1897.] D. Prain — Some additional Leguminosas. 357 



hardly even a variety, of the extremely distinct I. argentea Linn. — the species 

 known as " Nil" in Rajpntana. The " Nil " of most other parts of India — the Indigo 

 plant (I. tinctoria) — is on the other hand known in Rajpntana as " Jin-gini," all the 

 nse made of it being that its seeds are sometimes eaten during periods of scarcity. 

 If the form referred to by Mr. Baker must be treated as a variety it would perhaps 

 be better to substitute the name var. brachycarpa or var. retusa for the name var. 

 coerulea; it happens that Dr. Roxburgh's I. coerula is exactly = 1. argentea Linn, and 

 is not quite = I. retusa Grah. or I. tinctoria var. brachycarpa DC, both of these being 

 exactly Mr. Baker's plant. 



29. Indigofera Wightii Grah. 



Add to localities of F. B. I. : — Tenasserim ; Endine-ghor, 1000 

 feet elev., Gallatly ! 



30. Indigofera cylindracea Grah. 



Add to localities of F. B. I. : — Naga Hills ; Pulinabadza, 7500 feet 

 elev., Prain! 



31. Indigofera leptostachya DC. ? 



Add to localities of F. B. I. : — Upper Burma ; Maymyo and Lwekaw, 

 Dr. King's Collectors ! 



32. Indigofera atropurpurea Earn. 



Add to localities of F. B. I. : — Naga Hills ; Mao, Clarke ! Upper 

 Burma ; Bhamo and Maymyo, King's Collectors ! Shan Hills, King's 

 Collectors! Karen Hills, O'Reilly! Distrib. Yunnan, at Momieu (/, 

 Anderson) . 



38. Indigofera dosua Ham. var. tomentosa Bak. 



Add to localities of F. B. I. : — Upper Burma ; Shan Hills, common. 



18. PSORALEA Linn. 



1. Psoralea corylifolia Linn. 

 Add to localities of F. B. I. :— 



Burma ; Paghanmyo, Wallich ! Poneshee, Anderson ! Meiktila, 

 Collett ! Shan States, very common, King's Collectors! 



In Burma the corolla is sometimes yellow, much more often it is reported as 

 ' bine ' or ' purple ; ' in India also it is more often quoted as ' blue ' (Gamble) or ' white 

 with carina purple-tipped ' (Hooker and Thomson) than ' yellow.' The plant often 

 reaches 5-6 feet in height. 



lb. Psoralea drupacea Bunge, PI, Lehmann., 249 ; herbaceous, 

 leaves simple, racemes elongated, pod villous. Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 187. 



North-West Himalaya ; Gilgit, Giles ! Distrib. N. Persia, Tur- 

 kestan. 



An erect annual 3-4 feet high. Branches firm, striated, villous. Leaves 

 distinctly petioled roundish widely serrate, harsh, conspicuously dotted ; petiole 

 villous, blades glabrescent. Flowers 25-50 in elongated lax racemes. Calyx sub- 

 sessile villous £ in. long ; teeth lanceolate the lowest slightly longest. Corolla 

 bluish-white distinctly exserted. Pod obovate, densely villous, twice as long as calyx:. 



