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Fl. and fr. in Oct. and Nov. 



Note : Seeds often more numerous than mentioned by Cooke and 

 Hooker f,, up to 6 in a pod. 



Indigofera enueaphylla L. Mantiss. II (1771) 571. 



Log. : Jodhpur : Mandor (No. 7080 !), Balarwa (No. 7081 !). 

 Distrib : Indo-Malaya, N. Australia. 

 Fl. and fr in Oct. 



Indigofera pauci folia Del. Fl. d'Egypte (1812) 251. 



Vern. N. : Goila, Jhil. 



Loc. : Jodhpur: Jodhpur (No. 70701,7069!), Kailana (No. 7062!), 

 Mandor (No. 7064!), Balsamand (No. 7066!), very abundant in 

 Godwar (Macadam), in the plains about Jodhpur, but not very 

 common. Jaisalmer: Bada Bag (No. 7067 !), Jaisalmer, sand (No. 

 706,3 I). 



Distrib. : Trop. Africa, Arabia, Baluchistan, Indo-Malaya. 



Fl. and fr. in Oct. and Nov. 



Note : The leaves are very often 1 foliolate. 



Uses: Eaten by animals, used for tooth brushes. 



Indigofera argentea Burm. Fl. Ind. (1768) 171. {Non L.). 

 Vern. N. : Nil. 



Loc: Jodhpur: Osian (No. 7028 !, 7030 !), Phalodi (No. 7026 !), near 

 Badka (No. 7025!) Barmer, sand (No. 7027 !, 7033 I). Jaisalmer : 

 Loharki (No. 7024 !), Loharki, sand dunes (No. 7034 I), near Loharki, 

 sand, especially dunes (No. 7029 !), Devikot, sand (No. 7222 1), 

 Vinjorai (No. 7032!). 



Distrib. : Abyssinia, Egypt, Arabia, Sind, Rajputana. 



Fl. and fr. in Oct. and Nov. 



In specimen No. 7222 the pods generally contain 1-2 seeds and the pod 

 itself is tornlose ; but as there is a pod of the ordinary argentea type 

 on the same plant our specimen must be considered as a form of that 

 species. The racemes are unusually short, 1-4 flowered, the rhachis 

 is stout, about as long as the leaf, which is much smaller than usual 

 and 3-5 foliolate. 



Uses : Used for dyeing (Macadam). 



Indigofera hotter Forsk. Fl. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) 137. 



Loc: Jodhpur (No. 7073!). 



Distrib. : India, Arabia, Egypt, Abyssinia. 



Fr. in Oct. 



Indigofera tinctoria L. Sp. PI. (1753) 751. 



Loc: Jodhpur: Jodhpur Fort (No. 7071!), 25 miles S. E. of Luni 



(No. 7072!). 

 Fl. and fr. in Oct. and Nov. 



Indigofera anabaptista Steud. Nom. ed. 2 (1840) 805. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Jodhpur (No. 7054!), Mandor (No. 7051 !), Bhikamkor 

 (No. 7046 !, 7056 !), Phalodi (No 7055 !), Kotda near Sen, gravel 

 (No. 7053!). near Badka (No. 7059!). Jaisalmer: between Phalodi 

 and Bap (No. 7050 !), Shihad (No. 7058 !, 7057 !), Bada Bag near 

 Jaisalmer (^No. 7060 !), Amarsagar (No. 7049 !), Vinjorai, rocks (No. 

 7052 !). 



Distrib. : Rajputana, Punjab. Sind, Afghanistan, Arabia. — Cooke calls 

 it a very rare plant in India. It is certainly very common in 

 Jodhpur and Jaisalmer. 



