Indigofer a .] xlvii. leguminos^. 581 
(2) I. tinctoria Linn. Sp. Pl. 751; Baker , l.c. ii. 99; Prain, 
l.c. 81. 
A shrub 2 to 4 ft. tall. Branches slender erect. Leaves 1 
to 2 in. long; petioles *5 to 1 in. long; leaflets thin, membranous, 
4 pairs, obovate-oblong, -5 to 1 in. long, *2 to '3 in. wide, glabrous 
above, silky appressed beneath. Racemes 2 to 4 in. long, lax, 
■sub-sessile. Flowers numerous, very small. Calyx -04 in. long' 
teeth acute. Corolla *15 to '2 in. long, reddish yellow exsert. 
Pod 7 to 1 in. long, cylindric, straight, slender, *i in. thick. Hob. 
An occasional escape from cultivation. Singapore. Malacca 
(Griffith), Pahang near the Sultans’ tombs. Pekan. Bindings, 
Pangkor (Scortechini). Distrib. Asia, origin doubtful. Native 
names: Nila; Tarum. The indigo plant. 
The indigo cultivated by the Chinese extensively from cuttings is, I 
believe, I. Anil, Linn. It has short falcate fruit. I have only seen very poor 
fruit of it, as it is always cut before fruiting. It is a more woody plant than 
I. tinctoria, and is a native of South America. 
(3) I. Finlaysoniana Grab, in Wall. Cat. No. 5288. I. gale- 
goides Prain, Jo urn. Beng. l.c. 82, not of DeCandolle. 
A tall shrub rising to 8 ft. Branches at first pubescent, then 
glabrous. Leaves 8 to 12 in. long; petioles -5 to 2 in. long; leaflets 
6 to 12 pairs, oblong blunt, *5 in. long, -3 in. wide or bigger, mem¬ 
branous, green above, glabrescent beneath and appressed hairy. 
Racemes 2 to 3 in. long, dense-flowered. Calyx -04 in. long, hoary; 
teeth deltoid short. Corolla pink or pale red, -4 to -5 in. long. 
Pods glabrous cylindric, straight beaked, erect fastigiate, 2*5 to 
3 in. long. Seeds 15 to 18. Hob. Sporadic, but apparently wild. 
It is not cultivated as Prain suggests. Malacca (Griffith). Pulau 
Tiuman (Burkill). Perak, Bukit Bungarang (Kunstler). Lankawi 
(Curtis). Distrib. Indo-Malaya. 
20 . TEPHROSIA, Pers. 
Herbs or shrubs. Leaves compound odd-pinnate; leaflets 
opposite. Flowers in terminal racemes. Calyx campanulate ; 
teeth distinct, sub-equal. Corolla exsert ; petals clawed. Standard 
sub-orbicular; keel incurved not beaked. Stamens diadelphous. 
Ovary sessile, linear; style incurved. Stigma penicillate. Pod 
linear flat, many-seeded, 2-valved. Species 100, tropics generally. 
Pods brown hairy . . . . . . . (1) T. subamcena 
Pods glabrescent . . . . . . (2) T. purpurea 
(1) T, subamcena Prain, l.c. 86. T. Hookeriana var. amcena 
Prain, l.c. 85. 
A branched bushy herb slightly downy, about 2 ft. tall. 
Leaves 4 to 8 in. long; leaflets 6 to 9 pairs, narrow oblanceolate 
truncate, glabrous above, thinly silky beneath, 1 in. long, *2 in. 
wide. Stipules setaceous. Racemes lateral 6 to 14 in. long. 
