Indigofera. } LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) 191 
canescent, thinly strigillose, the terminal petioled ; stipules setaceo- 
subulate ; racemes subspicate,on long peduncles, many flowerod ; flowers 
pedicellate ; bracts lanceolate, deciduous ; calyx pilose, its segments subu- 
late ; petals glabrous ; legumes terete, acute, deflexed, strigillose, many 
seeded. J. amoena, £. Mey. Comm. p. 106. 
Has. Ebenezer, Drege! (Herb. Benth.) 
A rather slender, spreading suffrutex, with weak, straggling, long, little divided 
branches. Leaves an inch or two apart. Petioles uncial, the terminal leaflet 1-2 
lines removed from the lower pair. Leaflets 4? inch long, 2-3 lines broad, acute 
or obtuse at each end, thinly canescent. Peduncles 4—5 in long ; pedicels 1 line 
long. Flowers purple. Legumes 1-14 inch long. Very like J. heterophylla, but 
the common petiole is more sensibly prolonged beyond the pair of leaflets. It is 
much less woody than J. amoena, with narrower stipules and bracts, smaller flowers 
and longer pedicels. 
74, I. amoena (Ait. Hort. Kew. 3. p. 68); shrubby, erect ; branches 
angular, subcanescent ; leaves on longish petioles, pinnately trifoliolate, 
leaflets elliptic-oblong or obovate, mucronulate, pale underneath, thinly 
strigillose on both sides; stipules lanceolate, adnate; spikes on long 
peduncles, densely many flowered, elongating ; flowers subsessile ; bracts 
broadly ovate, acuminate, deciduous; calyx pilose, its lobes broadly 
subulate ; petals glabrous ; legumes terete, acute, pendulous. DC. Prod. 
2. p.224 (excl. syn. Thunb.) Jacg. Schoenb. t,234. HE. § Z./ 1569. 
Has. Brackfontein, Clanw., E. ¢ Z.! Cape, Dr. Thom. (Herb. Sd., Hk., Bth.) 
Robust, woody, erect, 2-3 feet high, thinly clothed with very minute, appre 
pale rigid hairs. Petioles nearly uncial, the terminal leaflet a line or two distant 
from the lower pair. Leaflets 3 inch long, 4~5 lines broad, obtuse, shortly mucro- 
nate. Peduncles 5-6 inches long, gradually lengthening as the flowers open ; im- 
mature inflorescence cylindrical. Bracts broad, hispid, suddenly cuspidate-acumi- 
nate. Flowers purple. I have not seen legumes. 
75. I. argyroides (E. Mey. ! Comm. p. 106); annual, stri anes- 
cent; stem diffuse a suberect, angular ; leaves on lo petioles, 
pinnately bi-trifoliolate ;. leaflets rhomboid-obovate or ovate, mucronu- 
late, the terminal petiolate, much larger than the lateral ; racemes spi- 
cate, subsessile, shorter than the leaf, densely flowered; calyx white 
hairy, its segments acuminate ; petals glabrous; legumes crowded, de- 
flexed, terete-subcompressed, slightly curved, albo-pilose, several seeded. 
Haz, Muddy banks of the Gariep, 200f., Drege. Namaqualand, 4. Wyley, Esq. 
(Herb. Bth., D.) a ee 
Branches flexuous, angularly compressed. Petiole uncial, prolonged 3-4 lines 
youd tho firet pair of Inalietl. Lateral leaflets 4-5 lines long, 3-4 lines wide ; ter- 
minal 6-10 lines long, 5-8 lines wide, flat, pale green above, white beneath, thinly 
covered on both sides with appressed, white hairs. Peduncles 4-1 uncial, 10-15 
flowered. Flowers small. Legumes scarcely uncial. In Mr. Wyley’s specimens 
one of the lateral leaflets is frequently absent. 
polycarpa (Benth. ! in Herb. Hook.) ; shrubby, densely and 
of eat Tones vinnste trifolilate leaflets lanceolate- 
oblong, tomentose and villous, the terminal petioled ; stipules lanceolate, 
longer than the petiole ; flowers axillary, in pairs, pedicellate ; calyx 
segments setaceo-subulate ; legumes short, 2-3 seeded, tomentose. — 
Has. Delagoa Bay, Forbes! (Herb. Hk., D.) : eave 
A much ieonsied, auabby, but slender bush, densely clothed in all parts with 
