Indigofera.'] L. LEGUMINOS.E. (J. G. Baker.) 97 



torulose. I. mucronata, Spreng. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 227. I. flaecida, Kccniy. ; 

 Roxb. Ilort. Beng. 98 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 375 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 204 ; Wight Ic. 

 t. 387 ; Wall. Cat. 5475. I. scabra, Roth ; DC. JfVorfr. ii. 229. I. Tkonnin<ni, 

 Thonn. et Schum. PL Guin. 366. 



Plains of the WESTERN PENINSULA and CEYLON. DISTRIB. Trop. Africa, Trop. 

 America. 



Habit and leaflets of /. trita, from which it differs in racemes, leaves and pod. 

 Branches woody, virgate, soon glabrescent. Leaflets thin, glabrescent above, pale 

 below with a few adpressed grey hairs, always 5 on the leaves of the main branches, 

 %-l in. long. Peduncles 1-2 in. long ; racemes 20-40-flowered, reaching 4-6 in. long. 

 Calyx in. : teeth setaceous. Corolla lilac, 2-3 times the calyx. Pod 1-2 in. long, 

 subtetragonal from the raised keel of the valves. 



20. . marg-imilata, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5467 ; suffruticose, branches 

 .and membranous leaves tbinly clothed with adpressed grey hairs, leaflets 5 

 opposite obovate, racemes elongated, pod straight turgid 5-6-seeded. W. $ A. 

 Prodr. 204. 



CONCAN, Stocks ; Dindygul hills, in the CARNATIC, Wight. 



General habit of /. subulata, from which it scarcely differs, except in pod. Leaflets 

 the same in sha^e, size, and vestiture. Eacemes lax, short-peduncled, 2-3 in. long, 

 exceeding the leaves. Pods deflexed, f-1 in. long, clothed with minute adpressed 

 deciduous grey hairs, the valves broadly rounded. 



21. X. ang-ulosa, Edgeiu. MSS. ; suflruticose, branches and membranous 

 leaves thinly clothed with adpressed grey hairs, leaflets opposite 5 oblong, 

 racemes elongated, pod short moniliform 1-3-seeded. I. subulata var. angulosa, 

 Edgeiv. in Linn. Journ. ix. 311. 



BUNDELKUND, Edgeworth. 



General habit, leaves and flowers of the two preceding. Leaflets 1-1^ in. long, 

 pale grey-green. Eacemes peduncled, 30-oO-flowered, reaching 4-6 in. long, much 

 exceeding the leaves. Pod f- in. long, deeply constricted between the sec 

 a beak which is gradually narrowed into the style. 



22. X. pauclfolia, Delile; DC. Prodr. ii. 224; shrubby, branched and 

 subcoriaceous leaves argenteo-canescent, leaflets 3-5 alternate, pods 6-8-seeded 

 torulose recurved. Watt. Cat. 5454; W. $ A. Prodr. 201 ; WiyM Ic. t. 331 ; 

 Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 59 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 190. I. argentea, Roxl. FL 

 Ind. iii. 374 ; Wall. Cat. 5455, ex parte, non Linn. I. heterophvlla, 

 Roxb. MSS. 



Plains from. SCINDE and the UPPER GANGES to CEYLON. DISTRIB. Java, Beloo- 

 chistan, Arabia, Trop. Africa. 



A shrub reaching 4-6 ft. high, with copious woody branches. Leaflets firm, ob- 

 lanceolate-oblong, .-i 1 in. long, sometimes solitary on the branches ; petiole shoa't, but 

 distinct. Eacemes short-peduncled, 20-50-flowered, reaching 3-4 in. long. Calyx 

 silvery, i in. ; teeth lanceolate-cuspidate, as long as the tube. Corolla red, 3-4 timts 

 the calyx, thinly silvery externally. Pod ^-f in. long, glaucous, distinctly torulose. 



'* Leaflets many, opposite (except I. endecaphylld) ; flowers small. 



23. . parvifiora, Heyne^ herbaceous, thinly argenteo-canesceut, leaflets 

 7-9 linear or narrow oblanceolate opposite pod long glabresceut 15-20- 

 seeded, recurved at the tip. Wall. Cat. 5457; W. $ A. Prodr. 201. I. 

 linearis, Guill. & Per. Fl. Sencg. 184. Indigastrum deflexum, Jaub. cy Spach. 

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