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acutely 3-sided ; stipules ovate acute reflexed ; leaves oblong elliptic, 

 slightly cordate at the base, glabrous above, with spreading hairs 

 beneath ; racemes opposite the leaves, 3-flowered, 6 to 7 times 

 longer than the leaf; legume oblong, with adpressed hairs, stalked, 

 3 or 4 times longer than the calyx, many-seeded. District of 

 Mai wan ; flowers in September. 



17. ROSTRATA, W. and A. Prod. 1, 191. Shrubby, very rigid, 

 much-branched ; stipules long subulate ; leaves trifoliolate, on a 

 very short petiole ; leaflets very small, broadly obcordate, upper- 

 side nearly glabrous, under pubescent ; racemes few-flowered, ter- 

 minating the branchlets ; legume pubescent, ovate, obliquely-beak- 

 ed, seeds 2. On the sandy soil at Domus, also in Kattywar. 

 DC. Prod. 2, 133. 



18. LABURNIFOLIA, Linn.sp.Pl 1005. Shrubby erect, glabrous; 

 stipules wanting ; leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets broadly oval, usually 

 acute at both ends ; racemes elongated, terminal, and leaf-opposed, 

 many-flowered ; flowers large, yellow, long-pedicellate ; legume 

 stalked, glabrous, cylindric-oblong, 3 times as long as broad. DC. 

 Prod. 2, 130; Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 275. Southern Concan, Nimmo; 

 Syn. C pendula, Bert. DC. loc. cit. ; C pedunculosa, Desv. DC. 

 loc. cit. ; C lavulium pedunculosum, Desv. in Ann. Soc. Nat. ix, 407. 



19. ORIXENSIS, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 276. Herbaceous pro- 

 cumbent ; leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets obovate, upperside glabrous ; 

 racemes elongated, leaf-opposed, slender, many-flowered, bracteas 

 cordate acuminate ;\ flowers small, on long filiform pedicels ; legume 

 stalked, glabrous, short- cylindrical, a half longer than broad, few- 

 seeded. DC. Prod. 2, 131. At Surat, amongst grass. 



20. QUINQUEFOLIA, Linn.sp. PI 1006. Annual, erect-branched ; 

 stems hollow ; leaves 5-foliolate ; leaflets longer than the petioles, 

 from lanceolate to narrow-linear ; racemes terminal, much elongated, 

 many -flowered ; flowers large, distant ; legumes clavate oblong, 

 glabrous, attenuated at the base into a stalk. DC. Prod. 2, 131 ; 

 Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 279 ; Syn. C heterophylla, Linn, suppl. 323. On 

 the margins of rice fields, Salsette, &c. 



3. INDIGOFERA, Linn. 



1. ECHINATA, Willd. sp. iii, 1222. Herbaceous prostrate; 

 branches angular ; leaves simple obovate, minutely dotted ; racemes 

 on very short peduncles, 6 to 8-flowered ; legumes crescent-shaped, 

 with hooked bristles on the convex margins ; seed solitary, flat, 

 reniform. Very common. DC. Prod. 2, 222. Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 

 370; Syn. H nummulanaefolium, Linn. sp. p 1051; H rotund- 

 ifolium, Vahl. Symb. ii, 81 ; H erinaceum, Poir. Encycl. Meth. vi, 

 393 ; Onobrychis rotundifolia, Desv. DC. Prod. 2, 348. 

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