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MB. J. G. BAKER ON THE 



shaped, under an inch long, conspicuously tomlose, naked when 

 mature, black.— 5aro« 889 ! 3965 ! Group of Z tinctoria. 



Ikdigofera ormocarpoides, n. sp. 



Fruticosa, ramulis gracilibus obscure strlgillosis, stipulis lanceolatis 



minutis, foliis membranaceis petiolatis utrinque obscure albo-hispidulis, 



foliolis 5-7 oblongis petiolulatis stipellatis, racemis axillaribus, floriferis 



densis brevibus subsessilibus, fructiferis elongatis, pedicellis calyci ajqui- 



longis, bracteis lanceolatis caducis, calyce parvo piloso dentibus deltoideis, 



petalis pilosis sordide luteis, legumine gracili elongato toruloso 5-6- 

 spermo. 



A shrub, with slender terete branchlets. Leaves 3-4 in. long, 

 including the | in. petiole ; leaflets opposite, 1-2 in. long, mu- 

 cronate, thin in texture, thinly clothed with adpressed white 

 bristles on both surfaces. Tlower-racemes about an inch long, 

 nearly sessile, much shorter than the leaves. Calyx oblique, 

 broadly campanulate, \ lin. in diam. ; teeth minute. Corolla \ in. 

 long. Pod 2 in. long whilst still immature, glabrous, conspi- 

 cuously torulose.— 5aro;i 4607 ! 4734 ! 4822 ! G-roup of 

 I* tinctoria. 



MiJNDr 



Fruticosa, ramulis gracilibus velutinis, stipulis lanceolatis persistentibus, 

 tohis impanpimiatis subcoriaceis facie tenuiter dorso dense sericeis, foliolis 

 / y obovatis vel oblongis petiolulatis, racemis laxis, pedicellis calyci aqui- 

 longis, bracteis caducis, calyce sericeo tubo campanulato dentibus acumi- 

 natis, petahsrubellis sericeis, legumine velutino. 



A shrub, with slender terete woody velvety branchlets. Leaves 

 3-4 m. long, including the |-L in. petiole; upper leaflets l-U 

 in. long ; side ones opposite ; upper subacute ; lower shorter, 

 o bo vate obtuse. Eacemes 2-4 in. long; lower pedicels i in. 

 long. Calyx silky, broadly campanulate, ^ in. long; teeth 

 deltoid-cuspidate; upper as long as the tube, lower longer. 

 Corolla 2 m. long ; standard silky on the outside. Pod linear, 

 not seen fully mature.— ^aro;i 3861 ! 



Leptodesmia coxoesta, BentJi. 



The Madagascar Desmodium lespedezioides, Benth. in Plant. 

 JuDghuhn. p. 223, of which we have specimens from Ellis, Bojer, 

 and Parker, seems to be conspecific with the Indian Leptodesmia 



Hi 



Linn. Soc. Par. p. 432, is a 



