31. Indigofeba.] 43. PAPILIONACJS^}. [32. Sbsbania. 



A common plant about 1-2 ft. high with very numerous branches. 

 Pods very slender 1-1| 7 long. Often only a dwarf weed. Chiefly on sandy 

 soil. Fls., Fr. Aug.-Jany. 



4. I. hirsuta, L. 



Erect 2-3 ft. high. Whole plant with spreading pubescence or on the 

 leaves adpressed haira. Racemes 1-2'' long. Pods terete strongly reflexed 

 •J-f " long hairy. Frequent. Fls. Aug. Fr. Dec.-Jany. 



5. I. enneaphylla, L. and 7. I. trifoliata, L. are mere weeds of 

 waste ground. 



6. I. trita, L. is a rare woody undershrub. Ch. Nagpur, Train. 



32. Sesbania, Pers. 



Slender soft-wooded trees or shrubs of quick growth 

 and short duration, more rarely herbaceous. L. pari-pinnate, 

 with numerous usually lignlate leaflets. Fls. in axillary 

 racemes. Corolla ranch longer than calyx with long-clawed 

 petals. Ovary linear stipitate many-ovuled. Style filiform 

 incurved. Pod very slender, dehiscent, septate between the 

 very numerous seeds. 



1. S. aculeata, Pers. Chaipijan, K. 



An annual shrub 3-6 ft. high obscurely muricate or 

 vrith weak prickles, pinnate leaves with 20-40 prs. of 

 lflts. 1-1 J 7 long and yellow flowers dotted with black on 

 slender racemes 4-6" long. 



In damp open grassy ground, common. Fls. Aug.-Sept. Fr. Sept.-Oct. 



L. 6-12". Fls. %". Pod. straight or curved 6-9". 



v 2. S. aegyptiaca, Pers. Var. bicolor, W. $ A. 

 Jainti, Beng. 



A large shrub or small tree with leaves 4-6" long end- 

 ing in a point, 12-21 prs. of close=set linear-oblong leaflets 

 f-lj" long and lax axillary racemes of orange and deep red 

 flowers. 



Gardens and waste ground. Often coming up in a curious spontane- 

 ous-like way. F1p., Fr. Nov.-Jany. 



Racemes shorter than leaves 2-8-fld. Fls. 1" long, standard f -1" broafl. 

 Pod twisted 6-9'' 



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