Indigofera.] LEGUMINOSZ ( Harv.) 183 
virgate, ramuliferous above, thinly strigillose, subangular; leaves subre- 
mote, patent, short petioled, 3-5 jugate ; leaflets cuneate-oblong, retuse, 
mucronulate, minutely strigilloso-puberulous on one or both sides, the 
the terminal subpetioled ; racemes on peduncles longer than the leaves, 
elongate, many flowered; calyx canescent, bluntly 5-toothed; petals 
densely silky with dark brown hairs; legumes . . ¢ 
Has. Grassy places between Gekau and Basche, and between the Omsamcabo 
pg oo Drege! Port Natal, Gueinzius and Dr. Sutherland! (Herb. Bth. 
Stem 2-3 feet high, straight and rodlike, pale brown, minutely puberulous, some- 
what panicled above; twigs slender, erecto-patent, subsimple, 5-8 inches long. 
Leaves nearly an inch apart, recurvo-patent ; the common petiole }-? inch long. 
Leaflets 4-5 lines long, 1-14 line wide, pale. Racemes loosely many flowered, 2-3 
inches long ; pedicels longish. Calyx very small, white-hairy. Petals 4-5 lines long, 
dark brown externally. Legumes not seen. I have not seen Drege’s specimens. _ 
50. I. arrecta (Benth.! in Herb.) ; suffruticose, erect, wrgate, laxly 
branched; branches angular, thinly strigillose ; leaves scattered, petio- 
late, 3-jugate ; leaflets distant, sublanceolate-linear, narrow, mucronate, 
complicate, thinly strigillose; stipules minute, toothlike ; racemes on 
very long peduncles, elongating, many flowered ; calyx strigose, its seg- 
ments subulate ; petals albo-sericeous ; legumes very short, oblong, tu- 
mid, mucronulate, strigose, 2-3 seeded. Zey. 417. 
Has. Mooje River, Burke § Zeyher, Pappe! (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd., Dude a 
14-2 feet high, slender, glabrescent ; the whole plant of a livid, blue-green, indi- 
cating the presence of indigo. Leaves an inch or more apart, the common petiole 
often gland-stipelled ; the pairs 3 lines apart. Leaflets 6-8 lines long, 1-2 lines 
wide. Peduncles 3-4, afterwards 6-8 inches long or more, ¢ occupied by flowers. 
Flowers small, 14-2 lines long, on short pedicels. Legumes 3 lines long, very tur- 
gid, 1-14 line in diameter. 
51. I. fastigiata (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 102); suffruticose, erect, thinly 
strigillose; branches virgate, angular-furrowed ; leaves subsessile, 2-3 
jugate; leaflets linear-oblong or sublanceolate, mucronulate, strigillose 
beneath, the terminal sessile or somewhat petioled ; stipules subulate ; 
racemes on very long, slender, angular peduncles, many flowered ; bracts 
minute; calyx-lobes shortly subulate, subcanescent ; petals glabrous ; 
legumes linear, terete, straight, pendulous, thinly strigillose. 
Van. 8. angustata; leaflets very narrow-linear, acute, complicate ; legumes straight, 
linear, sericeo-canescent, Zey.! 2442. 
Has. Between the Omsamwubo and Omsamcaba, Drege! Coastland, Natal, 
of : 
‘ and th * ly eet GR 
the middle. wers pale, pinkish-purple ; the flower-buds very acute. Ovary 
species. 
