100 L. LEGUMINOSJE. (J. G. Baker.) \_Indigofera. 



short-peduncled, finally 3-4 in. long; pedicels -1 in. Calyx oblique, -\ in. ; teeth 

 short. Comlla | in. long, pale red. Pod straight, glabrescent, turgid, U-lf in. 

 long, 8-10-seeded. 



31. I. leptostachya, DC. Prodr. ii. 225? shrubby, branches glabrous, 

 leaflets middle-sized oblanceolate-oblong 13-19 obscurely hispid, stipellae minute, 

 pedicels short, bracts 0. 



KIIASIA and SIKKIM, temperate zone, 5-8000 ft., H. f. $ T. 



An erect shrub, reaching 10 ft. high, with slender twiggy branches, thinly silky 

 only when young. Leaves short-petioled, 3-4 in. long ; leaflets membranous, opposite, 

 ^1 in. long, green above, gla-ucous below, nearly glabrescent. Peduncles reaching 

 1-2 in. ; racemes lax, finally 2-3 in. long ; pedicels not much longer than the calyx. 

 Calyx ~ in., finely brown-silky ; teeth short, deltoid. Corolla ^--f in., pale red, canes- 

 cent externally. Pod glabrous, straight, 1-1 i in. long, 6-8-seeded, turgid, with narrow 

 sutures. The Candollean synonym may not unlikely belong to a form of 7. pulchella. 



32. X. Grerardiana, Wall. Cat. 5486 ; shrubby, branchlets argenteo- 

 canescent, leaflets small oblanceolate-oblong 9- 17, stipellae and bracts minute. 



TEMPERATE and SUBTROPICAL WESTERN HIMALAYA ; common, from the Saltrange 

 to Kumaon, alt. 2-10,000 ft. DISTRIB. Afghanistan. 



A low copiously-branched shrub, the branchlets distinctly argenteo-canes- 

 cent. Leaves short-petioled, 1-2 in. long; leaflets subcoriaceous, f-4 in. long, 

 opposite, pale grey-greejk thinly clothed with short white bristles above, glaucous and 

 thinly argenteo-canesyft below, obtuse, often emarginate. Racemes distinctly pe- 

 duncled, 1-2 in. Iondp2-20-flowered ; pedicels very short. Calyx obliquely cam- 

 panulat-e, argeriteOJM^j in. Ion' a; ; teeth deltoid-cuspidate. Corolla - ^ in., pale red, 

 canesceiuV externally. ~ Pod H-2 in. long, Bubcylindrical, glabrous, 6-1 0-seeded ; 



Y,\'<. hete-rantha \ leaflets more numerous 17-25 smaller, corolla and pod 

 small inner, ~ in., the latter 1-1^ -in. long. I. heterantha. Wall. Cat. 



S480,-4.Z?.C. ex parfe. Brand. For. Fl. 135. I. Dosua, Wall. Cat. 5481 B. ; Bot. 

 fc&K3,-t. 57. non-.Hamilf. I. virgata, Eoxb, Fl. Ind. iii. 383? I. quadrangularis, 

 Mvall. Cat. 5483. I. poh^phylla, DC. Prodr. 227? Temperate and sub- 

 ^^ 1 Himalayas, as far east as.Khasia- and Bhotan, ascending to 8000 ft. 

 Ktrib. Afghanistan. 



I."". ". rsle^oMes, DC. Prodr. ii. 225; shrubby, branches glabrescent, 

 lefifu-;.- l/.'.ro rl-.loivr 11-25, stipellre and bracts minute. I. uncinata, Ro.vb. 

 Fl. Ind. iii. 382 ; ^WfU. Cat. 5472. I. Finlaysoniana, Wall Cat. 5488. I. 

 Zollingeriana, Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 310? 



Tropical zone; KHASIA nr.d MKRGUI to CETLOX, ]VtAJ.ACCA and SIAM. DISTHIB. 

 Malay isles, Philippines, S. China. 



A tall shrub, with twiggy woody branches, thinly coated with adpressed hairs at 

 first. Leaves distinctly petioled, ^-1 ft. long ; leaflets opposite, membranous, usually 

 obtuse, 1-1 or 2 in. long, grijen above, glaucoiis below, the hairs short, adpressed, quite 

 obscure. Racemes short-peduncled, very dense, 2-3 in. long, not lengthened in fruit. 

 Calyx ~ in., canescent; teeth short, deltoid. Corolla pale red, f-^- in., finely 

 eanescent externally. Pods glabrous, the longest of the genus, 2^-3 in. long, sub- 

 cylindrical, straight, 15-18-seeded, beaked. 



34. X. bracteata, Grah. in Watt. Cat. 5477; suffruticose, branches 

 glabrescent, leaves middle-sized oblanceolate-oblong 7-17, stipellae and bracts 

 large. 



KITASIA. 5-6000 ft., Hook. fit. % Thomson; NIPAL, Wallich", and an exstipellate 

 form from KASHMIR, 5-6000 ft., Thomson. 



