Piptanthus.] LEGUMINOSJS. 117 



A shrub with greenish-grey bark. Wood white. Pores small, in 

 wavy, oblique and concentric bands, except at the inner edge of the 

 annual rings, which are marked by a continuous line of pores. Medul- 

 lary rays fine, equidistant. 



II iinalnva from the Sutlej to Bhutan, above 7,000 feet. 



Has handsome, largo, yellow flowers, and is sometimes planted for ornament in the 

 hills and in Europe. 



11, s. 



H 3024. Nagkanda, Simla, 9,000 feet 40 



Priotropis cytisoides, W. and A. ; Kurz i. 363 ; Gamble 25, is a yellow-flowered 

 branching shrub of the Eastern Himalaya and Burma. Crotalaria contains numer- 

 ous shrubs, of which the most important is C.juncea, Linn., the " Sunn Hemp Plant," 

 commonly cultivated in India. 



2. INDIGOFERA, Linn. 



Contains a number of Indian species, about 16 of which are shrubs. Few of 

 them are of any importance except the Indigo Plant, I. tinctoria. Linn. ; Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. iii. 379 ; Brandis 135. Vern. Nil, Hind, which is extensively cultivated in 

 Bengal, the North- Western Provinces, the Punjab, Sind and South India. I. pulchella, 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 382 ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 101 ; Beddome Ixxxv. ; Brandis 136 ; Kurz i. 

 361 ; Gamble 25. Vern. SaJcena, salcna haJcna, Hind.; Baroli, Mar. ; Togri, Bhil ; 

 Balori, Kurku; Hikpi, Lepcha ; Taw maiyain, Burm., is a large, handsome, pink- 

 flowered shrub of the forests of the Sub-Himalayan tract, South India and Burma; its 

 flowers are sometimes eaten as a vegetable in Central India. 



1. I. heterantha, Wall. ; Brandis 135. /. Gerardiana, Wall.; Hook. Fl. 

 Ind. ii. 100 (var.). Vern. Kati, khenti, mattu, kats, sfiagali,^.; KatU, 

 theoi, Simla. 



A small shrub. Bark J inch thick, brown, with longitudinal anas- 

 tomosing lines. Wood hard, white, with an irregular heartwood of dark 

 colour. Annual rings distinctly marked by a white line and by a con- 

 tinuous belt of pores. Pores small, enclosed in patches of softer tex- 

 1ure, which frequently join, forming short, interrupted, concentric bands. 

 Medullary rays fine, numerous, almost equidistant. 



North-West Himalaya and eastern skirts of the Suiiman Range, ascending to 

 8,000 feet. 



Growth slow, 20 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 561bs. per cubic foot. The 

 twigs are used for basket work and often form part of the twig bridges of the 



North-West Himalaya. 



Ibs. 



H 2825. Fagu, Simla, 8,000 feet 



H 2870. Nagkanda, Simla, 8,000 feet 



H 2935. Mahasu, Simla, 7,000 feet 56 



2. I. atropurpurea, Ham. ; Brandis 136 ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 101; 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 381. Vern. Bankati, kala sakena, sakna, Hind.; 

 Ehe?iti,jand, Kaghan ; Kathi, gorkatri, Kashmir. 



A shrub of smaller size, but with wood of structure similar to that of 

 I. heteraniha. 



Salt Range from 2,500 to 5,000 feet. Outer Himalaya from the Jhelum to Nepal, 

 ascending to 9,000 feet, but found as low as 1,200 feet on the Siwalik Hills. 

 The twigs are used for basket work and twig bridge*. 

 H 2824. Cheog Forest, Simla, 7,000 feet. 



