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A low undershrub, with copiously spreading rigid terete branches and argeuteo- 

 crescent branchlets. Leaflets l-o, pale green, with a few obscure adpressed hairs, 

 oblanijeolate, ^^-\ in. long, often complicate. Pedicels erecto -patent, ^-^ in. Calyx 

 ^^/^^oUa like that of /. uniflora. Pod straight, glabrous, turgid, a-| in. long. Q-^- 



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Grout) 4. Dissitiflo7*<^. Leaves odd-pinnate. Floivers few together, in lax 

 snort-peduDcIed racemes. 



12. I. pentaphylla, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 230 ; branclies voXh. only a few 

 spreading deciduous glaudless hairs, leaflets 5 otovate, racemes 2-4-flowered,pods 

 glabrous. W. S^- A. Prodr. 200 ; Wight Ic. t. 385, non Burch. I. glabra, Linn. ; 

 JJl. Prodr. ii. 229. I. fragrans, Petz. ; DC. Prodr. loc. cit. : Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 

 3/ 5 ; Wall. Cat. 6452. ° ' ' 



^ Hams throughput India Proper from the Himaxayas to Ceyi-on.— Distrib. Trop, 



Annual, densely csespltose ; branches firm, very slender, a foot or more long. 



'cs short-petioled, J-1 in. long; leaflets opposite, membranous, pale, glaucous 



ow, with a few adpressed bristly hairs ; stipules setaceous, persistent. Cal^x ^^ in. 



jODg; teeth long, setaceous. Corolla i in., bright red. Pod turgid, straight, |-| in. 



iO"g, 8-12-seeded, not at aU torulose. 



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onl^'^' ?* *®'^^*folia, Pottl. ; W. S,- A. Prodr. 200; branclies and pod with 

 n ; \ adpressed hairs, leaflets 7-9 oblanceolate, racemes 3-6-flowered. 

 ^«^=. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 58. 



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plains of the Western Peninsula and Ceylon. 

 sWt^^r'^i ^^^^^^ I> pentaphi/Uay which it approaches closely. Leaves ^-1 in. long, 

 num"^ !j^' leaflets opposite, firmer than in the last and much narrower, with 

 ^|j^jJ^*^^^.^^P^GSsed hairs on both sides; stipules setaceous, very minute. Racemes 

 I'Df^ if}^' equalling or slightly exceeding the leaves. Calyx and corolla as in 

 'I'^ntaphi/lla, Pod straight, cylindrical, |-1 in. long, 8-10-seeded, distinctly torulose. 



(.1 .{^■*- *•. '^'scosa, Lamlc; DC. Prodr. ii. 227"; branches and pod densely 

 ffn^ y" minute gland-tipped hairs, leaflets 7-9 oblanceolate, racemes &-12- 

 wJln -^''■''^' ^^- ^»<^- i"- 377 ; JF. ^ A. Prodr. 200 ; Wight Ic. t. 404 ; 

 Joe % r ^^^^ '' ^^^^^- ^^- Orient, ii. 189. I. glutinosa, Perott. ; DC. Prodr. 

 ^o2 TiA'}^^^^'^^^^' ^^illd' ; -DC. Prodr. loc. cit. I. graveolens and glutinosa, 

 ■^o.MS8. Galega Oolutea, Burm. Fl. Ind. 172. 



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t'^""' Malay isles, North Australia. - " - v ^ 



last n "^'--^ ^eiisely caespitose, 1-3 ft. high, more robust and woody than in the two 

 ^^nou^^^^^*^^^^.^^ densely viscous throughout. Leaves f-1^ in. long ; leaflets mem- 

 b^'gjj 7 ?PP^^^*^^» Piile green above, very glaucous below, with persistent adpressed 

 ■£«ccL r* stipules setaceous, minute ; petiole \ in. long, viscous like the branches. 

 ^ro?»of ^\^rt-peduncled, about as Ions as the leaves. Ca(^x-and corolla as in the 

 ^' -^^ straight, 1^1 in. 



long, 10-12«seeded, faintly torulose. 



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I .; *■ Pedicellata, TT. Sf A. Prodr. 200 ; branches and pod glabrescent, 



^^s^3 obianceolate--oblon;?/racemes 6-12-flowered. WigM Ic. t. 983. 



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P^Vsce^r^^i ^^^^^f^^ trailing, firm, very slender, a foot or more long, faintly 

 leaflets fi V^ young. Stipules linear, minute; petiole shorter than the leaflets; 

 sessile cri 1 ^ '^^' ^^^S^ ""'5th a few adpressed grey hairs on both sides, and black 

 P^^Jicels 9 o ^'^^*^^' ^^^® ^"^ ^ne subsessile. Racemes f-1 in, long, 6-12-floworcd; 

 P*esc^nf ^^^^^ ^^® calyx, with distinct linear bracteoles. Calyx ^ m., shortly 

 iu,lonr ' ^^^^^ long, setaceous.- Corolla red, twice the calyx. Pod straight^! ^ 

 & niany-seeded, obscurely pubescent at first, not at all torulose. - - 1* - - 



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