374 DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Indigofera, 
Legumes reflexed, rigid, a little compressed, from six to 
eight-seeded, 
8. I. argentea. B. H. 
~Shrubby. Leaves from single to quinate-pinnate ; leaflets 
lanceolate, acute. Racemes longer than the leaves. Legumes 
reflexed, curved, contracted between the seeds, hoary. 
Arare shrubby species; growing about the borders of cul- 
tivated lands, near hedges, trees, &c. where it meets with a 
rich sweet soil. Flowering time the wet season. 
Stem scarcely any. Branches numerous, woody, spread- 
ing, pretty smooth. Branchlets alternate, nearly bifarious, = 
hoary. Leaves alternate, approximate, nearly bifarious, from 
simple to pinnate, the lowermost on the branchlets are single, 
the next above paired, then ternate, &c. up to pinnate. Leaf- 
iets alternate, lanceolate, acute, entire, hoary, chiefly on the 
under side ; size various, from half an inch, to an inch and a 
half long ; all are about three-eighths broad, Petioles hoary, 
diaeuelied, when bearing leaflets, winding. Stipules awled, 
with a callous projecting horn at the base. Racemes axil- 
lary, much longer than the leaves, many-flowered. Flowers 
smnall, red, single. Bractes oval, one-flowered, falling. Le- 
gumes reflexed, falcate, contracted between the seeds. Seeds 
from four to eight. 
_ 9, I. uniflora of Dr. Buchanan, 
- Perennial. Branches diffuse, long, slender, and coloured, 
Leaves sub-sessile, digitate ; leaflets cuneate. Flower soli- 
tary. Legume three-seeded, 
Mannella. Rheed, Mal. ix. t. 37. 
Aspalathus Indica, Willd. iii. 963, 
Lotus tenuifolius, Pluck, Alm. t. 201. f. 2. 
A native of Mysore, from thence the seeds were sent by Dr. 
Buchanan tothe Botanic garden, where the plants thrive lux- 
uriantly, and continue in blossom great part of the year. —— 
Root perennial, Stem scarcely any, but numerous, pretty ' 
