XLVIII. LKGUMTNOS.Ti. 315 



g- by j\j ill., obloiig-obovate, densel_y hairy on'tlie back. Pods deflexed, 

 ^-i^ in. long, straight, somewhat 4-gonous, thinly hairy, witli 4 narrow 

 wings one at each side of the suture, and with a few scattered white 

 hairs, not torulose. Seeds 0^8. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 96 ; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 p. 59; Trim. PI. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 24; Wight, loon. t. 314; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v! 11 (1897) p. 421. — Flowers : Aug.-Oct. 



KoNKAN : Stocks ! ; Pavel (Bombay), Eanade !, Woodrow ! ; Chiphni, Woodrow ; 

 Ambegbat, lihival Deccan: Pooiia, Coo/cel S. M. Country : Belgaum, Ritchie, 

 168! Gujarat: Domns, Z>al~cl/ '. — Distriu. Tbroiighout India ; Ceylon, Java, China, 

 Philippines, N. Australia. 



14. Indigofera trita, LImi. f. Siqitj^l PI. (1781) p. 335. Au 

 undershrub 2-3 ft. high ; branches hoary with line appressed hairs. 

 Leaves 3-foliolate; petioles |-| in. long; stipules small, setaceous. 

 Leaflets : the lateral ones opposite, nearly sessile, 4-| by |-| in. ; the 

 terminal stalked, f-l^j by |-^ in., all obovate-oblong, slightly emarginate, 

 flothed with fine appressed grey hairs, base acute. Flowers small, 

 in short sessile or stalked 6-12-flowered spicate racemes, which are 

 shorter than the leaves. Calyx g in. long, hairy outside : teeth linear- 

 lanceolate. Corolla salmon-colored, ^ in. long; standard orbicnlar, 

 hairy on the back. Pods divaricate or sometimes deflexed, rigid, straight, 

 4-goiious, spine-pointed, not torulose, silver^" with fine appressed hairs. 

 Seeds G-IO, oblong, truncate at both ends. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. i)G ; Grrah. 

 Cat. p. 40; Dak. & Gibs. p. GO ; Wight, Icon. tt. 315, 38G ; Trim. Fl. 

 Ceyl. v. 2, p. 25; Woodr. in .Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 421.— 

 Flo\A"ers : Feb.-JNIar. 



Deccan: Poena, Cooke l, IVnodrowl; Talegaon (Poena dists.), Bhival Gujarat: 

 ■Nausdri, KanitJiarl S. M. Country: Belgaum hills, Ritchie, 116.T I — Distrib. 

 Throughout India ; Ceylon, Tropical Africa, Malay Islands, N. Australia. 



15. Indigofera articulata, Goiian, lllustr. et Ohs. (1773) p. 49. 

 A shrub 2-3 ft. high ; stem and branches argeuteo-canescent, more or 

 less angled. Leaves 1-2 in. long ; petioles \-^ in. long ; stipules 

 minute, subulate. Leaflets 3-5, very rarely 7 (those of the lower leaves 

 usually 3, those of the middle and itpper leaves usually 5, the terminal 

 leaflet the largest), i-1 by g-g in., obovate, rounded and apiculate at 

 the apex, argeuteo-canescent on both surfaces, base cuueate ; ])etiolules 

 of the lateral leaflets 3^7 in., those of the terminal ^-5 in. long. Flowers 

 in short-peduncled or subsessile 12-20-flowered racemes shorter than 

 the leaves ; pedicels short, slender. Calyx ^V in. long, silvery-hairy ; 

 teeth triangular, acute, rather shorter than the tube. Corolla J in. long ; 

 standard pubescent on the back. Pods | in. long, thick, turgid, 

 recurved, shortly mucronate, silvery-canescent when young, finally 

 glabrescent, torulose. Seeds 2-4 (commonly 3). Indujofera argenten, 

 Linn. Mantiss. p. 273 ; Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 98 ; Aitch. Pb. & Sind PI. 

 p. 40; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 2, p. 190; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 67; 

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

 Prod. v. 4, p. 383, /. spicata, Forsk. Fl. vEgypt.-Arab. p. 138. — Flowers : 

 Nov.-Dec. Vebn. Kammili. 



The name I. argentea was given in 1768 by Burmann (Fl. Ind. p. 171) 

 to a Persian plant and is therefore earlier than that of Linnaeus (1771). 

 As to the plant intended by Burmann, De Candolle indentifies it with 

 T. semitripir/a, var. /5, tetrasperma, DC, and the actual specimen in Herb, 



