98 L. LEGUMiNOS^. (J. G. Baker,) [Indigofera. 



Plains of the Carnatic and West Penixsx:la.— Distrib. Arabia, Trop. Africa, 



N. Australia. , 



;; A subercct copiously-branched annual, 1-2 ft. high, ^vith slender finely canescent 

 Btenis. Leaves short-petioled, 1.^-2 in. long ; leaflets membranous, ^-1 in. long, obtuse 

 or subacute, thinly argcnteo-Ciinescent ; stipules minute, setaceous. liacemes con- 

 gested, sessile, ^-1 in. long, 6-12-flowered. Cahjx y\ in. ; teeth linear, long. Corolla 

 lilac, 2-3 times the calyx. Pod 1-1^ in. long, finely canescent -when young, 



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24. X. endecapliylla, Jacq, Ic t. 570 ; herbaceous, stem and leaves with 



onlv a few adrtressed hairs, leaflets 5-9 oblanceolate alternate, pod strai(?ht 



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}rlal)rescent G-10-seeded. DC. Trodr. ii. '228 ; Bot. Req, t. 789. I. pusilla 

 Lamic, ; DC. ProcJr. ii. 229 ? I. Kleinii, IF. i^- A, Prodr. 204. I. debilis, Grak 



Wall Cat. 54CG. I. anceps, Vahl. ; Poir, Diet Suppl. iii. 147. I. Schim- 



periana, Ilochst. in Schimp, PL Abyss. No. 3G0. 



Plains of the Westehx Pexixsula. Biuma, Wallich. — ^Disteib. Cape, Trop. 

 Africa, Siam, China. 



An annual or biennial, -with trailing stems 1-2 ft. long. Leaves nearly sessiJe, l-** 

 in. long; leaflets membranous, obtuse, -J-^ in. long, v/ith a few adpressed grey hairs; 

 stipules ^j in., lanceolate, acuminate. Bacemes close, usually peduncled, 1-4 in. long. 

 Ca I i/x ^.^ in. ; teeth setaceous, long. Corolla violet-purple, twice the calyx. Pods 

 deflexed, ^1 in. long. — If Lamarck's name belong here it has priority. 



25. X. bir&uta, Linn.\ DC. Prodr. ii. 228; herbaceous^ stems densely 

 clothed with short spreadinir Dubescence, leaflets 5-11 oBDOsite larire obovate, 



tirO—Hheede Jlort. Mai. ix. t. 30. 



Plains from tho Himalayas (ascending to 4500 ft. in Kumaon) to Cfaxox, Ava, 

 and TEXAssEum.— DisTKin. Trop. Africa, Trop. America, Java, Philippines, N- 

 Australia. 



Annual or biennial, subercct, reaching 2-4 ft. high, the pubescence grey or broxrn. 

 Leaves short-petioled, 2-5 in. long; leaflets membranous, grey-green, glaucous belo-ff'» 

 reaching 1-2 in. long, densely coated with adpressed hairs ; stipules setaceous, 

 plumose. Bacemes short-peduncled, very dense, 2-6 in. long. Calyx ^ in., densely 

 pubescent; teeth setaceous, long, plumose. Corolla red, not much exserted. P^i 

 ^J in. long, densely clothed like tho branches, 



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26. X. seniitr^u^a, ForsL; DC Prodr. ii. 230; sufTruticose, de;iselr 

 argonteo-canescent, leaflets opposite small obovate 6-9, pod linear straight 4r^ 

 seeded not torulose. 



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Plains of Scindk, Stocks,— Dibtrib. Arabia, Egypt, Abyssinia. 



A low shrub, diffusely branched from the base. Leaves under 1 in. long J 

 leaflets obtuse, ^^ in. long, snbcoriaceous, sometimes emarginate ; stipules 

 minute, setaceous, liacemes laxly G-12-flowered, short-peduncled, usually exceeding 

 the leaves. Calyx ^ in., canescent; teeth linear-lanceolate, as long as tho tube. 

 Corolla twice the calyx, thinly silvery externally. Pod ^ in. long, turgid, canescent. 



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27. X. ar^entea, Zinn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 224; shrubby, densely argeriteo- 

 canesceat, leaflets large obovate, pod reflexed 3-4-seeded torulose. X'/^^*' 

 Stirp. t.79; Horn. FL Or'-'ent. ii. 190, non Bo.vh. 7iec Wall. 1. glaiica, Xa?»^'' 



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