874 DIADELPHIA DECANDRiA. ludigofera. 



Legumes reflexed, rigid, a little compressed, from six to 

 eight-seeded. 



8. I. argentea. B. H. 



Shrubby. Leaves from single to quinate-pinnate ; leaflets 

 lanceolate, acute. Racemes longer than the leaves. Legumes 

 reflexed, curved, contracted between the seeds, hoary. 



A rare shrubby species ; growing about the borders of cul- 

 tivated lands, near hedges, trees, &c. where it meets with a 

 rich sweet soil. Flowering time the wet season. 



Slem scarcely any. Branches numerous, woody, spread- 

 ing, pretty smooth. Branchlets alternate, nearly bifarious, 

 hoary. Leaves alternate, approximate, nearly bifarious, from 

 simple to pinnate, the lowermost on the branchlets are single, 

 the next above paired, then ternate, &c. up to pinnate. Leaf- 

 lets alternate, lanceolate, acute, entire, hoary, chiefly on the 

 tinder side ; size various, from half an inch, to an inch and a 

 half long ; all are about three-eighths broad. Petioles hoary, 

 channelled, when bearing leaflets, winding. Stipules awled, 

 with a callous projecting horn at the base. Racemes axil- 

 lary, much longer than the leaves, many-flowered. Fioioers 

 small, red, single. Bractes oval, one-flowered, falling. Le- 

 gumes reflexed, falcate, contracted between the seeds. Seeds 

 from four to eight. 



9. I. 7iniflora of Dr. Buchanan. 



Perennial. Branches diffuse, long, slender, and coloured. 

 Leaves sub-sessile, digitate ; leaflets cuneate. Flower soli- 

 tary. Legume three-seeded. 



Mannella. Rheed. Mai. ix. t. 37. 



Aspalathus Indica. Willd. iii. 963. 



Lotus tenuifolius. Pluck. Aim. t. 201. f. 2. 



A native of Mysore, from thence the seeds were sent by Dr. 

 Buchanan to the Botanic garden, where the plants thrive lux- 

 uriantly, and continue in blossom great part of the year. 



Root perennial. Stem scarcely any, but numerous, pretty 



