■^4 L. LEGTJMiNOsa!. (J. G. Baker.) {Indigofera. 



7. I. sla,Ta.6.\ilosa,,Willd. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 323; thinly pulDesoent, not at all 

 •argenteo-canescent, leaves distinctly petioled always 3-foliolate, corolla 3-4 times 



the calyx, pod 1-2-seeded. Roxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 372 ; Wall. Cat. 6461; W. 8; A. 

 Prodr. 199 ; Wight Ic. t. 330 ; Dalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 58. I. frumentacea, 

 .S.o.vh. MSS. 



Plains of Western Peninsula and Bdndeuctjnd. 



Anrmal, -with elongated slender branches clothed when young with spreading hairs. 

 Stipules setaceous, minute ; petiole nearly as long as the leaflets ; leaflets oblanceolate, 

 membranous, ^1 in. long, green above, hairs adpressed obscure, pale glaucous 'with co- 

 pious distinct black dots below. Beads \-^ in. long, sessile. Calyx i in., pubescent ; 

 teeth long, setaceous. Pod brown, flnely pubescent, oblong, J in. long, the sutures often 

 ■dentate, in var. /. SyJcesii, Herb. Griff., globose, 1 -seeded. 



8. X, trig'onelloides, Javh. ^ Spach.'' Ulust. t. 482 ; densely silvery, 

 leaves distinctly petioled 5-7-foliolate, corolla scarcely exserted, pod linear 3-4- 

 :seeded. I. asperifolia, Hookst. in Schimp. PI. Abyss. No. 2272. I. seruginis, 

 Schweinf. Fl. Jithiop. 11. 



Plains of Scinde, Stocks. — Distrib. Afghanistan, Abyssinia. 



Annual ; stems csespitose, trailing, much branched, ^1 ft. long. Leaves ^1 in. 

 long ; leaflets firm, alternate, oblanceolate ; stipules linear ; petiole ^-^ in. Heads 

 ■copious, al-ways sessile, round or oblong, 12-20 flowered. Calyx J in. ; teeth long, 

 setaceous. Corolla red. Pod ^ in. long, cylindrical, silvery-hoary, torulose. 



9. X. enneaphylla, Zinn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 229; thinly silvery-hoary, 

 leaves nearly sessile 7-11-foliolate, corolla slightly exserted, pod oblong 2-seeded 

 Poxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 376; WaU. Cat. 5444 ; W. i^ A. Prodr. 199 ; Wiffht Ic. t. 

 403 ; Dak. Sr Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 68. I. casspitosa, Wight in Wall. Cat. 5447. 

 Hedysarum prostratum, Linn. Mant. i. 102 ; Burin. Fl. Ind. t. 65, fig. 1. 



Plains of India from the Himalayas (where it ascends to 4000 ft.) to Ceylon and 

 BiEMA. — DisTEiB. Angola, Malay isles, North Australia. 



Annual or biennial. Stems densely csespitose, 1-1^ ft., trailing, much branched. 

 Leaves |-1^ in. long ; leaflets firm, oblanceolate, alternate ; stiptdes minute, setaceous. 

 Heads 12-20-flowered, dense, short-peduncled or sessile. Calyx -i^^m., hoary; teeth 

 iong, setaceous. Pod ^-^ in. long, cylindrical, thinly hoary. 



Group 3. Digitate. Leaves digitate or nearly so, rarely 1-foliolate, sessile. 

 Flowers solitary, pedicellate. 



10. I. uniflora, Ramilt. MSS. ; herhaceoua, branches very slender, 

 jedicels exceding the leaves as long as the pod. Poxb. Fl. Ind iii 374 • WaU 

 Cat. 5446 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 199 ; Wight Ic. t. 333 ; Dalz. 8f Gibs. Bomb.' Fl. Ss! 



Plains of the Western Peninsula and Caenatic. 



Perennial. Stems herbaceous, very slender, copiously branched, 1-li ft. long. 

 Stipules setaceous, very minute ; leaflets 3-7, rarely 1, narrow, oblanceolate, subobtuse 

 •or subacute, ^f in. long, pale green, membranous, with a few obscure adpressed 

 hairs, not always perfectly digitate. Pedicels flliform, |-^ in. Calyx scarcely J- in - 

 teeth long, linear. Corolla red, ^ in. Pod glabrous, straight, linear f-l in'^lone 

 4-7-seeded. a -2 ■ 6> 



11. I. aspalathoides, Vahl; DC. Prodr. ii. 231; slinibby, branches 

 -woody rigid, pedicels as long as the leaves much shorter than the pod W. Sr 

 A. Prodr. 199 ; Wight Ic. t. 332 ; Hooh. Ic. t. 188 ; Dah. Sr Gibs. Bomh Fl 

 -58. I. aspalathifolia, Moxb. Sort. Beng. 98 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 371 ; Wall. Cat. 5445." 

 Aspalathus indicus, lAnn. Sp. Plant. 1001. Lespedeza iuncea Wall Cat 

 ■6743, B—Pheede Sort. Mai. ix. t. 37. r j , . v^. 



Plains of Caenatic and Ceylon. 



