310 xi.vm. i.ixaMTNos r. 



Uiiirs of stem not glMiid-tipped. 



Seeds t5-8; pod straight, not torulose ... 20. T. argentea. 

 Seeds 15-20; pod recurved at t lie tip ... 21. T. ptrrvijlora. 

 Racemes more tlian 12-fliiwercd. 

 Pod cylmdrie. 



Pud thiiilj hairy, torulose 22. I. Houer. 



Pod glabrous, not torulosc 2.*). 1. fnicioria. 



Pod 4-gonou3. 



Pod f!ensely pubescent, not torulose, de- 

 flexed 24. /. Jiirsuta. 



Pod thinly hairy, torulo.se, not deflexed ... 25. /. constricta. 

 Leaflets 1:3-21. 



Standard and keel-petals hairy outside 26. /. Wightit. 



Standard and keel-petals glabrous 27. I. 'pxdchclla. 



1. Indigofera echinata, WiUd. Sp. PI v. 3 (1800) p. 1222. A 

 difiFii.se annual; stems many, spreading from the base, 1-2 ft. long, 

 2-edged, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves simple, ^-1 by |-| in., rotund- 

 ovate, very obtuse and usually apiculate at the apex, with a few scattered 

 hairs on both sides ; petioles yV-yV ^"' ^°°r 5 stipules -^J^ in. long, linear- 

 subulate. Flowers in axillary G-lO-flowered racemes ; peduncles |-§ in. 

 long. Calyx hairy, y^ in. long ; teeth lanceolate, acute, many times 

 longer than the tube. Corolla pink, slightly longer than the calyx. 

 Pods -i- in. long, semiluuate, compressed, beaked with the persistent 

 style, furnished with several rows of divaricate hooked bristles along the 

 ventral suture. «eed 1. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 92: Dalz. & Gibs. p. 57: 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 21 ; Wight, Icon. t. 31G ; AVoodr. in .Fourn. 

 Bomb. iS'at. v. 11 (1897) p. 421.— Flowers : Aug.-Dec. 



Dalzell characterises the plant as " vert/ common," but I have not found it so. My 

 experienceis that it i Si-are. Kon'K.\ji: Lnvl, Sfocksl — Di.STinn. India (W. Peninsula i; 

 Ceylon, Guinea. 



2. Indigofera linifolia, Jietz. Ohs. Bot. fasc. 4 (1786) p. 29 & 

 fasc. G (1791) t. 2. Annual ; stems numerous, much-branched, 6-18 in. 

 long, somewhat 2-edged, silvery-white with appressed hairs. Leaves 

 numerous, simple, .|-1 by -iV~nj ''^•' liii^^^-'S ficute at both ends, mucro- 

 nate, silvery on both surfaces with appressed hairs ; petioles 0-yL iu. 

 long; stipules minute, setaceous. Flowers G-12, in dense sessile oi'very 

 shortly peduncled axillary racemes. Calyx jL in. long, very deeply cut, 

 clothed with silvery hairs ; teeth liuear-subidate, many times longer 

 than the tube. Corolla bright red, 2-3 times as long as the calyx. 

 Pod -yrt~T*^ ^^- long, globose, apiculate, glistening-white with appressed 

 silky hair*^. Seed 1. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 92; Grab. Cat. p. 46 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 58 ; Wight, Icon. t. 313 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 22 ; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 421 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, 

 ]). 386. — Flowers : July-Oct. Vebn, PandarphalH. 



KoNKAN' : Oorun, Sfoc^s I Dkcc.\n' : Poonn, Cooke \ ; Ahmednagar, Cooke I 

 S. M. Cov.NTriv: Bclgauin, liifchie, 640! — Di.stimb. Throughout India; Ceylon, 

 Afghanistan, Abyssinia, N. Australia. 



Yah. Camjjbellii, Wight. Leaves ovate-elliptic, subacute, or obovale, 

 obtuse, -^-i by ^-\ in. 



Deoca.n : Poona, Woodrorv, 317!: Ahmediiagnr, Cuokcl Gi'Jarat: Ankleshwnr. 

 Kanitkar \ 



