Indigofera. ] LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 175 
scanty. Petioles }—} inch long. Leaflets 4-5 lines long, 2-3 lines wide, sometimes 
very obtuse, sometimes acute, variable in shape. Flowers purple, 2-3 lines long. 
Peduncles 4-5 inches long, erect. Legumes 1-1} inch long, sometimes subtorulose. 
In many respects allied to I. procwmbens, but 2 much more rigid, less herbaceous. 
and more branching plant, with narrower leaflets and smaller flowers, &c. Var. B, 
has longer and more elliptical leaflets, very pale underneath, and is altogether more 
luxuriant. Leaflets 5-7 lines long, 3-5 wide. 
23, I. cardiophylla (Harv.) ; suffruticose, procumbent, branching, 
canescent ; branches ribbed and furrowed ; leaves on longish channelled 
petioles, trifoliolate; leaflets obcordate, strigoso-canescent ; stipules mi- 
nute, subulate, patent; racemes on long, angular peduncles, many. 
flowered; bracts minute; calyx canescent, shortly 5-toothed ; petals 
puberulent; legumes ..% Burch. Cat. 1245. 
Has. 8. Africa, Burchell / (Herb. Burch.) 
Near J. porrecta, but with decidedly cordate leaflets and a different calyx, and the 
white, close pressed and copious pubescence of J. candicans. Petioles uncial ; leaf- 
lets 3-4 lines long, 2 lines wide at top, deeply emarginate. Stipules } line long. Pe- 
duncles 3-5 inches long. Calyx-lobes deltoid, acute. 
24. I. tomentosa (E. & Z.! 1585) ; suffruticose, procumbent, densely 
albo-hirsute; branches subangular ; leaves on short petioles, trifoliolate : 
leaflets cuneate-obovate, mucronulate, densely albo-hirsute on both sides : 
stipules small, subulate ; racemes subspicate, on long, hairy peduncles ; 
bracts minute; calyx hirsute, its segments setaceo-subulate ; petals pu- 
berulous ; legumes terete, deflexed, hirsute. Burch.! 6311. 
Has. Sand hills by the seaside. Cape Recief and the mouth of Zwartkops River, 
Uit., Z.& Z.! Jan.-Feb. (Herb. Sond.) 
Stems 12-18 inches long, prostrate, alternately and subdistichously branched ; 
the whole plant white with coarse, patent hairs. Petioles }-} inch long, patent. 
Leaflets 4~5 lines long, 3 lines wide, very obtuse. Flowers small. Legumes 1-13 
inch long, straight, white-hairy. In many respects like J. incana, but readily known 
by its small, narrow stipules. 
25. I. depressa (Harv.); suffruticose, prostrate, slender, cano-hispid, 
branches filiform ; leaves on short petioles, trifoliolate ; leaflets ewneate- 
obovate, mucronate, expanded, hispid on both sides ; stipules subulate, 
equalling the petiole ; racemes laxly few-flowered, on short peduncles ; 
bracts minute ; calyx-segments subulate ; petals pubescent ; legumes 
very short, 2-3 seeded, thinly tomentose. 
Has. South Africa, Mundt and Maire! Near Georgetown, Dr. Alexander Prior! 
(Herb. Benth.) ; 
A slender, prostrate plant, with stems 12-18 inches long, alternately much 
branched. Petioles t-2 lines long. Leaflets 3-4 lines long, 1~1} line wide, pale 
green, rough with short, patent hairs. Peduncles in flower scarcely uncial, in fruit 
14 inch long. Legumes 3-4 lines long. This has the look of a small trefoil. It is 
near I. incana, but differs in its much smaller and narrower stipules, shorter, few- 
flowered racemes, hairy petals, and very small, few-seeded legumes. a. 
26. I. incana (Thunb. Fl. Cap. 596); suffruticose, procumbent, eee 
branched, cano-hirsute ; branches flexuous ; leaves on short petioles, tri- 
foliolate ; leaflets obovate, or obovate-oblong, mucronate, expanded, 
hirsute on both sides ; stipules broad, semi-sagittate, acuminate, : 
longer than the petiole; racemes subspicate, on long pet 
minute ; calyx-segments subulate-acuminate ; petals g 
