Indigofera.| LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 167 
terminal leaflet sensibly petiolate (the common petiole prolonged beyond the upper- 
most pair of leaflets). (Sp. 77-100). 
* Stipules and bracts broad and membranous ; the bracts enwrapping the un- 
opened bud, deciduous. 
Stem suffruticose ; leaves 2-jugate... ...... (77) fulerata. 
** Stipules and bracts narrow, mostly subulate and. small : 
Fruticose : Stem erect, shrubby, distinctly ligneous : 
Racemes longer than the leaf, many flowered ; fl. 3-5 lines long : 
Leaves 2-jugate ; leaflets silky ; legumes * 
erect, canescent ... a (78) cytisoides. 
Lys. 2—4-jugate ; leafl. glabrous ; legumes oe 
pendulous, glabrous... ... (79) frutescens. 3 
Lys. 5-6-jugate, villoso-pubescent ; ; leg. 
turgid, very hairy (84) eriocarpa. 
Racemes scarcely longer than the ‘leaf, f, few 
flowered ; fl. minute ... ... .. (90) micrantha. 
Racemes shorter than the leaves : : 
Leaflets strigoso-canescent ; calyx-lobes 
setaceo-subulate ... (86) grata. 
Leaflets nearly glabrous ; calyx. ‘teeth 
short ; legumes moniliform a (89) cryptantha. 
Suffruticose : Stem erect, half woody, with reddish-brown bark ; 
Leaves 4—5-jugate ; leafl. obovate, minutely 
strigillose beneath ... (80) cylindrica. 
Lys. 8-jugate ; leafl. oblong, attenuate at ‘base, 
glabrous... ... ... (81) rufescens. 
Canescentes. Stem erect, 5 suffruticose, pale or ‘canescent, strigillose : 
Pubescence appressed, altogether strigillose : 
Hoary ; leafl. obovate, 3-4 lines long ... (93) adenocarpa. 
Lutescent ; twigs angular ; leafl. linear- 
oblong, 6-9 lines long _ (94) Burkeana. ‘i 
Pale ; twigs terete ; ieafl, linear-sublanceo- 
late, 5-7 lines long... ... (95) macra. 
Pubescence patent, of rigid, gland-tipped | ‘bristles (92) seticulosa. 
Herbacee. Stem herbaceous, erect, annual or biennial : 
Peduncles Peg a the cork os 
Softly it iptic-oblong ; leg. 
hirsute ... (83) hirsuta. 
Thinly atrigillose ; leafl. linear-lanceolate (98) filipes. 
~ Racemes subsessile, dense, much shorter than 
the leaf .. (97) parviflora. 
Diffuse. Stem diffuse or " procumbent, suffruticose or half herbaceous : 
Pubescence copious, silky or villous : (petiole mostly gland- -stipelled). 
Leaves 5—8-jugate ; leafl. fulvo-sericeous 
beneath ; branches hirsute... 0... (82) oxytropis. 
Lys. 6-8-jugate ; leafl. oval, villous be- 
neath ; twigs pubescent sey: ates .»5-., (85) velutina. 
Lys. igh jugate ; leafl. cano-sericeous be- 
neath ; twigs tomentose... ... (87) melanadenia. 
Lys. 2-4-jugate ; leaflets oblong, fi. few, 
distant, minute ... ... (88) varia. 
Pubescence scanty, thinly atrigose or strigillose, or subpilose : 
Pedunc. short, filiform, laxly few-flowered (91) pauciflora. 
Peduncles long, many-flowered : 
Leaves 2—3-jugate ; leafi. elliptic-ob- 
long, strigose  ... ... ... ... (96) disticha. 
Lvs. 5-7-jugate ; leafl. obovate-ob- E 
long, strigillose beneath ... ... (99) declinata. 
Lvs. 5-6-jugate ; leafl. narrow-obo- 
vate, glabrous or subpilose beneath (100) humifusa. — 
8. Alternifolie. Leaves alternately pinnate ; leaflets 3 ea wate lng 
a common petiole, one terminal. (Sp. 101-107). : copes 
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