98 L. LEGUMINOSJE. (J. G. Baker.) \Indigofera~ 



Plains of the CARNATIC and WEST PENINSULA. DISTEIB. Arabia, Trop. Africa, 

 N. Australia. 



A suberect copiously-branched annual, 1-2 ft. high, with slender finely canescent 

 stems. Leaves short-petioled, 1.^-2 in. long ; leaflets membranous, -1 in. long, obtuse 

 or subacute, thinly argenteo-canescent ; stipules minute, setaceous. Racemes con- 

 gested, sessile, -1 in. long, 6- 12 -flowered. Calyx T \ in. ; teeth linear, long. Corolla 

 lilac, 2-3 times the calyx. Pod l-l\ in. long, finely canescent when young. 



24. X. endecaphylla, Jacq. Ic. t. 570 ; herbaceous, stem and leaves with 

 only a few adpressed hairs, leaflets 6-9 oblanceolate alternate, pod straight 

 dabrescent 6-10-seeded. DC. Prodr. ii. 228 ; Bot. Reg. t. 789. I. pusilla, 

 Lamk. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 229 ? I. Kleinii, W. fy A. Prodr. 204. I. debilis, Grah. 

 in Wall Cat. 5466. I. anceps, Valil. ; Poir. Diet. Suppl. iii. 147. I. Schiin- 

 periana, Hochst. in Schimp. PL Abyss. No. 366. 



Plains of the WESTERN PENINSULA. BIRMA, Wallich. DISTRIB. Cape, Trop. 

 Africa, Siam, China. 



An annual or biennial, with trailing stems 1-2 ft. long. Leaves nearly sessile, 1-3 

 in. long; leaflets membranous, obtuse, -5 in. long, with a few adpressed grey hairs ; 

 stipules ^-3- in., lanceolate, acuminate. Racemes close, usually peduncled, 1-4 in. long. 

 Calyx y^-^ in. ; teeth setaceous, long. Corolla violet-pvirple,- twice the calyx. Pods . 

 deflexea, j 1 in. long. If Lamarck's name belong here it has priority. 



25. Sn llrl'. 'Silica. Linn.: DC. Prodr. ii. 228; herbaceous, stems densely 

 clothed will: .- v: spreading pubescence, leaflets 511 opposite large obovate, 

 pod short strain-lit puossceut 6-8-seeded. Wall Cat. 5450;. W. $ A. Prodr. 

 204 ; Roxh Fl. Ind. iii. 376 ; Jacq. Ic. t. 569 ; Hook. Comp. Bot. Mar/, t. 24. 

 I. fusca, Cr. '&on, Gen. Syst. ii. 211. I. ferruginea, Schum. $ Thonn. PL Guin. 



. MaL ix. t. 30. 





- Piains-frpin the HIMALAYAS (ascending to 4500 ft. in KUMAON) to CEYLON, AVA, 

 and TiiNAS^ERiM. DISTKIB. Trop. Africa, Trop. America, Java, Philippines, N. 



Annual or biennial, suberect, reaching 2-4 ft. high, the pubescence grey or brown. 

 Leaves shbrt-p^etioled, 2-5 in. long; leaflets membranous, grey-green, glaucous below, 

 Teaching 1-2 in. long, densely coated with adpressed hairs ; stipules setaceous, 

 plumose. Racemes short-peduncled, very dense, 2-6 in. long. Calyx ^ in., densely 

 pubescent ; teeth setaceous, long, plumose. Corolla red, not much exserted. Pod 

 ^-| in. long, densely clothed like the branches. 



26. I. semitrijug'a, Forsk.; DC. Prodr. ii. 230; suffruticose, densely 

 argenteo-canescent, leaflets opposite small obovate 5-9, pod linear straight 4-6- 

 seeded not torulose. 



Plains of SCINDE, Stocks. DISTRIB. Arabia, Egypt, Abyssinia. 



A low shrub, diffusely branched from the base. Leaves under 1 in. long ; 

 leaflets obtuse, -y g- in. long, subcoriaceous, sometimes emarginate ; stipules 

 minute, setaceous. Racemes laxly 6 12-flowered, short-peduncled, usually exceeding 

 the leaves. Calyx in., canescent ; teeth linear-lanceolate, as long as the tube. 

 Corolla twice the calyx, thinly silvery externally. Pod ^ in. long, turgid, canescent. 



27. I. arg-entea, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 224; shrubb}^ densely argenteo- 

 canescent, leaflets large obovate, pod reflexed 3-4-seeded torulose. Z'J/er. 

 Stirp. t. 79 ; Boiss. FL Orient, ii. 190, non Ro.rb. nee Watt. I. glauca, Lamk. 

 Diet. iii. 246. I. articulata, Gouan III. 49. I. tinctoria, Forsk. Egypt. 138, 

 non Linn. 



