X:ly]it. LKGUMiNos.i;. 319 



linear, straight or slightly curved, apiculate, thickened at the sutures, 

 glabruas, not torulose. fSeeds 8-12. Fi. B. I. v. 2, p. 99 ; Grab. Cat. 

 p. AG- Dal/.. & Gibs. p. 59; Trim. Fi. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 2(5; Woodr. in 

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

 p. 387. — riow ers : Nov.-Uec. Veex. JS'il ; Guli. 



T\w Iiidi(/u-pla II'', widely cultivated in inaiiy parts of Inclia, doubt fully wild, buL 

 found as au escape in localities not f'ai' removed from human influence. Indigo was 

 at one time cultivated extensively in Gujarat and Sind, but its cultivatiou has greatly 

 fallrii ulf in late years. — For a full description see Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



24. Indigofera hirsuta, Linn. *S/j. Fl. (1753) p. 751. Annual or 

 biennial, erect, 2-4 I't. high ; stems and branches covered with soft 

 spreading reddish-brown hairs. Leaves 2-5 in. long ; petioles ^-2 in. 

 long; stipules J in. long, filiform, plumose, couspiciions. Leaflets 5-11, 

 opposite, membranous, 1-2 by §-1 in., elliptic-oblong or sometimes 

 obovate, clothed on both sides \^ith appressed hairs, ulaucous beneath ; 

 petiolules of lateral leaflets g-pu in., those of the terminal sometimes 

 reacliing | iu. long, clothed (as is the rhacliis) with spreading hairs. 

 Flowers in dense many-flowered ])eduncled racemes 2-6 in. long, longer 

 or shorter than the leaves ; pedicels very short. Calyx ^ in. long, 

 densely hairy ; teeth very long, subulate, plumose. Corolla pink, 

 scarcely exserted. Pods ^-| in. long, imbricately deflexed, straight, 

 4-gorious, pointed, densely clothed with soft spreading hairs. Seeds 

 (J-8, cubical. Fl. B. L v." 2, p. 08; Dalz. & Gibs, p.' GO; W. & A. 

 Prodr. p. 204 ; Jacquin, Icon. Plant. Ear. t. 509 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, 

 p. 26 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) ]). 421. — Flowers: 

 Aug.-Oct. 



KoNKA.N- : S. Konkan, connnon, BuhcU l\- Cjib^uii; jN'eral, ]Voodrov:\; Poladpur. 

 Wood row ! ; Pen, Stocks ! S. M. Country : Padami, Bhivu ! ; Belgaum, lUtchic, 102G 1 

 — DisTiiiB. Tbrougliout the plains of India : Ceylon, Tropical Africa, Tropical America, 

 .lava, Philippines, X. Australia. 



25. Indigofera constricta, Trim. Cat. C'ei/l. FL (1885) p. 23. An 

 erect shrub 3-4 ft. high; branches divaricate, terete or obscurely 

 angled, and with a few appressed hairs. Leaves about 2 inches long ; 

 petioles |-f in. long, slender ; stipules mintite, subulate. Leaflets 7-11, 

 opposite, soon deciduous, dark green above, glaucous beneath, thin, |-1 

 by ^-5 in., elliptic-oblong, rounded or faintly emarginate and apiculate 

 at the apex, sparingly clothed on both surfaces with appressed white 

 hairs, base rounded; petiolules of lateral leaflets J^ in. long, those of 

 the terminal I in. long. Flowers numerous, in racemes about as long- 

 as the leaves. Calyx silky ; tube campauulate : teeth short, triangular, 

 acute. Pods 14-21 in. long, linear, pointed, slightly curved, somewhat 

 4-gouous, much constricted between the seeds, sparingly silky with 

 white appressed hairs. »Seeds 8-12. Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 27 ; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. p. 67 ; Woodr. in Jotirn. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 421. 

 LJiaccida, var. coiistrida, Thw. Enum. p. 411. — Flowers : Oct.-Nov. 



A rare plant, confined to Kanara. K,\naka : common on the Nilkund Ghat, Talbot, 

 'lo^d ! ; moist forests of N. Kanara, common on the Supa Ghats, Talbot. — DisTRns. 

 Ceylon. 



26. Indigofera Wightii, QnOi. in Wall. Cat. (1828) 5458, A 

 small erect shrub ; branches numerous, furrowed, silvery-grey with 

 appressed hairs. Leaves n-2| in. long ; petioles ^-^ in. long; stipules 



