380. Hippockatjea Grahamii (R. W. ID. Ind. Bot. 

 13 1) shrubby, twining, glabrous: leaves coriaceous, en- 

 tire, from broadly ovate to sub-orbicular, acuminated 

 panicles, numerous, many-flowered, congested towards 

 the summits of the branches, petals linear spathulate, 

 obtuse, carpels obovate, obtuse, slightly emarginate. 

 Bombay. 



1 Flowering branch— 2 a flower seen from above — 3 

 the same, the petais removed — 4 a stamen, anther trans- 

 verse — 5 ovary cut vertically — 6 cut transversely — 7 

 young carpels — 8 one of them opened showing the posi- 

 tion of the seed at this early stage — 9 a carpel further 

 advanced cut transversely — 10 a seed, the wing beginning 

 to form 



381. Hir>«a Indica (Roxb.) leaves broadly ovate, 



more or less acuminated, shining, glabrous on both sides: 387. Indigofera flaccida (Roxb.) suffruticose, 



panicles axillary or terminal: calyx without glands : car- sparingly covered with adpressed short hairs: stems and 

 pels each surrounded with an oblong-linear entire wing. branches usually weak, the former terete, the latter an- 



I Branch with flowers aud fruit~2 a dissected flower 



3 a legume opened. 



386. Indigofera trita (Linn. — I. cinerea Roxb.) 

 herbaceous or suffruticose, erect, rigid, more or less 

 hoary from short adpressed pubescence : leaves pinnately 

 trifoliate ; leaflets oval or oblong, mucronate : racemes 

 sessile, about the length of the leaves, many-flowered ; 

 flowers small,*upper ones deciduous: calyx-segments long 

 and subulate,: legumes deflexed or horizontal, closely 

 approximated at the base of the rachis, 4-angled, straight, 

 rigid, and sharp-pointed: seedsnumerous (6-10), 4-sided, 

 truncated at both ends.— W. and A. Prod. p. 203. 



I Branch with flowers and fruit— 2 the keel of the co- 

 rolla spurred on each side. 



Roxb. W. and A. p. 108. 



3 



the 



1 Flowering branch— 2 a flower, natural size- 

 same magnified, and partially open— 4 the same some- 

 what forcibly opened— 5 anthers— 6 calyx, ovary and 

 styles — 7 ovary cut transversely — 8 cut vertically, ovules 

 pendulous— 9 a cluster of fruit — 10 one of them cut trans- 

 versely— 1 1 a single carpel cut transversely — 1 2 afruit with 

 one carpel separated to show the mode of union — 13 side 

 view of one — 14 one carpel attached to the pedicel — 15 a 

 seed detached. 



382. Celastrus Montana (Roxb.) thorny; young 

 branches occasionally unarmed, smooth (purplish) : leaves 

 elliptical or obovate* tapering at the base into the petiole, 

 minutely and rather sharply crenate-serrated, coriaceous, 

 glabrous, whitish-glaucous (when dried) : cymes axillary, 

 lax, peduncled, about twice as long as the petiole : style 

 deeply divided: capsules somewhat globose, 3-angled 

 (about the size of a pea, black when dry.)— W. and A. 

 Prod p. 159. 



1 Flowering branch — 2 a flower, side view— 3 the same 

 front view— 4 stamens— 5 ovary cut vertically -6 cut 

 transversely— 7 an ovary in which one of the cells have 

 aborted. 



383. Crotahria obtbcta (Graham) suffruticose, 

 erect, covered all over with a short dense tomentum : 

 branches terete : stipules and bracteas setaceous, minute: 

 leaves oval, mucronate: racemes terminal, elongated; 

 flowers numerous, approximated : bracteoles on the mid- 

 dle of the pedicels, setaceous: calyx deeply 5-cleft, 

 densely covered with rusty tomentum ; segments all dis- 

 tinct, linear-acuminated, falcate : legumes sessile, oblong, 

 rather broader upwards, about four times as long as the 

 calyx, densely tomentose, many- seeded.— W. and A. 

 Prod. p. 185. 



1 Flowering branch— 2 dissected flower— 3 an anther 

 —4 the style and stigma— 5 ovary cut lengthwise— 6 a 

 legume similarly cut— 7 a seed— 8 the same cut longi- 

 tudinally. 



384. 



