purple. Calyx-teeth triangular, not longer 
than the tube. Pod pubescent, 1-2 in. (Pig. 36.) 
Simla, common ; May-July. — Temperate Himalaya, 5000-8000 ft. 
5. Indigofera. atropurpurea, Buch.-Ham. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 101. 
A tall, nearly glabrous shrub ; branches erect. Leaves 6-12 in. ; 
leaflets 11-17, opposite, ovate-oblong, 1-1^ in., both surfaces 
thinly pubescent. Eacemes 6-12 in. Bracts lanceolate, gradually 
narrowed to the point. Flowers very dark purple-red, J— J- in. long. 
Pod glabrous, 1-1J in. 
Sutlej valley, near Bampore ; June, July. — Temperate Himalaya, 4000- 
9000 ft.— China. 
