3lS XLvJn. Li:r.uMiNo^.i:. 



canesceut ; petiolules of lateral leaflets about Tx^iu., tliuse ut' tlie terminal 

 about g iu. long. Flowers in short close sessile 6-12-flo\vered racemes 

 shorter than the leaves ; pedicels ver}^ sliort. Calyx -j'tj-g in. long, 

 hairy ; teeth liuear-laneeolate, longer than the tube. Corolla lilac, | in. 

 long. Pods linear, 1-1 § in. long, clothed with appressed white hairs, 

 straight, pointed, recurved at the tip, detlexed, not torulose. Seeds 

 15-20, truncate at both ends. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 97 ; W. & A. Prodr. 

 p. 201. — Flowers: Xov. 



Rare. Ko.vkax : Stocks'. S. M. Country: Padshapur. Nitchie, KiOo I~Distriii. 

 India (W. Peninsula and Caruatic) ; Arabia, Tropical Africa, N. Australia. 



22. Indigofera Houer, Forsl-. FL ^E'jDpt.-Arah. (1775) p. 137. 

 An erect shrub about 3 ft., when cultivated reaching 5-(J ft. high ; stem 

 wood}-, argenteo-cauescent, more or less angled, striate. Leaves 2-3 in. 

 long; petioles ^-| in. long ; stipules minute, subulate. Leaflets 7-11, 

 opposite, f-lj by |-1 in., obovate, usually emargiuale, sparingly clothed 

 with short appressed white hairs above, not or scarcely argeateo-canes- 

 cent, the lower surface pale, glabrous or nearly so : petiolules of the 

 lateral leaflets yL_i in., those of the terminal 5-] in- long. Flowers 

 15-30, in axillary subsessile racemes 1-2 in. long, usually shorter than 

 the leaves ; pedicels short, slender. Calyx ^-^ in. long ; teeth triangular. 

 Corolla reddish-yellow, l in. long ; standard" and keel hairy. Pods | iu. 

 long, thick, turgid, recurved, shortly mucrouate, silvery-hairy when 

 voung, finally glabresceut, slightly torulose. Seeds 2-4 (usually 3). 

 y. ciiriiha, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. v. 3, p. 377 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 59 ; Aitch. Pb. 

 & Sind PI. p. 40. /. anjentea, var. casridca, Baker, iu Ilook. f. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 2, p. 99 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4. p. 383.— Flowers : Nov.- 

 Dec. 



The name /. Iloan- given to tliis plant by Forskahl is many years 

 earlier tlian /. (■<> rulen given to it by Koxburgh. Stcudel (IN'om. Bot. 

 ed. 2, p. 807), under the name /. Hover, gives as a synonym /. Jateritia, 

 Wilhl., whicli is /. viscosa, Lamk. The ' Index Kewensis ' also, under 

 the name /. llovet\ gives as a synonym /. lateriiia, Bertol., a native of 

 the Cape of (xood Hope. /. lato-itia, Bertol., is described iu Bertol. 

 Xov. Comm. Bonon. v. 2 (1830) p. 215, and figured in tab. 8, fig. 1. 

 The description and figure show that it is very remote from /. Houer, 

 Forsk. 



Gujakat: Dbej near Broach, BahcN '. Sind: StocJcsl Cultivated extensively in 

 Egypt as a source of indigo (see Forsk. I. r.). Eoxburgh (/. r.) says that he has ex- 

 tracted better indijio from it than from /. tinuioria. — Distruj. India (VV. Peninsula 

 and plains of I'unda) : Arabia. lOgypl. Abyssinia. 



23. Indigofera tinctoria, Limi. tSj^i. PL (1753) p. 751. A >hrub 

 4-<5 ft. high; branches terete or more or less angular, slightly silvery 

 from fine appressed hairs. Leaves 1-3 in. long; petioles \-l in. long; 

 stipules small, subulate. Ijcatlets 9-13, opposite, membranous, grei'ii 

 but drying a greyish-black, .]-l by \-^ in., oblong or oblanceolate, 

 nuiiided, apiculate, glabrous above or nearly so, thinly clothed with 

 appressed hairs beneath, base acute; petiolules of lateral leaflets tt'q- 

 jV in., tho.se of the terminal reaching -J iu. long. Flowers numerous, 

 in nearly sessile lax spicate racemes 2-4 in. long. Calyx ttV^tV'"- ^^^''^S' 

 hairy outside ; teeth triangular, acute, as long as the tube. Corolla 

 pink, \ in. long; standard pubescent at the back. Pods j-lj iu. long, 



