

• 94 L. LEGUMiNOSiE. (J. G. Baker.) [Indigofera. 



7. 1. ^landulosa, Willd. ; DC, Prodr. ii. 223 ; thinly pubescent, not at all 

 ; argenteo-canescent, leaves distinctly petioled always 3-foliolate, corolla 3-4 timefl 



the calyx, pod 1-2-seeded. So.i^. FL hid. iii. 372 ; Wall Cat. 6461; W. 8f A. 

 Prodr. 190 ; Wight Ic. t. 330 ; JDalz. Sr Gibs. Bomb, Fl. 58. I. frumentacea, 

 . Roxh. MSS. 



Plains of Westeen Peninsuia and Bundelkxtnd. 



Anmcal, -with elongated slender branches clothed when young with spreading hairs. 

 Stipules setaceous, minute; petiole nearly as long as the leaflets ; leaflets oLlanceolate, 



■ memhranous, ^1 in. long, green above, hairs adpressed obscure, pale glaucous with co- 

 pious distinct black dots below. Heads ^| in. long, sessile. Calyx ^\ in., pubescent ; 



" teeth long, setaceous. Pod brown, finely pubescent, oblong, ^ in. long, the sutures often 



• dentate, in var. /. Sykesiij Herb. Griff., globose, 1 -seeded. 



8. Z. trigronelloides, Jauh. <§• SpachP Illust. t. 482 ; densely silvery, 



leaves distinctly petioled 5-7-foliolate, corolla scarcely exserted, pod linear 3-4- 

 ; seeded. I. asperifolia, Hochst. in Schimp, PL Abyss. No. 2272, I. seruginis, 

 Schiceinf. Fl. jEthiop. 11. 



Plains of Scindb, Stocks. — DisxiiiB. Afghanistan, Abyssinia. ^ , 



Annual ; stevis csespitose, trailing, much branched, ^1 ft. long.* Leaves ^1 !»• 



long ; leaflets firm, alternate, oblanceolate ; stipules linear ; petiole ^-^ in. Heads 



copious, always sessile, round or oblong, 12-20 flowered. Calyx ^ in.; teeth long, 



setaceous. Corolla red. Pod \ in. long, cylindrical, silvery-hoary, torulose. 



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9. X. enneaphylla, Liun.-^ DC.\Prodr. ii. 229; thinly silvery-hoary, 

 leaves nearly sessile 7-11-foliolate, corolla slightly exserted, pod oblong 2-seeded. 

 Itoxl. FL Lid. iii. 376; WalL Cat. 5444 ; W. §• A, Prodr. 199 ; Wight Ic. t 

 403 ; Dah. ^ Gibs. Bomb. FL 58. I. cjespitosa, Wight in WalL Cat. 5447. 

 Hedysarum prostratum^ Linn. Maiit. i. 102 ; Burm. FL Ind. t. 55, fig. 1. 



Plains of India from the Himalayas (where it ascends to 4000 ft.) to Ceylox and 

 BiRMA, — DisTRiB. Angola, Malay isles, North Australia. 



^/t»ua7 or biennial. Stems densely csespitose, 1-1^ ft., trailing, much branched. 

 Leaves ^1^ in. long ; leaflets firm, oblanceolate, alternate; stipules minute, setaceous. 

 Heads r2-20-flowered, dense, short-peduncled or sessile. Calyx ^^in., hoary ; teeth 

 "long, setaceous. Pod ^-^ in, long, cylindrical, thinly hoary. 



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Group 3. Digitatce. Leaves digitate or nearly so, rarely 1-foliolate, sessile- 

 Floicers solitary, pedicellate. 



10. I. uniflora, Hamilt. MSS. ; herhaceousj tranches very slender, 

 pedicels excedin^ the leaves as long as the pod. Boxb. FL Lid. iii. 374 ; Wall 

 Cat. 544G ; W. ^A. Prodr. 199 ; Wight Ic. t. 333 ; Bah. ^' Gibs. Boinb. FL 58. 



Plains of the Westerk Pexixsula and Caexatic. 



PcrcniiiaL Stems herbaceous, very slender, copiously branched, 1-lJ ft. long. 

 Stipules setaceous, very minute ; leaflets 3-7, rarely 1, narrow, oblanceolate, subobtnse 

 or subacute, ^-| in. long, pale green, membranous, with a few obscure adpressed 

 hairs, not always perfectly digitite. Pedicels filiform, f-^ in. Calyx scarcely t^ in. ; 

 teeth long, linear. Corolla red, ^ in. Pod glabrous, straight, linear, |-+ in. long, 

 4-7 -seeded. 



11. X. aspalatboides, Vahl-, DC. Prodr. ii. 231; shrubby, branches 

 woody rigid, pedicels as long as the leaves much shorter than the pod. W. ^' 

 A. Prodr. 199 ; Wight Ic. t. 332 ; IIoi>k. Ic. i. 188 ; Dalz. Sp Gibs, Boinb. Fl 

 58. I. aspakthifolia, Boxb. Ilort. Befig. 98 ; FL Ind. iii. 371 ; WalL Cat. 5446. 

 Aspalathus indicus, Linn. Sp. Plant. 1001. Lespedeza \mxce3k. Wall. Cat* 

 5743, B—BheeSe Hort. MaL ix. t. 37, 





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