[ndigofera. diadelphia decandria. 



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long, very slender, red, bifariously ramous branches, spread- 

 ing' close on the surface of the ear(h, but I never found them 

 strike root, covering, in the ricli soil of Bengal, a space of 

 three or more feet in diameter. Leaves generally in fives, 

 tLree on the apex of a very short common petiole, the other 

 two on opposite sides of its base, stipulaceous, all cuneate, 

 pretty smooth, and entire ; scarcely a quarter of an inch long, 

 and about a line broad. Stipules only some soft hairs about 

 the insertion of the leaves. Peduncles axillary, solitary, 

 longer than the leaves, very slender, one-flowered. Flowers 

 small, red. Legumes linear-oblong, round, sprinkled with a 

 few short hairs, containing from two to four seeds. 



10. I. fragrans. Willd. iii. 1231. Reiz. Ohs. iv. 29. 

 SuflTruticose. Leaves from ternate, to pinnate ; leaflets 



oval. Stipules lanceolate, hairy. Peduncles axillary, as long 

 as the leaves, few-flowered. Legumes straight, from ten to 

 twelve-seeded. 



Colutea siliquosa. Pink. Aim. t. 166./1 1. good. 



I. glabra. Willd. iii. 1231. 



I have not found any other species which can be compared 

 to the above quoted one, and suspect it to be the same. My 

 plant is almost destitute of pubescence as it is only on the sti- 

 pules, petioles, and under side of ihe leaves, where a little is 

 to be found, particularly while young. 



A native of Coromandel ; where, like the rest of the genus 

 it flowers in the rains and cool season. 



11 . I. jlaccida. Kon. Mss. 



Perennial, flaccid. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets from two to 

 three-paired, oval, smooth. Racemes twice the length of the 

 leaves. Legumes reflexed, curved, sub-cylindric, many- 

 flowered. 



This slender perennial species grows chiefly amongst 

 bushes, on dry barren ground. 



Stem woody, weak, supporting itself on bushes. Branches 



