Indigofera. diadklphiv dkcandria. 371 



Telimj. Nalln-palpioo. 



Onohiychis minor Tnoiiophyllus inadraspalana. PJuk. 

 Aim. 1(10.^433. Fir). 1. 



Hedysaruni nnmu/arijb/ium. B. H. 



A native of moist borders of rice fields. It flowers during- 

 the wet season. 



Root perennial, ramous. Stem no other than many ramous, 

 prostrate, angular, smooth, coloured, from one to three feet 

 long branches, sometimes striking root. Leaves simple, al- 

 lernate, bitarious, sub-sessile, orbicular, or broad-oval, a very 

 little hairy, marked with many, small, glandular pits. Sti- 

 pules subulate. Racemes axillary, short-peduncled, about 

 as long as the leaves, from six to eight-flowered. Flowers 

 small, red. Keel pointed, daggers obtuse. Legumes hori- 

 zontal, moon-formed, beaked, covered with inoffensive, hook- 

 ed prickles, one-seeded. 



13. 1. aspalatliijolia. Roxb, 



Shrubby. Leaves fascicled, wedge-shaped, smooth. Pe- 

 duncles axillary, solitary, one-flowered. Legumes straight. 



Manneli. Rheed. Mai. ix. /. 37. 



Aspalathus Ind'ica. Linn. 



A small, branchy shrub, common on dry sandy lands near 

 the sea. Flowers during the rainy and cold seasons. 



Stem short, small. Branches numerous, spreading in 

 every direction, small but very hard ; hark dark pur[)le. 

 Leaves simple, fascicled, wedge-formed, small, smooth. Pe- 

 duncles axillary, the length of the leaves, one or two-flower- 

 ed. Flotcers small, red. Keel, daggers slender, but long 

 and sharp. Legumes horizontal, cylindric, smooth, pointed 

 from six to ten-seeded. 



4. 1. trita. Willd. iii. 1228. 



Annual and biennial, erect, rigid. Leaves ternate; leaflets 

 obovate. Racemes axillary, sessile, many-flowered. Legumes 

 reflexed, straight, rigid, four-sided, spinous, pointed, smooth. 



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