98 I,. LEGUMINOS^, (J. G. Baker.) [Indigofera, 



Plains of the Caknatic and West Peninstila.— Distbib. Arabia, Trap. Africa, 

 N. Australia. 



A suberect copiously-branched annual, 1-2 ft. high, with slender finely canescent. 

 stems. Leaves short-petioled, 1 \—2 in. long ; leaflets membranous, ^-1 in. long, obtuse 

 or subacute, thinly argenteo-canescent ; stipules minute, setaceous. Racemes con- 

 gested, sessile, ^-1 in. long, 6-12-flowered. Calyx ^ in. ; teeth linear, long. Corolla 

 lilac, 2-3 times the calyx. Pod 1-lJ in. long, finely canescent -when young. 



24. X. endecapliylla, Jacq. Ic. t. 570 ; herbaceous, stem and leaves witL 

 only a few adpressed hairs, leaflets 5-9 oblanceolate alternate, pod straight 

 j?labrescent 6-10-seeded. DC. Prodi: ii. 228 ; Bat. Req. t. 789. I. pusilla,. 

 ILamk. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 229 ? I. Kleinii, W. Sf A. P-odr. 204. I. debilis, Grah. 

 in Wall. Cat. 54C6. I. anceps, Vahl. ; Pair. Diet. Swppl. iii. 147. I. Schim- 

 periana, Soc/ist. in Schimp. Pi. Abyss. No. 366. 



Plains of the Westeen Pexinsula. Bibma, Wallieli. — ^Disteie. Cape, Trop. 

 Africa, Siam,. China. 



An annual or biennial, with trailing stems 1-2 ft. long. Leaves nearly sessile, 1-J 

 in. long ; leaflets membranous, obtuse, J-J in. long, with a few adpressed grey hairs ; 

 stipules J— J in., lanceolate, acuminate. Baoemes close, usually peduncled, 1-4 in. long. 

 Calyx i-J in. ; teeth setaceous, long. Corolla violet-purple, twice the calyx. Podi 

 defiesea, ^1 in. long. — If Lamarck's name belong here it has priority. 



25. X. hirsuta, Linn.; DC. Prodi: ii. 228; herbaceous, stems densely • 

 clothed "with short spreading pubescence, leaflets 5-11 opposite large obovate, 

 pod short straight pubescent 6-8-seeded. Wall. Cat. 5450 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 

 204 ; Po.rb. Fl. Ind. iii. 376 ; Jacq. Ic. t. 669 ; Hook. Comp. Pot. Mag. t. 24. 

 I. fusca, G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 211. I. ferruginea, Schum. ^ Thonn. PI. Guin, 

 870— Pheede HoH. Mai. ix. t. 30. ' 



Plains from the Himalayas (ascending to 4500 ft. in Kcmaon) to Ceyiok, Ava, 

 and Tenassebim. — Distbib. Trop. Africa, Trop. America, Java, Philippines, N> 

 . Australia. 



Annual or biennial, suberect, reaching 2-4 ft. high, the pubescence grey or brown.. 

 Leaves short-petioled, 2-5 in. long ; leaflets membranous, grey-green, glaucous below, 

 reaching 1-2 in. long, densely coated with adpressed hairs; stipules setaceous, 

 plumose. Eacemes short-peduncled, very dense, 2-6 in. long. Calyx ^ in., densely 

 pubescent ; teeth setaceous, long, plumose. Corolla red, not much exserted. Pod 

 J-| in. long, densely clothed like the branches. 



26. I. semitriju^a, Forsh. ; DC. P-odi: ii. 230 ; sufiruticose, densely- 

 argenteo-canescent, leaflets opposite small obovate 5-9, pod linear straio-ht 4r-6- 

 seeded not torulose. ° 



Plains of Scinde, Stocks. — Distbib. Arabia, Egypt, Abyssinia. 



A low shrub, diffusely branched from the base. Leaves under 1 in. long; 

 leaflets obtuse, ^ in. long, subeoriaceous, sometimes emarginate ; stipules ' 

 minute, setaceous. Baoemes laxly 6-12-flowered, short-peduncled, iisually exceeding 

 the leaves. Calyx i in., canescent ; teeth linear-lanceolate, as long as the tube 

 Corolla twice the calyx, thinly silvery externally. Pod i in. long, turgid, canescent. 



27. I. argentea, Linn. ; DC Prodr. ii. 224; shrubby, densely argenteo. 

 canescmt, leaflets large obovate, pod reflexed 3-4^seeded torulose L'Hei- 

 Stirp. t. 79; Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 190, non Poxh. nee Wall. I. glauca J 

 Diet. iii. 246. I. ai-ticulata, Oman III. 49. I. tinctoria, Foi'sK Eqy'pt. 

 mm Linn. ' ' 



Lamk. 

 138, 



