198 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) (Indigofera. 
Leaves mostly bijugate, sometimes trijugate, the common petiole scarcely uncial ; 
the pairs 2-3 lines apart, the terminal leaflet 1} line distant. Leaflets 7-10 lines long, 
2-4 lines wide, elliptical or oblong. Peduncles at first not twice as long as the leaf, 
afterwards much longer. Unopened buds silvery. Legumes 1-1} inch long, with 
a sharp, hard point, ' 
97. I. parviflora (Heyne, Wall. Cat. 5457); annual, erect, much- 
branched, thinly strigillose; branches angular and furrowed; leaves 
2—4-jugate, leaflets linear-lanceolate, mucronulate, strigillose beneath, 
the terminal petioled ; stipules small, subulate ; racemes sessile, spicate, 
shorter than the leaf; bracts minute; calyx-segments subulate ; petals 
glabrous; legumes subterete, with prominent sutures, falcate at the 
point, minutely strigillose, 16-20 seeded, W. & A. Prod. Ind. Or. 1. p" 
201. I. deflexa, Hochst. Pl. Kotschy, Nub. No. 14. Schimp, Abyss. 1467 
Has. Vetrivier, Burke § Zeyher! 475. (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.) 
A tall annual, 2 feet or more high, woody at base, many-stemmed, branching, 
pale yellow-green, glabrescent or very thinly covered with rigid, appressed strige. 
Leaves an inch or more apart ; petiole 1-2 inches long. Leaflets 4—5 lines apart, 
2-4 inch long, 1-2 lines wide, very pale. Racemes sometimes very short and few- 
flowered ; sometimes longer, always sessile. Flowers small. Legumes pale-ochra- 
ceous, thin in substance, with very delicate partitions between the seeds, the extrem- 
ity usually curved upwards, acute. A native of India and North Africa. 
98. I. filipes (Benth. in Herb.) ; annual, slender, erect, branching, 
thinly strigillose ; branches angular and furrowed ; leaves subsessile, 
3-4 jugate; leaflets linear-lanceolate, acute, strigillose beneath, the 
terminal petioled; stipules small, subulate ; racemes on long, filiform 
peduncles, laxly few flowered ; bracts subulate, minute ; calyx-segments 
subulate ; petals thinly downy ; legumes ? 
Has, Caledon River, Burke, Zeyher ! 472. Zooloo Country, Miss Owen / (Herb. 
Hk., Bth., Sd., D.) 
Very slender, 12-18 inches high, with many erect, laxly leafy branches. Leaves 
an inch apart ; the common petiole about an inch long, bearing the first pair of leaf- 
lets near its base, the other pairs 3-4 lines apart. Leaflets 7 inch long, not a line 
wide, acute at each end. Peduncles setaceous, 2-3 inches long, with a very few 
small flowers near the apex ; pedicels 1-2 lines long. This has the habit of J. macra 
and J. parviflora. 
99. I. declinata (E. Mey. Comm. p. 104) ; suffruticose, decumbent, 
sparsely strigillose ; branches angular ; leaves 5-7 jugate, the common 
petiole channelled, exstipellate; leaflets obovate-oblong, mucronulate, 
glabrous above, thinly strigillose beneath, the terminal shortly petioled ; 
stipules subulate ; racemes on long peduncles, elongating, rather lax ; 
bracts very minute; calyx-segments subulate ; petals pubescent ; le- 
gumes compressed, subfaleate, glabrous, pendulous. 
Has. mountain places bet Keurebooms Ri d th Kloof, 
ge! (ish. Bak} P ween Keurebooms River and the Lange 7 
have only seen a small branch of Drege’s plant. Petioles 1} inch long, the pairs 
of leaflets 13 lines apart. Leaflets 3-4 lines seage line wide. ohaiens 2 times 
as long as the leaf ; pedicels scarcely 1 line long, nodding. Petals not seen. Calyces 
white hairy. Unripe legumes nearly an inch long, § line wide, curved upwards at 
the point. Burchell’s No. 7907, without flowers, seems to belong to this species. 
100. I. humifusa (E. & Z. ! 1622); suffruticose, diffuse or pipers 
bent, nearly glabrous, pale ; branches terete ; leaves long-petioled, 5-6 
