168 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [ Indigofera. 
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Pecbeme 5 
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Stem ascending ; leafl. 9-16, sublinear, thinly strigose (101) exigua. 
“Procumbent or prostrate ; leaflets obovate or oblong : 
- Upper surface of leaflets glabrous, or thinly strigose : 
Subglabrous and glaucous ; stipules membran- 
Wes ort oo ig? Se vend y en0(ro2). sndetaphylia. 
Albo-strigose ; stipules subulate ... ... ... (103) alternans. 
Both surfaces of leaves albo-strigose or hirsute : 
. Pubescence wholly strigose, appressed, white : 
: Racemes pedunculate ; leafl. obovate, 4-5 
Tinesjlong © ...22- ..c «1 eee (104): oleleuca. 
Racemes pedunculate ; leafl. oval-oblong, 
6-12 lines long ... ... (106) auricoma, 
Racemes sessile ; leaflets three or five ... (107) argyrea. ™ 
Pubescence roughly hairy ; lvs. atbo-hirsute (105) daleoides. — 
Subgenus IT, AMECARPUS. Legume plano-compressed, falcate or circinnate, the 
flat valves netted with veins, submembranous. (Sp. 108-114.) 
Rigid shrubs, without axillary spines ; twigs sometimes spinescent. 
Racemes much longer thaw the leaves : 
Leaves sessile ; twigs strigoso-canescent _... (108) patens. 
; Lys. petiolate ; plant glabrous or pubescent (109) falcata. 
Ea Racemes short, scarcely longer than the leaves : 
_ Leafl. obovate, glabrous ; legumes glabrous ... (110) hedranophylla. 
Leafl. cuneate, silky ; legumes pubescent ... (111) sessilifolia. 
Rigidly shrubby, with axillary spines ; rachis spinous (112) cireinnata. 
Suffruticose, effuse ; leaves pinnate, 2-jugate ... ... (113) torulosa. 
Annual, diffuse ; leaves pinnato-trifoliolate... ... ... (114) Thytidocarpa. 
Subgenus I. Eu-Indigofera. Zegume subterete or terete, straight or 
subfalcate, the convex valves coriaceous, veinless, Seeds separated by 
transverse partitions. (Sp, 1-107). 
1, JUNCIFOLIZ. (Sp. 1-2.) 
_ 1. I filifolia (Thunb. ! FlaCap. p. 595) ; suffruticose, tall, erect, — 
glabrous; branches terete, virgate ; petioles filiform, very long, acute, 
naked, or, in the young plant only, bearing 3-4 pair of obovate-oblong 
leaflets, the terminal petioled ; racemes on long peduncles, erect, laxly. 
several-flowered ; flowers pedicellate, bracts subulate, deciduous; petals | 
glabrous, or minutely puberulous ; calyx teeth subulate ; legumes terete, 
erases a Bere may cerca I. juncea, DC. Prod. 2, p. 225. 
-GZ.! 1624. ey.! Comm. Drege, p. 103. Zey.! 2444. (the yo “ 
ee les buartag guaey Drege p. 103, Zey.1 2444. (the young, _ 
}, - val a is, én ee % moist —— in the Cape and other western districts. (Herb. 
«elegant tlt gh ment ody iw, hal hata sore. Bra 
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Katt \. fie 3-5 inches long, subulate, secneebas t, ithe atwire tiatest coop’ in the 
a young plant. Racemes lengthening as per fam advance, exceeding the petioles. 
of Flowers purple, nearly glabrous. Calyx-teeth variable in length. Legumes 14-2 
inches long, very convex. — compared with Thunberg’s specimens in Herb. 
Upsal, and can detect no d between them and the “J. juncea” , 
= = Ve . juncea” of Ecklon’s 
and Drege’s collections and of the Herbaria above quoted. Whether De Candolle’s 
original plant be different or not, I cannot say. 
21. podophylla (Benth. !in Herb, Hook.) ; suffruticose, glabrescent ; 
branches virgate ; petioles filiform, very long, naked, or supporting a 
terminal, obovate or oblong, flat, mucronulate, minutely stipellate leaf- 
let ; racemes shorter than the petioles, few-flowered; flowers... .. 3 
_ legumes terete, straight, thinly hispidulous, many-seeded, a 
