Indigof&ra.} l. LEGUMiNOSiE. (J. G. Baker.) 9? 



torulose. I. mxicronata, Spreng. ; DC. Pi-odr. ii. 227. I. flaccida, Kasnig. ; 

 Jtoxb. Hoi-t. Beng. 98 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 375 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 204 ; Wight Ic. 

 i;. 387 ; WaU. Cat. 54.15. I. scabra, Roth ; DC. P)-odr. ii. 229. I. Thonningii, 

 Thonn. et Schum. PL Gfuin. 366. 



Plains of the Westeen- Peninsula, and Ceylon-. — Distbtb. Trop. Africa, Trop. 

 America. 



Habit and leaflets of /. trita, from -which it differs in racemes, leaves and pod. 

 Branches -woody, virgate, soon glabrescent. Leaflets thin, glabrescent abo-re, pale 

 belo-w with a few adpressed grey hairs, al-ways 5 on the leaves of the main branches, 

 |-1 in. long. Peduncles 1-2 in. long ; racemes 20-40-flowered, reaching 4-6 in. long. 

 Calyx ^ in. : teeth setaceous. Corolla lilac, 2-3 times the calyx. Pod 1-2 in. long, 

 :6ubtetragonal from the raised keel of the valves. 



20. Z. mar^inulata, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 54S7 ; suf&uticose, branches 

 and membranous leaves thinly clothed -with adpressed grey hairs, leaflets 6 

 opposite obovate, racemes elongated, pod straight turgid 5-6-seeded. W. %■ A. 

 Prodr. 204. 



CoNCAN, Stocks ; Dindygul hills, in the Caenatic, Wight. 



General habit of /. subidata, from which it scarcely differs, except in pod. Leaflets 

 the same in shape, size, and vestiture. Bacemes lax, short-peduncled, 2-3 in. long, 

 exceeding the leaves. Pods deflexed, f-1 in. long, clothed with minute adpressed 

 •deciduous grey hairs, the valves broadly rounded. 



21. X. angulosa, Edgew. "MSS. ; sufiruticose, branches and membranous 

 leaves thinly clothed with adpressed grey hairs, leaflets opposite 5 oblong, 

 Tacemes elongated, pod short moniliform 1-3-seeded. I. subulata var. angulosa, 

 Edgew. in Linn. Jowrn. is. 311. 



BuNDELKUND, Edgcworth. 



General habit, leaves and flowers of the two preceding. Leaflets 1-1|- in. long, 

 pale grey-green. Bacemes pedunded, 30-50-flowered, reaching 4-6 in. long, much 

 exceeding the leaves. Pod f-J in. long, deeply constricted between the seeds, witli 

 a beak which is gradually narrowed into the style. 



22. ^. "paxLcifoliSL, Delile ; DC. Prodr. ii. 224; shrubby, branches and 

 ■subcoriaceous leaves argenteo-canescent, leaflets 3-5 alternate, pods 6-8-seeded 

 torulose recurved. Wall. Cat. 5454 ; W. Sf A. P-odr. 201 ; Wight Ic. t. 331 ; 

 Dalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 59 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 190. I. argentea, JRo.vb. Fl. 

 Ind. iii. 374; Wall. Cat. 6455, ex parte, non Linn. I. heterophjUa, 

 ^xh. MSS. 



Plains from Scinipe and the XJppee Ganges to Ceylok. — Disteib. Java, Beloo- 

 ■chistan, Arabia, Trop. Africa. 



A shrub reaching 4-6 ft. high, -with copious woody branches. Leaflets firm, ob- 

 lanceolate-oblong, ^1 in. long, sometimes solitary on tlie branches ; petiole short, but 

 distinct. Bacemes short-peduncled, 20-50-flowered, reaching 3-4 in. long. Calyx 

 silvery, i in. ; teeth lanceolate-cuspidate, as long as the tube. Corolla red, 3-4 timts 

 the calyx, thinly silvery externally. Pod ^-| in. long, glaucous, distinctly torulose. 



** Leaflets many, opposite (except I. e/ndecaphylld) ; flowers small. 



23. Z. parviflora, Heyne ; herbaceous, thinly argenteo-canescent, leaflets 

 7-9 linear or narrow oblanceolate opposite pod long glabrescent 15-20- 

 seeded reciu-ved at the tip. Wall. ■ Cat. 5457 ; W. <f A. P-odr. 201. I. 

 linearis, Guill, ^ Per. Fl. Seneg. 184. Indigastrum deflexum, Jaub. 8,- Spaoh. 

 III. t. 492. 



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