Indigofera. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 373 
wedge-shaped, Heads axillary. Legumes oval, with four 
elevated, prickly angles, two-seeded, 
Teling. Baragadam, 
A small shrubby species; a native of moist rich lands 
amongst the mountains, Flowers, and ripens its seeds dur- 
ing the wet and cold seasons, 
Root woody, white, Stem erect, woody, branchy. Branches 
numerous, the lower ones are longer than the stem, resting on 
the ground, and often striking root, round, coloured, Leaves 
numerous, approximate, ternate, petioled. Leaflets ‘oblong, 
or wedge-formed, entire, with downy points, and the under 
side covered with innumerable glands, probably vesicles fill- 
ed with an essential oil; about an inch long, and half an inch 
broad. Stipules broad, Racemes axillary, sessile, oval, 
dense, many-flowered. Flowers small, red. Bractes soli- 
tary, one-flowered. Keel hairy, discoloured ; daggers very 
large, long, and sharp. Legumes reflexed, oval, four-sided ; 
angles armed with lacerated prickle-like wings, two-seeded. 
Seeds separated by a partition. 
Of the seeds the natives of the hilly countries make meal, 
which they bake into bread, and use as an article of diet ; 
when more agreeable food is scarce, Cattle are fond of ahs 
plant. . Saas 
r Fe paronern Willd. iii. 1226. 
Perennial, Leaves ternate; leaflets wedge-shaped, with 
glandular dots, Racemes axillary, sessile, the length of the 
petioles. Legume reflexed, smooth, acute, from six to eight- 
seeded, 
This species is a small ‘abies perennial ; a native of the 
borders of cultivated lands, with a trifling, erect stem, and 
many longer, prostrate, round, woody, somewhat hairy 
branches, with ascending extremities. Leaves exactly as in 
the last, (I. glandulosa.) Stipules scarcely any. Racemes — 
axillary, sessile, shorter than the leaves, many-flowered. 
Flowers small, red. Bractes single, sobalety, ane Serge 
