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Stipules 2 — 3 lin. long ; pods minutely appressed pubescent, I. galegoides. 



Stipules minute ; pods glabrous, I. pulehella. 



Pods about an inch long, terete. Seeds cylindrical. 

 Pods glabrous ; stipules minute, - I. elliptica. 



1. I. einieolia, Eetz. Obs. IV. 29. and VI. 33. t. 2 ; Eoxb. Corom. 

 PL II. t. 196 and PL Ind. III. 370 ; Wight Icon. t. 313 ; Hf . Ind. PL II. 

 92. 



Hab. Not unfrequent in short- grassed rather dry pastures of Chit- 

 tagong, Pegu, and Arracan ; probably all over the country. — Fl. Fr. chiefly 

 C. and HS. 



2. I. eiweaphylla, L. Mant. 272 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 376 ; 

 Wight Icon. t. 403 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 91. 



Hab. Ava, on limestone hills about Segain ; in the dry forests of the 

 Prome district. — PL Pr. Nov. 



3. I. tinctobia, L. sp. pi. 1061 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 379 ; Wight 

 Icon. t. 365 ; Eoyle 111. Him. PL t. 195 ; Hf . Ind. FL II. 99. 



Var. a. gentjena, pods about an inch long and more slender, usually 

 straight or only slightly curved, 7 — 10- seeded, the seeds about a line long, 

 pale coloured. 



Var. j3. Anil (J. Anil, L. Mant. 272 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I. 307 ; 

 J. coerulea, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 377 ; Wight Icon. t. 366 ; I. argentea, var. 

 coernlea, Bak. in Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 99), pods more curved and reflexed, 

 shorter, about i in. long but sometimes longer, 3 — 4, but as often 4 — 6 

 and even up to 7-seeded, the seeds smaller, olive-coloured. 



Hab. Var. a. frequently cultivated in the Irrawaddi alluvium of 

 Prome and Pegu, and most probably elsewhere ; var. /?. frequent in the 

 open forests, especially the low ones, in jungle-pastures and along river- 

 banks, all over Burma, from Ava and Martaban down to Tenasserim. — FL 

 Pr. Close of ES., and CS. 



I cannot find any sufficient grounds for specifically separating the 

 above two forms ; the pod differs greatly on the same plant. 



4. I. endecaphtlla, Jacq. Icon. t. 570 ; Bot. Eeg. t. 789 ; Hf. 

 Ind. PL II. 98. (I. delilis, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5466 ; Kurz in Journ. As. 

 Soc. Beng. 1874, 184). 



Hab. Ava, Irrawaddi valley (Wall. ; Mrs. Burney). — Fl. Sept. 

 The pods of the Burmese plant are more slender and more persistently 

 pubescent. 



5. I. teieoliata, L. Amoen. IV. 327 ; Wight Icon. t. 314 ; Hf. 

 Ind Fl. II. 96. 



Hab. Tenasserim (Helf .) teste Baker. 



6. I. yiscosa, Lamk. Encycl. Meth. III. 247 ; Eoxb. PI. Ind. III. 

 377 ; Wight Icon. t. 404 ; Hf. Ind. PL II. 95. 



Hab. Ava, near Mandalay (J. Anderson). — PL Fr. Sept. 



