Order 42. Leguminosa. 79 



horizontal, slightly 4-sided, sharp-pointed ; seeds about .6- 

 angled. 



Common. This much resembles No. 3, but the habit is different 

 and the leaves not pitted. 



6. /. hirsuta. A coarse erect herb, leaflets 5 to 11, large, 

 obovate oblong, racemes long, dense, flowers pink, corolla not 

 much larger than calyx, pods crowded, straight, bent down, 

 4 to 8-seeded. 



Bombay, S. Konkan, Guzerat, Cutch. 



All the three last species are ascribed by H. to the plains of India 

 from the Himalayas to Ceylon. 



7. /. tinctoria. Cultivated indigo. A shrub, hairs silvery, 

 leaflets 9 to 13, oblong, obovate, flowers greenish or yellowish- 

 red^pod nearly straight and cylindrical, about 10-seeded. Nil, 

 bhui tarvarj guli. 



Apparently wild in the Konkan (D.). H. doubts it being wild in 

 India at all. 



8. I. pulchella. A tall shrub, racemes long, erect, flowers 

 pink or light purple, branches angled, leaflets 13 to 21, broad, 

 pod straight, cylindrical or turgid, sharp-pointed, 8 to 10- 

 seeded. Cliimndti, Nirda. 



Mahablesh war and the higher Ghauts ; the one handsome member, 

 as far as W. India is concerned, of a very plain family. 



The following are also found. The leaves of all are odd-pinnate, 

 except the last two. The leaflets are always lanceolate, ovate, or 

 obovate, very generally varying from one of these shapes to the 

 other. 



* /. tenuifolia, a diffuse herb, leaflets 7 to 9, racemes few flowered, 

 pod straight, cylindrical, compressed between the seeds. Ankalesh- 

 war (D.). * J. trifoliata, small, shrubby, leaflets 3, racemes short, 

 crowded, pod short, straight, bordered. Domus(lXJ, Cutch. JBeMrhriya. 

 * I. paucifolia. A tall shrub, leaflets 3 to 5, sometimes reduced to 

 one, racemes many flowered, long, pod linear recurved. Guzerat, 

 Cntch, and Sind. * I. endecaphylla (I. kleinii, D.), a trailing herb, 

 flowers violet-purple, pods crowded, straight, linear, 4-angled, with 

 rigid point. Bombay, S. Konkan, Guzerat, Cutch. * I. argentea 

 (I. ccerulea, D.), shrubby, with silvery hairs, leaflets 7 to 11, large, 

 flowers reddish-yellow, pods very short, curved upwards. Broach 

 Collectorate (D.) Sind. * I. Wightii, a low shrub, hoary, leaflets 11 to 

 21, silvery, racemes short, dense, pod turgid, straight, sharp-pointed. 

 Belgaum (D.). * I. uniflora,& prostrate herb, leaflets 3 to 7 digitate, 

 sometimes reduced to one, flowers long-stalked, very small, pod 

 straight, linear. S. M. Country (D. and (?.). * I. aspalathoides. 

 Shrubby, young parts whitish, leaflets 3 to 5, pods straight cylin- 

 drical. Deccan and Belgaum (D.). 



