

Indigofera.} l. leguminos^. (J. G. Baker.) 9a 



Throughout India from the Hbiaiayas to Ceylon, common.— Disteib, Abyssinia, 

 Atghamstan, Malay Isles, N. Australia. 



Amual, the whole plant persistently silvery-hoary. Stems slender, copiously- 

 branched^ both at the base and upwards, J-1 ft. Leaves simple, subsessile, ^1 in. 

 long, typically linear, acute, but varying (var. Camphcllii, Wight) to obovate, obtuse- 

 ^thamucro; stipides minute, setaceous. Flowers 6-12 in copious dense subsessile- 

 racemes. Calyx l^ in., silvery ; teeth long, linear-setaceous. Corolla bright red, 2-3 

 times the calyx. Pod hard, mucronate, silvery, under y\ in. thick. 





Benth. Ovary with at least 2 ovules, usually 

 unarmed, turo-id. 



Group I. SimpUcifolice. Leaves simple (in Sp. G casually 3-folioliate.) 



3. X. cordifolia, IIeyne\ DC, Trodr. ii. ^2'2\ herbaceoiis, loosely pubes- 

 cent, leaves subsessile cordate-ovate, flowers in dense sessile heads, pod oblong 

 ^^ded. W. <§• A. Prodr, 199 ; Dalz. ^* Gibs. Bomh. Fl 68. Ileylandia ^ cor- 

 fl^oha^^ <?raA. in Wall. Cat 6343. 



Plains throughout India proper, ascending to 4000 ft. in the Chenab valley. 

 i^WTRiB. Afghanjstan, Beloochistan, Nubia. Malay Isles, K Australia, 



A. copiously branched diffuse anmial with stems ^-J ft. long. Leaves subobtuse with 



mucro^ flexuous, ^-| in, long, obscurely downy above, densely below ; stipules setace- 



ons, minute. Heads copious, 4-8-flowered. Calyx ^ in. densely downy ; teeth long^ 



1- ^^^^' Cbro?fo bright red, not exsorted. P-9^ under ^in, long, pubescent, casually 



4' Z- triquetra, Dalz. in Hook. Ketc Jouim. ii. 36; herbaceous, thinly 

 ^enteq-canescent, leaves subsessile oblong, flowers 6-12 in small pedimcled 

 '^nies, pod linear.4-6-seeded. Dalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Flora, 58. 



Rains of Concan, Dahell, Stocis. 

 ^.y ^^2^^> greenish in shade, obscurely silvery in exposure. 

 ro\rw?^' ^ ^•^' ^^ ^^^^ ^^^Sy slender, acutely triquetrous. Leaves firm, ^-| in. long, nar- 



ea or slightly rounded at both ends ; stipules setaceous, persistent. Bacemcs short- 

 i*^»iQcIe(l, finally an inch long. Calyx ^ in., canescent ; teeth long, setaceous. Corolla 

 jn., bright red, Pod ^\ in. long', turgid, glabrous, the flattened sutures margined 

 7 acute keels. ' ■ -■■■-' 



ful ^' *l ^^^^^eura, Kurz in Joiirn. Asiat. Soc. Bong, 42, 2, 229 ; shrubby^ 

 /^vo-pubenilous, leaves small petioled elliptical witli veins beneath much raised, 

 ^emesshort close, pods unknown. 



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■^ erect branched shrub. Leaves ^-h in., rounded to both ends,' inucrbnulate, char- 



Harl "^' ^^'^^^^'s above, glaiicescent and softly pubescent below ; petiole as long as 

 duT^ ' f^^^^'^ minute, linear-subulate. Racemes usually shorter than leaves ; pe- 

 j^, , ,6 in-; bracts subulate, moderately long. Calyx broad, short. Corolla ^ in., 

 i'^ioably rose. Orary densely silky. 



Beap^' }\ ^"»noniana, GraJi. in Wall. Cat. 5491 ; shrubby, argenteoK^a- 

 wcent, leaves large petioled oblong, racemes close elongated, pods cjhndncal 

 «^y-seeded. Wall. PI. As. Ear. t27d. 



^iKMA., Mount Prome, JFaWicA. , ,. , 



COnfn- " ' ^°^?' virgate, terete, slender. Leaves oblong, casually- 3-folioIate, firm, 

 Mini °^^^^ veined below, 3-5 in. long, obtuse or subacute ; stipules deciduous ; 

 "blin,, ^"^ '^'^^ Racemes short-peduncled, copious, reaching 4-5 in. long. Calyx 

 sffl.^r',^''8''"teo-eanescent, i in. long ; teeth short, deltoid. Corolla % in., bright red ; 



'thinly canescent. Pod turgid, 2 in. long, thinly canescent, recurved at the tip; 



Aort "'^F 2. ScssiliflorcB. Lmves odiA-^maaXjs.C Flowers in dense sessile or 

 "'Peduncled heads. Tods skoxi, few-seeded. 



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