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2. Trigonella. Leaves trifoliate ; leaflets toothed ; standard and 

 wings narrow ; keel shorter ; pod many-seeded. 



T. faenugrecnm. Erect, robust; leaflets lanceolate, oval or 

 obovate ; flowers yellow, pretty, long, thin and pointed. Meethi. 

 Usually cultivated for baji. 



3. Medicago. Leaves as the last ; pod spirally twisted, indehi- 

 scent. 



M . saliva. Stem usually erect ; leaflets oblong ; flowers some- 

 what racemed, usually purple ; pods downy and loosely spiral. 

 Purple medick, lucerne (loosan). Cultivated everywhere. 



4. Indigofera. Indigo. Flowers generally in racemes, red or 

 purple ; keel spurred on each side near the base, generally linear or 

 cylindrical. 



Note. — There is not much beauty in this large genus ; most of 

 the species are a good deal covered with close-pressed hairs. 



(1) /. linifulia. A small grey plant, much branched ; leaves 

 lanceolate or linear, sometimes obovate; flowers in very short 

 racemes ; pod round, one-seeded. Burburra, bhangra, torki. 

 Throughout India. H. 



Note. — The seed vessel in this is not the least, like a pod outwardly. 



(2) i". cordlfolii. Small and diffuse; leaves broad, ovate cordate; 

 flowers very small, in sessile heads ; pod oval, 2-seeded. Oodadi, 

 hodngo, bo'saka. Deccan and Konkan. Plains of India generally. 

 H. 



(3) I. glandulo8f(. Also a small diffuse species ; leaflets 3, 

 deeply pitted with glands underneath ; pod brown or reddish, very 

 short angled and with toothed wings. Vekhdri l baraghadam. 

 The Deccan. Very common everywhere. (Lisboa.) On black soil it 

 becomes woody and much branched. 



(4) I. trita. Much like the last, but more of a shrub and 

 more rigid, the leaves red, pitted ; pod long, straight, horizontal, 

 slightly 4-sided. Common. 



(5) I. hirsuta. A coarse, hairy, erect herb; leaflets 5 to 11, 

 large, obovate; racemes dense; flowers pink ; pods crowded, straight, 

 bent down. South Konkan, Gkizerat, &c. Graham called it parti- 

 cularly common on Malabar Hill. 



(6) I. tinctoria. The cultivated indigo ; leaflets 9 to 13 ; flowers 

 greenish or yellowish red ; pod turgid, straight, sharp-pointed. 

 Nil. D. thinks that it is found wild in many parts of the Konkan. 

 H. doubts it being wild in India at all. 



