376 Di A DELPHI A DFXANDRiA. Indigofeva. 



more so, smooth ; the yomuj parU of a bn'oht green ; from 

 one to four or five feet long. Lfe«ifiA^ scattered, pinnate, about 

 two inches long. Leaflets from two to three pair with an odd 

 one, equal, oval, smooth, triflingly acute ; about three quar- 

 ters of an inch long, and half an inch broad. Stipules su- 

 bulate, frequentl}' coloured. Racemes axillary, peduncled, 

 twice as long as the leaves, round, smooth, many-flowered. 

 Fhicers pretty large, red. Bracles single, subulate, one- 

 flowered. Legumes reflexed, slender, round, falcate, from six 

 to twelve-seeded. 



12. I. etinectplnilla. W'tUd, iii. 1229. 



Perennial, procumbent. Leaves pinnate, sub-sessile ; leaf- 

 lets minute, four-paired, obovate, smooth. Spikelets oval, 

 sessile. Legumes oval, two-seeded. 



Teling. Chera-gaddam. 



This helps to form our very best, and most beautiful pas- 

 ture lands, where it is always found in plenty. It is peren- 

 nial. Flowers all the year round. 



Stem none, but it has many, ramous, prostrate, bifarious 

 branches spreading in every direction, close upon the ground, 

 round, a little downy, and in general from six to twelve inches 

 long. Leaflets minute, opposite, from three to five pair, obo- 

 vate, smooth, entire. Stipules semi-lanceolate. Spikes axil- 

 lary, oval, sessile, many-Uowered. Flowers small, of a bright 

 red. Legumes oval, smooth, two-seeded, interrupted between 

 them. Cattle eat it greedily. 



13. 1. hirsuta. Uillcl. iii. 1233. 



Annual, and biennial, erect, ramous, hairy. Leaves pin- 

 nate; leaflets three or four pair, obovate, hairy. Stipules 

 linear. Racemes longer than the leaves. Legumes reflexed, 

 hairy, four or five-seeded. 



Teling. Penni venipali. 



Astragalus spicatus. Burjii. Zegl. t. \4. 



Kattu taoera. Rheed. Mai. ix. /. 30. 



