Indigqfera.] L. leguminosj!. (J. G. Baker.) 95 



A low undershnib, with copiously spreading rigid terete branches and argenteo- 

 canescent branchlets. Leaflets 1-5, pale green, with a few obscure adpressed hairs, 

 oblanceolate, i-^ in. long, often complicate. Pedicels erecto-patent, J-^ in. Cah/x 

 and corolla like that of I. unijlora. Pod straight, glabrous, turgid, J-| in. long. 6-8- 

 seeded. 



Group 4. Dissiti/lorts. Leaves odd-pinnate. Flowers few together, in lax 

 ■short-peduncled racemes. 



12. X. pentaphylla, Linn. ; JDC. Prodr. ii. 230 ; branches with only a few 

 .spreading deciduous glandless hairs, leaflets 5 obovate, racemes 2-4-flowered,poda 

 glabrous. W. Sr A. Prodr. 200 ; Wight Ic. t. 386, non Burch. I. glabra, Linn. ; 

 J>C. Prodr. ii. 229. I. fragrans, Retz. ; DC. Prodr. loc. cit. ; Soxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 

 375 ; Wcdl. Cat. 6452. 



Plains throughout India Proper from the Himalayas to Ceylon. — Disteib. Trop. 

 Africa. 



Annual, densely csespitose ; branches firm, very slender, a foot or more long. 

 Leaves short-petioled, |-1 in. long; leaflets opposite, membranous, pale, glaucous 

 below, with a few adpressed bristly hairs ; stipules setaceous, persistent. Calyx A in. 

 long ; teeth long, setaceous. Corolla ^ in., bright red. Pod, turgid, straight, |-f in. 

 long, 8-12-seeded, not at aU torulose. 



13. X. tenulfolia, Rottl. ; W. 8r A. Prodr. 200 ; branches and pod with 

 only a few adpressed hairs, leaflets 7-9 oblanceolate, racemes 3-6-flowered. 

 Dalz. 8f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 58. 



Plains of the "Western Peninsuia and Ceylon. 



General habit of /. pentaphylla, which it approaches closely. Leaves f-l in. long, 

 «hort-petioled ; leaflets opposite, flrmer than in the last and much narrower, with 

 numeroxis adpressed hairs on both sides ; stipules setaceous, very minute. Racemes 

 fihort-peduncled, equalling or slightly exceeding the leaves. Cah/x and coroHa as in 

 L pentaphylla. Pod straight, cylindrical, f-l in. long, 8-10-seeded, distinctly torulose. 



14. X. viscosa, Lawk. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 'i&'J ; branches and pod densely 

 clothed with minute gland-tipped hairs, leaflets 7-9 oblanceolate, racemes 6-12- 

 flowered. Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 377; W. 8r A. Pi-odr. 200; Wight Ic. t. 404; 

 Wall. Cat. 5451 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 189. I. glutinosa, Perott. ; DC. Prodr. 



loc. cit. I. lateritia, Willd. ; DC. Prodr. loo. dt. I. graveolens and glutinosa, 

 Roxb. MS8. Galega Oolntea, Burm. Fl. Ind. 172. 



Plains of India from the Himalayas to Ceylon; Biema. — Disteib. Trop. Africa, 

 Afghanistan, Malay isles, North Australia. 



Branches densely csespitose, 1-3 ft. high, more robust and woody than in the two 

 last, persistently densely viscous throughout. Leaves f-l^- in. long ; leaflets mem- 

 branous, opposite, pale green above, very glaucous below, with persistent adpressed 

 bristly hairs ; stipules setaceous, minute ; petiole ^ in. long, viscous like the branches. 

 Racemes short-peduncled, about as long as the leaves. Calyx and corolla as in the 

 two last. Pod straight, f-l in. long, 10-12-seeded, faintly torulose. 



15. X. pedicellata, W. Sr A. Prodr. 200 ; branches and pod glabrescent, 

 leaflets 3 oblanceolate-oblong, racemes 6-12-flowered. Wight Ic. t. 983. 



NiLGHiEis and Pulnby hiUs. 



Perennial. Branches trailing, firm, very slender, a foot or more long, faintly 

 pubescent when young. Stipules linear, minute ; petiole shorter than the leaflets ; 

 leaflets iirm, f-J in. long, with a few adpressed grey hairs on both sides, and blaclc 

 sessile glands below, the end one subsessile. Racemes ^1 in. long, 6-12-fiowered; 

 pedicels 2-3 times the calyx, with distinct linear bracteoles. Calyx ^ in., sliortly 

 pubescent ; teeth long, setaceous. Corolla red, twice the calyx. Pod straight, |-^ 

 in. long, many-seeded, obscurely pubescent at first, not at all torulose. 



