Indigof&ra.l l. leguminos^. (J. G. Baker.) 93" 



Throughout India from the Htmat.ayas to Ceiion, common. — Disteib. Ahyssinia, - 

 Afghanistan, Malay Isles, K. Australia. 



Arniiuil, the whole plant persistently silvery-hoary. Stems slender, copiously 

 branched both at the base and upwards, J-1 ft. Leaves simple, subsessile, ^1 in. 

 long, typically linear, acute, but varying (var. Campbellii, Wight) to obovate, obtuse 

 witiamucro; stipules minute, setaceous. Flowers 6-12 in copious dense subsessile 

 racemes. Cali/x ^ in., silvery ; teeth long, linear-setaceous. Corolla bright red, 2-3 

 times the calyx. Pod hard, mucronate, silvery, under ^ in. thick. 



Sttbgbn. 3. Euindig^ofera, Bentli. Ovary with at least 2 ovules, usually 

 •with many. Pod linear or oblong', unarmed, tuigid. 



Group 1. SimplicifolitB. Leaves simple (in Sp. 6 casually 3-folioliate.) 



3. X. cordifoUa, Heyne; DC. Pi-odr. ii. 222 ; herhaceous, loosely pubes-- 

 cent, leaves subsessile cordate-ovate, flowers in dense sessile heads, pod oblong 

 2-seeded. W. ^ A. Prodi: 199 ; Dais. 8/- Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 68. Heylandia ? cor-- 

 difolia, Ch-ah. in Wall. Cat. 5343. 



Plains throughout India proper, ascending to 4000 ft. in the Chenab valley. — 

 DiSTELB. Afghanistan, Beloochistan, Nubia, Malay Isles, N. Australia. 



A copiously branched diffuse annmal with stems :J-J ft. long. Leaves subobtuse with 

 a mucro, flexuous, J-f in. long, obscurely downy above, densely below ; stipules setace- 

 ous, minute. Heads copious, 4r-8-flowered. Calyx ^ in. densely downy ; teeth long, 

 setaceous. Corolla bright red, not exserted. Pod under ^ in. long, pubescent, casually - 

 1-seeded. 



4. I. triquetra, Dab. in Hook. Kew Journ. ii. 36; herbaceous, thinly 

 aigenteo-canescent, leaves subsessile oblong, flowers 6-12 in small peduncled^ 

 racemes, pod linear 4^6-seeded. Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Flora, 58. 



Plains of Concajt, Dalzell, Stocks. 



Perennial, greenish in shade, obscurely silvery in exposure. Stmts very flexuous,. 

 trailing, 1 ft. or less long, slender, acutely triquetrous. Leaves firm, 5-I in. long, nar- 

 rowed or slightly rounded at both ends ; stipules setaceous, persistent. Bacemes short- 

 peduncled, finally an inch long. Calf/x i in., canescent ; teeth long, setaceous. Corolla 

 i in., bright red. Pod i-| in. long, turgid, glabrous, the flattened sutures margined 

 by acute keels. 



5. X. caloneura, Swz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 42, 2, 229 ; shrubby,, 

 fulvo-puberulous, leaves small petioled elliptical with veins beneath much raised,, 

 racemes short close, pods unknown. 



Pegu, Kurz. 



An erect branched shrub. Leaves 5-5 in., rounded to both ends, mucronulate, char- 

 taceous, glabrous above, glaucescent and softly pubescent below ; petiole as long as- 

 blade ; stipules minute, linear-subulate. Sacemes usxially shorter than leaves ; pe- 

 duncle J in.; bracts subulate, moderately long. Calyx broad, short. Corolla J in., 

 probably rose. Ovart/ densely silky. 



6. X. Brunoniana, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5491 ; shrubby, argenteo-ca- 

 nescent, leaves large petioled oblong, racemes close elongated, pods cyliadricaL 

 many-seeded. Wall. PI. As. Bar. t. 279. 



BiEMA, Mount Prome, Wallich. 



Branches long, virgate, terete, slender. Leaves oblongi casually 3-foliolate, firm,, 

 conspicuously veined below, 3-S in. long, obtuse or subacute ; stipules decidaious ; 

 petioles ^-J in. Racemes short-peduncled, copious, reaching 4-6 in. long. Cah/x 

 obliiiue, argenteo-canescent, ^ in. long ; teeth short, deltoid. Corolla f in., bright red ;. 

 standard thinly canescent. Pod turgid, 2 in. long, thinly canescent, recurred at the tip. 



Group 2. Sessiliflorce. Leaves odd-pinnate. Flowers in dense sessile 01- 

 short-peduncled heads. Pods short, few-seeded. 



