268 S. Kurz — Contributions towards a [No. 4, 



Psoralea, L. 



1. P. coRYiiFOLiA, L. sp. pi. 1075 ; Eoxb. PI. Ind. III. 387 ; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 665 ; Hf. Ind. PI. II. 103. (Melilotus sp. Griff. Not. Dicot. 437. t. 

 578). 



Hab. Occasionally in neglected fields, near hedges and along road- 

 sides in the Prome district ; apparently more frequent in Ava. — PL Fr. 

 CS. 



Cyamopsis, DC. 



•1. C. psokalioides, DC. Prod. II. 216 ; Wight Icon. t. 248 ; Hf. 

 Ind. PI. II. 92. (DolicTiosfaloeformis, L' Her. Stirp. t. 78 ; Boxb. PI. Ind. 

 III. 316 ; Lupinios trifoliatus, Cav. Icon. t. 59). 



Hab. Burma, cultivated (according to Bevd. P. Mason). — Fl. Fr. CS. 



Indigofera, L. 



Conspectus of Species. 



Subg. 1. Spharidiophora, Desv. Ovary 1-ovuled. Pods very short, 1-seeded. 

 All parts, also the pods, appressed silk -hairy ; leaves simple, small ; pods almost 



globular, I. linifolia. 



Subg. 2. Eu-Indigofera, Bth. Ovary 2 — more-ovuled ; pods usually elongate, 

 rarely short. 



* Calyx deeply cleft, the lobes subulate-acuminate. Corolla about twice so long as 



the calyx. Annuals or perennials. 

 + Pods short, 2- rarely 3-seeded. 

 Appressed pubescent ; leaves pinnate ; pods almost 4-angular, shortly hairy ; seeds 



cubical, I. enneaphylla. 



+ + Pods many- or several-seeded, elongate. 

 Seeds cylindrical. 



Leaflets usually in 4 to 5 pairs ; racemes shorter than the leaves, I. tinctoria. 



Leaflets in 1 or 2 pairs; racemes very slender, much longer than the leaves, 



. . I. endeccrphylla. 



Leaves 3-foliolate ; racemes very short or reduced to clusters, I. trifoliata. 



Seeds cubical or 4-angular-oblong. 



All parts (also the pods) viscose-pubescent ; leaflets in 4 — 7 pairs, I. viscosa. 



All parts appressed greyish or silvery pubescent ; leaves 3-foliolate ; pods thinly 



appressed pubescent, I. trita. 



AH parts hirsute-pubescent ; leaflets usually in 3 or 4 pairs ; pods hirsute, 1, hirsuta. 



* * Calyx toothed, the teeth short, more or less acute. Corolla at least 3 times as 



long as the calyx and usually much longer. More or less ivoody shrubs. 

 x Leaves simple or 3-foliolate (often on the same plant). 

 "Whole plant greyish from minute appressed stiff hairs ; leaves 1 — 3-foliolate on the 



same plant ; stipules very minute, I. Brunoniana. 



Softly tawny pubescent ; leaves 1-foliolate ; stipules about 2 lin. long, ....I. caloneura. 

 x x Leaves unpaired pinnate. 



O Pods 1 \ — 2 in. long, more or less 4-gonous ; seeds cubical or 

 4 -cornered. 



