370 DiADELPHiA DECANDRfA. Jndigofera. 



the lower resting on the ground ; tender shoots round and 

 armed with innumerable haraose bristles. Leaves unequally 

 pinnate, horizontal. Leaflets two pair with a terminal one, 

 linear- oblong, entire, of a firm texture, rather lucid above, 

 and reticulated underneath ; about three inches long. Peti- 

 oles round, and armed like the other tender parts. Stipules 

 scariose, broad-based, long taper-pointed, caducous; those of 

 the leaflets similar, but smaller. Racemes terminal, sessile, of- 

 ten several together, their base imbricated with many, broad- 

 based, tapering, ciliate, permanent bractes. Bractes of the 

 raceme solitary, lanceolate, two-flowered, caducous. Pedi- 

 cels longer than the flowers, very hairy, becoming incurved 

 when the corol drops. Floivers numerous, rose-coloured, 

 pretty large. Calyx five-cleft ; division subulate, the upper 

 two when in blossom, for in seed they become the undermost, 

 rather small, all are very hairy. 



INDIGOFERA. Schreh. gen. N. 1205. 

 Corol with an awl-shaped spreading spur on each side of 

 the keel. 



1. I. linifolia. Willd. iii. 1220. Corom. pi. ii. JV. 196. 

 Perennial, cespitose. Leaves simple. Legumes globular, 



seeded. 



Hedysarum linijolium. Linn, Suppl. 331. 



Beug. Bhangra. 



Common amongst grass all over India ; it is probably the 

 smallest of 'the genus. In Bengal there are two varieties ; one 

 with red, the other white flowers. 



2. I. echinata. Willd. ii. 1222. 



Stems prostrate. Leaves simple, obovate, dotted. Racemes 

 axillary. Legumes crescent-shaped, with hooked bristles on 

 the convex side, one-seeded. 



Hedysarum rotundifolium. Vahl. Symb. ii. p. 81. 



