94 L. LEGUMINOS2E. (J. G. Baker.) [Indigofera. 



7. S. g-landuIosa,7F#M.; DC. Prodr. ii. 223; thinly pubescent, not at all 

 argenteo-canesoeut, leaves distinctly petioled always 3-foliolate, corolla 3-4 times 

 the calyx, pod l-2-eeded. RoxkZFt. Ind. iii. 372 ; Wall. Cat. 5461; W. $ A. 

 Prodr. 199; Wight Ic. t. 330 ; l)alz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 58. I. frumentacea, 

 Roxb. MSS. 



Plains of WESTERN PENINSULA and BUNDELKUND. 



Annual, with elongated slender branches clothed when young with spreading hairs. 

 Stipules setaceous, minute ; petiole nearly as long as the leaflets ; leaflets oblanceolate, 

 membranous, ^1 in. long, green above, hairs adpressed obscure, pale glaucous with co- 

 pious distinct "black dots below. Heads \- f in. long, sessile. Calyx -^ in., pubescent ; 

 teeth long, setaceous. Pod brown, finely pubescent, oblong, in. long, the sutures often 

 dentate, in var. I. Sykcsii, Herb. Griff., globose, 1 -seeded. 



8. I. trig-onelloides, Jaub. fy Spac/C Illust. t. 482 ; densely silvery, 

 leaves distinctly petioled 5-7-foliolate, corolla scarcely exserted, pod linear 3-4- 

 seeded. I. asperifolia, Hochst. in Schimp. PL Abyss. No. 2272. I. sBruginis, 

 Schweinf. Fl. jEthiop. 11. 



Plains of SCINDE, Stocks. DISTRIB. Afghanistan, Abyssinia. 



Annual stems csespitose, trailing, much branched, ^ 1 ft. long. Leaves ^1 in. 

 long ; leaflets firm^ alternate, oblanceolate ; stipules linear ; petiole ^ f in. " Heads 

 copious, always sessile, round or oblong, 12-20 flowered. Calyx ^ in. ; teeth long, 

 setaceous. Corolla .red. Pod ^ in. long, cylindrical, silvery -hoary, torulose. 



9. 3C. esmeaphylla, Linn.-, DC. \Prodr. ii. 229; thinly silvery-hoary, 

 leaves nearly sessile 7-11-foliolate, corolla slightly exserted, pod oblong 2-seeded. 

 Roxb. FL Ind. iii. 376 ; Wall. Cat. 5444 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 199 ; Wight Ic. t. 

 403; Dak. $ Gibs. Bomb. FL 58. I. csespitosa, Wight in Wall. Cat. 5447. 

 Hedysarurn prostratuni, Linn. Mant. i. 102 ; Sunn. FL Ind. t. 55, fig. 1. 



Plains of India from the HIMALAYAS (where it ascends to 4000 ft.) to CEYLON and 

 BIRMA. DISTRIB. Angola, Malay isles, North Australia. 



Annual or biennial. Stems densely csespitose, 1-1^ ft., trailing, much branched. 

 Leaves -l in. long ; leaflets firm, oblanceolate, alternate ; stipules minute, setaceous. 

 Heads 12-20 -flowered, dense, short-peduncled or sessile. Calyx j^- 3-111., hoary; teeth 

 long, setaceous. Pod ^ in. long, cylindrical, thinly hoary. 



Group 3. Digitate. Leaves digitate or nearly so, rarely 1-foliolate, sessile. 

 Flowers solitary, pedicellate. 



10. I. uniflora, Hamilt. MSS. ; herbaceous, "branches very slender, N 

 pedicels excedipg the leaves as long as the pod. Roxb. FL Ind. iii. 374 ; Wall. 

 Cat. 5446 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 199 ; Wight Ic. t. 333 ; Dak. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 58. 



Plains of the WESTERN PENINSULA and CARNATIC. 



Perennial. Stems herbaceous, very slender, copiously branched, 1-1|- ft. long. 

 Stipules setaceous, very minute ; leaflets 3-7, rarely 1 , narrow, oblanceolate, subobtuse 

 or subacute, - in. long, pale green, membranous, with a few obscure adpressed 

 hairs, not always perfectly digitate. Pedicels filiform, f- in. Calyx scarcely i i n . ; 

 teeth long, linear. Corolla red, in. Pod glabrous, straight, linear, | in. long, 

 4-7-seeded. 



11. I. aspalatlioides, Vahl-, DC. Prodr. ii. 231; shrubby, branches 

 woody rigid, pedicels as long as the leaves much shorter than the pod. W. fy 

 A. Prodr. 199 ; Wight Ic. t. 332 ; Hook. Ic. t. 188 ; Dak. fy Gibs. Bomb. FL 

 -58. I. aspalathifolia, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 98 ; FL Ind. iii. 371 ; Wall. Cat. 5445. 

 Aspalathus indicus, Linn. Sp. Plant. 1001. Lespedeza juncea, Wall. Cat. 

 .5743, EEheede Ilort. Mai. ix. t. 37. 



Plains of CARNATIC and CEYLON. 



