Indigo/era."] L. LEGUMINOS2E. (J. G. Baker.) 95 



A low undershrub, with copiously spreading rigid terete branches and argenteo- 

 canescent branchlets. Leaflets 1-5, pale green, with a few obscure adpressed hairs, ' 

 oblanceolate, T \-| in. long, often complicate. Pedicels erecto -patent, - in. Calyx 

 and corolla like that of I. uniflora. Pod straight, glabrous, turgid, in. long. 6-8- 

 seeded. 



Group 4. Dissitiflora. Leaves odd-pinnate. Flowers few together, in lax 

 short-pedimcled racemes. , 



12. I. pentaphylla, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 230 ; branches with only a few 

 spreading- deciduous glandless hairs, leaflets 5 obovate, racemes 2-4-flowered,pods 

 glabrous. W. # A..Prodr. 200 ; Wight Ic. t. 385, non Burcli. I. glabra, Linn. ; 

 DC. Prodr. ii. 229. I. fragrans, Retz. ; DC. Prodr. loc. cit. ; Roxl. Fl. Ind. iii. 

 375 ; Wall. Cat. 5452. 



Plains throughout India Proper from the HIMALAYAS to CEYLON. DISTRIB. Trop. 

 'Africa. 



Annual, densely caespitose ; branches firm, very slender, a foot or more long. 

 Leaves short-petioled, f-1 in. long; leaflets opposite, membranous, pale, glaucous 

 below, with a few adpressed bristly hairs ; stipules setaceousj persistent. Calyx ~ in. 

 long ; teeth long, setaceous. Corolla in., bright red. Pod turgid, straight, |-f in. 

 long, 8-12-seeded, not at all torulose. 



13. I. tenuifolia, Rottl. ; W. $ A. Prodr. 200 ; branches and pod with 

 only a few adpressed hairs, leaflets 7-9 oblanceolate, racemes 3-6-flowered. 

 Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 58. 



Plains of the WESTERN PENINSULA and CEYLON. 



General habit of I. pentaphylla, which it approaches closely. Leaves f-1 in. long, 

 short-petioled ; leaflets opposite, firmer than in the last and much narrower, with 

 numerous adpressed hairs on both sides ; stipules setaceous, very minute. Racemes 

 short-peduncled, equalling or slightly exceeding the leaves. Calyx and corolla as in 

 /. pentaphylla. Pod straight, cylindrical, f-1 in. long, 8-lQ-seeded, distinctly torulose. 



14. X. viscosa, Lcimk. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 227 ; branches and pod densely 

 -clothed with minute <rland-tipped hairs, leaflets 7-9 oblanceolate, racemes 6-12- 

 flowered. Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 377; W. $ A. Prodr. 200; Wight Ic. t. 404; 

 Wall. Cat. 5451 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient.' ii. 189. I. glutinosa, Perott.-, DC. Prodr. 



loc. cit. I. lateritia, Willd. ; DC. Prodr. loc. cit. I. graveolens and glutinosa, 

 Roxb. MSS. Galega Colutea, Burm. Fl. Ind. 172. 



Plains of India from the HIMALAYAS to CEYLON ; BIRMA. DISTRIB. Trop. Africa, 

 Afghanistan, Malay isles, North Australia. 



Branches densely caespitose, 1-3 ft. high, more robust and woody than in the two 

 last, persistently densely viscous throughout. Leaves f-l in. long ; leaflets mem- 

 branous, opposite, pale green above, very glaucous below, with persistent adpressed 

 bristly hairs ; stipules setaceous, minute ; petiole ^ in. long, viscous like the branches. 

 Racemes short-peduncled, about as long as the leaves. Calyx and corolla as in the 

 two last. Pod straight, f-1 in. long, 10-12-seeded, faintly torulose. 



15. I. pedicellata, W. $ A. Prodr. 200 ; branches and pod glabrescent, 

 leaflets 3 oblanceolate-oblong, racemes 6-12-flowered. Wight Ic. t. 983. 



NILGHIRIS and PULNEY hills. 



Perennial. Branches trailing, firm, very slender, a foot or more long, faintly 

 pubescent when young. Stipules linear, minute ; petiole shorter than the leaflets ; 

 leaflets firm, -|-^- in. long, with a few adpressed grey hairs on both sides, and black . 

 sessile glands below, the end one subsessile. Racemes ^-1 in. long, 6-12-flowered; 

 pedicels 2-3 times the calyx, with distinct linear bracteoles. Calyx ~ in., shortly 

 pubescent ; teeth long, setaceous. Corolla red, twice the calyx. Pod straight, f-J 

 in. long, many-seeded, obscurely pubescent at first, not at all torulose. 



