Indigofera. diadelphia decandria. 



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wedge-shnped. Heads axillary. Letjumes oval, with four 

 elevated, |)rickly angles, two-seeded. 



TeUng. Baragadain. 



A small shrubby species; a native of moist rich lands 

 amongst the mountains. Flowers, and ripens its seeds dur- 

 ing" the wet and cold seasons. 



Root woody, white. Stem erect, woody, branchy. Branches 

 numerous, the lower ones are longer than the stem, resting on 

 the ground, and often striking root, round, coloured. Leaves 

 numerous, approximate, ternate, petioled. Leaflets oblong, 

 or wedge-formed, entire, with downy points, and the under 

 side covered with innumerable glands, probably vesicles fill- 

 ed with an essential oil ; about an inch long, and half an inch 

 broad. Stipules broad. Racemes axillary, sessile, oval, 

 dense, many-flowered. Flowers small, red. Bractes soli- 

 tary, one-flowered. Keel hairy, discoloured ; darfcjers very 

 large, long, and sharp. Legumes reflexed, oval, four-sided ; 

 angles armed with lacerated prickle-like wings, two-seeded. 

 Seeds separated by a partition. 



Of the seeds the natives of the hilly countries make meal, 

 which they bake into bread, and use as an article of diet ; 

 when more agreeable food is scarce. Cattle are fond of the 

 plant. 



7. I. prostrata. Willd. iii. 1220. 



Perennial. Leaves ternate; leaflets wedge-shaped, with 

 glandular dots. Racemes axillary, sessile, tlie length of the 

 petioles. Legume reflexed, smooth, acute, from six to eight- 

 seeded. 



This species is a small shrubby perennial ; a native of the 

 borders of cultivated lands, with a trifling, erect stem, and 

 many longer, prostrate, round, woody, somewhat hairy 

 branches, with ascending extremities. Leaves exactly as in 

 the last, (I. glandulosa.) Stipules scarcely any. Racemes 

 axillary, sessile, shorter than the leaves, many-flowered. 

 Flowers small, red. Bractes single, subulate, one-flowered. 



