314 XLTiii. LKGi "^riNOS-i:. 



acuminate. Leaflets 3-5, alternate, |-1 by 5-5 in., oblanceolate or 

 elliptic-ohlong, more or less hairy above, hoary with dense fine white 

 hairs beneath, base acute; petiolules oF lateral Ifatlets Jjj in., those of 

 the terminal ^ in. long. Flowers small, in long spicate 20-50-flowerecl 

 racemes reaching 4 in. long, rather close, longer than the leaves ; pedicels 

 short. Calyx -^ in. long, silvery outside ; teeth as long as the tube, 

 triangular, acute. Corolla red, thrice as long as the calyx ; standard | in. 

 long, densely hairy on the back. Pods numerous, along the whole length 

 of the rhachis, ^-f iu. long, slightly curved outwards, torulose, hoary 

 wlien young with a fine appressed pubescence. Seeds 6-8, oblong, 

 obtusely 4-gonous, truncate at one end. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 97 ; A itch, 

 rb. & Nind PI. p. 41 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 25 ; l^alb. Trees, IBomb. 

 p. 67 ; Woodr. iu Journ. Bomb. Xat." v. 11 (1897) p. 421 ; Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 386. — Flouers : Sept. -Nov. 



Tolerably coniiiiou iu Gujarat unci Sincl. Gu.iarat : Siirat, Dahell ij' Gihaon; 

 T>.iro(la, Knnifkavl: Dakor, li'oodrow. Sind : Cookel, Vicary\, li'oodmv, Pitran I : 

 Karaciii to Mugger Peer, l'crvi/\ — DisTuin. Tliroughout the iilnins of India : Ceylon, 

 Belnehistan. Ai'abia, Java, Tropical Africa. 



12. Indigofera hendecaphylla, Jacqidn, Collect. v.2(1788)p.358, 

 4' Icon. Plant, liar. t. o7it. Herbaceous, procumbent; stems 1-2 ft. 

 long, trailing, glabrous or with a few appressed hairs. Leaves nearly 

 sessile, 1-2^, in. long; stipules scarious, i-j in. long, lanceolate, 

 cuspidate. Leaflets 5-11, alternate, i-1 by j^-il in., oblanceolate, 

 rounded, apiculate, with appressed grey hairs on both surfaces, glaucous 

 beneath, base acute ; petiolules of lateral leaflets .,'j7-y^ iu., those of 

 the terminal jV-y iu. long. Flowers in close many-flowered usually 

 peduncled racemes 1-4.^ in. long; pedicels very short. Calyx i in. 

 long, hairy ; teeth lanceolate-subulate, very long. Corolla twice as 

 long as the calyx. Pods numerous, imbricately deflexed, f-l| iu. long, 

 4-gonous, straight, pointed, not reflexed at the tip, nearly sessile, with 

 a few appressed white hairs, not torulose. Seed's 6-10, oblong. 4-gonous, 

 ti'uncate at both ends. Indi(/ofera endecaj)Jn/Ua, 'Bot.'Reg. t. 7S^.) ; DC. 

 I'rodr. V. 2, p. 228; Fl. B.' I. v. 2, p. 98": Woodr. in Journ. liomb. 

 Xat. V. 11 (1897) p. 421. I. Kleinii, W. & A. Prodi-, p. 201 ; Dnlz. S: 

 Gibs. p. 60. — Flowers : Oct.-Nov. 



KosK.\N : Stoc/iSl Deccan : Panuhgaui Ghat, Cooke\, Woodrom ; Aiubliil Odlia, 

 KanUkar ! S. M. Country : Belgaum, Bifchic, 1G7 !, Dalzell if- Gibson ; Dliarwar, 

 liifckie, ICtl \ Kanaka: Sfoc/csl — Distiub. India (W. Peniusula, Birma) ; Tropical 

 Africa, Cape, China. 



13. Indigofera trifoliata, Linn. Amcen. Acad. v. 4 (1759) p. 327. 

 Perennial, somewhat shrubby ; stems much branched, 1-2 ft. long ; 

 young branches with scattered white appressed hairs, soon glabrescent. 

 Leaves membranous, subdigitately 3-f'oliolate ; petioles j-.^ in. long, 

 slender; stipules small, setaceous. Leaflets §-1 by ^-^ in., oblanceo- 

 late, rounded and minutely apiculate at the apex, sparingly clothed with 

 white appre.'^sed hairs above, more densely hairy, nigro-punctate and 

 glaucous beneath ; petiolules of the lateral leaflets ,L. in. long, the 

 terminal leaflets sessile or nearly so. Flowers small, in congested .sessile, 

 6-]2-flo\\<!red raciMues, which are usually shorter than the leaves; 

 pedicels very short. Calyx ^ in. long, hairy outside; teeth lanceolate- 

 subulate. Corolla dark pink, nearly twice as long as the calyx ; standard 