) 



somewhat erect, sometimes flexuose or diffuse, glabrous : 

 leaflets obovate, toothed or serrated towards the apex : 

 stipules lanceolate, nearly entire or toothed : peduncle 

 axillary, longer than the leaves, irucronate at the apex: 

 racemes many-flowered, at first dense and umbihform, 

 afterwards lengthening : corolla thrice the length of the 

 calyx: legumes compressed, declinate, falcate, short 

 pointed, transversely veined : seeds reniform, rugose; ra- 

 dicle prominent.— \\\ and A. Prod. p. 196. 

 Copied from Roxburgh's drawing. 



385. Indigofera pkntaphyjxa (Linn.) suffruticose : 

 decumbent, terete, glabrous except the young parts: 

 leaves pinnated ; leaflets i-2-pairs, oval ; both sides but 

 more particularly the under hoary from whitish sott hairs: 

 stipules lanceolate-subulate, hairy: peduncles about the 

 length of the leave>, bearing about 2-3 rather distant 



flowers : calyx-segments short, subulate: legumes straight, 

 cylindrical, mucronate, glabrous : seeds 10 12, eylmdri- 



cal, truncated at both ends.— W. and A. Prod. p. 200 



gled: leaves pinnated; leaflets 2- 3-pair, opposite, oval, 

 acute, bristle-pointed: stipules long, setaceous, erect: 

 racemes pedum led, elongated, twice the length of the 

 leaves : flowers small, recurved, rather distant : calvx- 

 segments long and subulate : legumes scattered on the 

 lower half of the rachis, drooping, long-linear, slender, 4- 

 angled, pointed, many-seeded.— W. and A. Prod. p. 204. 



1 



Flowering branch— 2 spurred keel of the corolla. 



i 



388. Tephrosia tinctoria (Linn— Galega Heyne- 

 ana Roxb.) shrubby, erect, branched, everywhere except 

 the upper surface of the leaves clothed with a silky white 

 or fulvous tomentum: branches flexuose : stipules linear- 

 lanceolate: leaves pinnated ; leaflets 1-6 pairs, or occa- 

 sionally reduced to the terminal leaflet, oblong-oval, ter- 

 minal one longest, the lower pair at the base of the pe- 

 tiole and smaller than the others ; upper side glabrous, 

 under white and tomentose : peduncles usually longer 

 than the leaves, axillary, erect, bearing a short spike-like 

 raceme at the apex: calyx-segments subulate: flowers 

 small, on pedicels shorter than the bracteas : vexillum 

 silky : legumes flat, nearly straight, spreading, unilateral, 

 8-12 seeded— W. and A. Prod. p. 211. 



44 Var a branches shorter, 

 young parts fulvous : leaflets 

 inch long, more coriaceous. 



more rigid: 



hairs on the 

 shorter, smaller, £ to 



H 



1 Flowering branch — 2 dissected flower— 3 



opened. 



legume 



339. 



Flemingia nana (Roxb.) suffruticose, with a 

 very short ligneous stem, and few short branches : leaves 

 ternate : leaflets sub -ovate, petiole-winged : racemes axil- 

 lary crowded : legume covered with red clammy glands. 

 Roxb. R Ind. 3, p. 339. 



1 Flowering branch— 2 legume. Copied from Rox- 

 burgh's drawing. 



390. Flemingia conges 



(Roxb.) shrubby, somewhat 

 erect, young parts villous : leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets 

 ovate-lanceolate; upper side nearly glabrous ; under pu- 

 bescent, dotted with numerous black glands, the nerves 

 densely pube&centand rather distant: petiole nearly te- 

 rete : stipules lanceolate-subulate, 5-0 times shorter than 

 the petiole, caducous : racemes dense, oblong, rather 

 shorter than the petiole, almost sessile, aggregated : brac- 

 teas ovate-cuspidate, shorter than the flowers, caducous : 

 legume eglaudular.— W. and A. Prod p. 241. 



1 Flowering branch — 2 spike of fruit — 3 legume — 4 

 same opened. 



391. Dalbergia Oogeinensis (Roxb.) loaves ter- 

 nate ; leaflets sub-rotund : racemes terminal and axillary: 

 flowers 3-fold : stamens 1 and 9: legume linear.— Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. 3, p. 220. 



1 Flowering branch — 2 flower-buds with their accom- 

 panying bractea, to show the ternary arrangement— 3 a 

 dissected flower— 4 a one-seeded legume — 5 a legume 

 opened to show the seed. 



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