134 XXXI. LEGUMINOS^E. [Caragana. 



ing branchlcts closely set with leafless spinescent petioles. Leaflets 

 3-5 pair, elliptic, mucronate, villous, J in. long. Flowers yellow, solitary, 

 peduncles shorter than calyx. Calyx-teeth shorter than tube. Pods 1 

 in. long, tomentose inside and outside. 



Inner N.W. Himalaya (7000-12,000 ft.) Kunawar, Garhwal, Kamaon. Fl. 

 May-Aug. 



3. C. ulicina, Stocks ; Hook. Journ. Bot. iv. (1852) 145 ; Boissier Fl. 

 Orient, ii. 199. 



A low thorny shrub. Leaves fasciculate in the axils of stout trifid 

 spines ; the middle spine (petiole) often with a few leaflets, 1-1 J in. long, 

 the 2 lateral much shorter. Leaflets 2-3 pair, grey with adpressed hairs, 

 obovate or elliptic, mucronate, less than J in. long ; lateral nerves pro- 

 minent. Flowers yellow, solitary ; peduncles as long as, or longer than, 

 calyx. Pod pubescent outside and inside, 1 in. long. 



Common in the hills of Beluchistan, ascending to 6000 ft. (Shah-Bilawal, near 

 Karachi) ; Waziristan, 2000-8000 ft. G. ambigua, Stocks 1. c. (vern. Shinalak), 

 the flowers eaten by the Brahuis in Beluchistan, seems to be only a variety, 

 It is said to differ by larger flowers, and the pods slightly curved at the top. 



4. C. pygmaea, DC. Syn. G. versicolor, Benth. in Eoyle 111. 198. 

 Genista versicolor, Wall. ibid. t. 34, f. 2 ; Tartaric furze. Vern. Dama, 

 tama, trama, Ladak. 



A small thorny glabrous shrub, branches striate. Leaves fasciculate, 

 or on short tuberculate branchlets, in the axils of sharp trifid shining 

 brown spines, the middle spine (petiole) longer, about J in. long. Leaflets 

 2 pair, J in. long, closely approximate, linear or oblanceolate ; common 

 petiole very short, terminated by a spine. Flowers bright reddish- 

 yellow, solitary, peduncles jointed, as long as calyx. Calyx-teeth shorter 

 than tube. 



Common in the inner arid valleys of the N.W. Himalava, and on the plains 

 of Western Tibet, from 12,000-16,000 ft. On the Safedkoh at 8000-9000 ft. 

 Siberia, from the Altai to Davuria. Fl. Sept. Gregarious, somewhat resem- 

 bling furze. Browsed by goats, and extensively used as fuel. 



G. crassicaulis, Benth., is a small alpine undershrub, in the inner arid ranges 

 of Kamaon and Sikkim. 13,000-16,000 ft., with reddish-yellow flowers, and 

 stiff, but not spinescent petioles. 



4. INDIGOFERA, Linn. 

 Herbs or shrubs, generally clothed with adpressed silky hairs often fixed 

 by the middle. Leaves imparipinnate simple or trifoliolate. Calyx 

 small, oblique, campanulate, or tubular ; teeth equal, or the lowest longer 

 than the rest. Standard ovate or orbicular; wings oblong, adhering a 

 little to the keel, which is straight, not rostrate, spurred on each side near 

 the base. Upper stamen free from the base, the others connate ; anthers 

 uniform, the connective forming an apiculus. Ovary sessile or nearly so, 

 usually with numerous ovules ; style glabrous ; stigma capitate. Pod 

 linear or oblong, rarely globose, straight or curved, terete tetragonous or 





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