31H XLVIII. f/KGUMlNOS.E. 



Burm. has been seen and veritied by him (Prodr, v. 2, p. 2'4()). There 

 is no doubt whatever that the plant described above is /. articuJata of 

 Goiian, whose description is full and acciirate, while the figure by 

 Zanoni (Ear. 8tirp. Hist. [1742] p. 18, t. 12), quoted by Goiian, 

 correctly represents it. 



Cbieflj confiued to Sind, rare in the Deccan. Deccan : Poona, Woodroiv. Sind : 

 Stocks, iS8\, Puraii I — Distiub. Arabia, Egypt, Abyssinia, cultivated for the indigo 

 it produces. 



10. Indigofera marginulata, GraJt. in Wcdl. Cat. (1828) 5467. 

 Suffruticose ; stem and branches angled, tliinly clothed with appressed 

 grey hairs. Leaves imparipinnate ; stipules setaceous, ^ in. long. 

 Leaflets 5, opposite, |-| by j\-fV, elliptic or oblanceolate, apiculate. 

 sparsely clothed on botli surfaces with appressed white hairs ; petiolules 

 of lateral leaflets ^^j in., those of the terminal ^ in. long. Flowers 

 in elongate lax racemes reaching 4 in. long, exceeding the leaves. Calyx 

 i in. long, hairy outside ; teeth much longer than the tube, lanceolate- 

 subulale. Corolla twice as long as the calyx. Pods straight, pointed, 

 deflexed, |-1 in. long, sparsely clothed with appressed white hairs, 

 sutures margined, valves rounded, not torulose. Seeds 5-6, oblong, 

 obtuselv 4-gouous, truncate at one end, rounded at the other. PI. B. 1. 

 V. 2, p.*97. 



Very rare. I have seen only one specimen marked Konkan : Stocks ! — Distrib. 

 India (Carnatic, Dindignl hills). 



17. Indigofera glabra, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 751. Annual, 

 1-3 ft. high ; branches numerous, ascending, glabrous or with a few 

 spreading deriduous eglandular hairs. Leaves ^-1^ in. long; stipules 

 Y^ in. long, lanceolate, very acute, hairy, persistent. Leaflets 5, 

 opposite, thin, f^-i by ^-g, obovatf^-elliptic, obtuse, apiculate, more or 

 less appressedly hairy on both surfaces, the lateral leaflets shortly 

 petioluled, the terminal with a petiolule ^-\ in. long. Flowers small, 

 in 2-4-flowered short axillary racemes ; peduncles slender ; pedicels 

 short. Calyx jL in. long, hairy outside ; teeth subulate. Corolla red, 

 g in. long. Pods |-1 in. long, straight, subcylindric or obscurely 

 4-gonous, glabrous, not torulose. Seeds 10-12, cubical. Trim. Fl. Ceyl. 

 V. 2, p. 23. /. pentaphylla, Murr. Syst. Veg. ed. 13 (1774) p. 5(54 {not 

 of Burch.); Fl. B. L v. 2, p. 95; "Wight, Icon. t. 385 ; Woodr. in 

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



A rare plani. The only specimens from the Bombay Presidoncy'that I have seen 

 were collected by Woodrow at Badanii in the S. ]\I. Country, wiiere it seems to be 

 fairly abuiuhiiit.- Distkih. 'J'hrdUghout India; '.Pi-opieal Africa. 



1'^. Indigofera tenuifolia, linttl. e.r Wi(/7it ,.S- Am. Prodr. (IS'S-i) 

 p. 2(»0. Herbaceous, diffuse, 6-8 in. higli ; branches numenms, 

 spreading or ascending, slender, glabrous or more or less clothed with 

 appressed hairs. Leaves short-pctioied, .^-1 in. long ; stiptdes setaceous, 

 very minute. Lnaflets 7-9, opposite, oblanceolate or linear-obovate, |-| 

 by J in., apiculate, clothed with appressed white hairs on both surfaces : 

 l)etiolules of the lateral leaflets T,'y-j^ in. long, tht)se of the terminal 

 slightly longer. Flowers small, in short 3-6-flowered racemes usually 

 longer than the leaves ; jieduncles iiliform ; pedicels short. Calyx j^^ in. 

 long, hairy ; teeth setaceous, scarcely longer than the tube. Corolla 



