100 L. LBGUMiKOSiE. (J. G. Baker.) [Indigofera: 



short-pedunded, finally 3-4 in. long; pedicels J-J in. Caii/x ohViqoB, -i^'m. ; teeth 

 short. Cornlla \ in. long, pale red. Pod straight, glabrescent, turgid, 1^-1| in. 

 long, 8-10-seeded. 



31. X. leptostachya, DC. Prodr. ii. 225 ? skrabliy, branches glabrous, 

 leaflets middle-sized oblanceolate-oblong 18-19 obscurely hispid, stipellse minute, 

 pedicels short, bracts 0. 



Khasia and Sikkim, temperate zone, 5-8000 ft., H. f. Sf T. 



An erect shrub, reaching 10 ft. high, with slender twiggy branches, thinly silky 

 only when young. Leaves short-petioled, 3-4 in. long ; leaflets membranous, opposite, 

 ^1 in. long, green above, glaucous below, nearly glabrescent. FeduncUs reaching 

 1-2 in. ; racemes lax, finally 2-3 in. long ; pedicels not much longer than the calyx. 

 Calyx JL in., finely brown-silky ; teeth short, deltoid. Corolla ^-f in., pale red, canes- 

 cent externally. Pod glabrous, straight, 1-1 J in. long, 6-8-seeded, turgid, with narrow 

 sutures. — The CandoUean, synonym may not unlikely belong to a form of I. pvlchella. 



32. X. S-erardiana, Wall. Cat. 6486 ; shrubby, branchlets argenteo- 

 canescent, leaflets small oblanceolate-oblong 9-17, stipellae and bracts minute. 



Temperate and stjbtropicax Western Himataya ; common, from the Saltrange 

 to Kumaon, alt. 2-10,000 ft. — Distrib. Afghanistan. 



A low copiously-branched shrub, the branchlets distinctly argeateo-canes- 

 cent. Leaves short-petioled, 1-2 in. long; leaflets subcoriaceous, |— J in. long, 

 opposite, pale grey-green, thinly clothed with short white bristles above, glaucous and 

 thinly argenteo-canescent below, obtuse, often emarginate. Bacemes distinctly pe- 

 duncled, 1-2 in. long, 12-20-flowered ; pedicels very short. Calyx obliquely cam- 

 panulate, argenteous, -^ in. long ; teeth deltoid-cuspidate. Corolla f— J in., pale red, 

 canescent externally. Pod l|-2 in. long, subcylindrical, glabrous, 6-10-seeded; 

 sutures narrow. 



Vae. heterantha; leaflets more numerous 17—25 smallfer, corolla and pod 

 smaller, the former, J in., the latter 1-1^ in. long. I. heterantha. Wall. Cat. 

 ^i%0,A.B.G. ex parte. Brand. For. Fl. 135. I. Dosua, Wall. Cat.diSlB.; Sot. 

 Beg. 28, t. 57, non Hamilt. I. virgata, Roxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 383 ? I. quadrangularis, 

 Grah. in Wall. Gat. 5483. I. polyphyUa, DC. Prodr. 227 ?— Temperate and sub- 

 tropical Himalayas, as far east as Khasia and Bhotan, ascending to 8000 ft. — 

 Distrib. Afghanistan. 



33. X. g'aleg'oldes, DC. P;-o^)-. ii. 225; shrubby, branches glabrescent, 

 leaflets large oblong 11-25, stipellse and bracts minute. I. uncinata, Soxh. 

 Fl. Ind. iii. 382 ; Wall. Cat. 5472. I. Finlaysoniana, Wall. Cat. 5488. I. 

 ZoUingeriana, Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 310 ? 



Tropical zone ; Khasia and Mergtji to Ceylon, Maiacca and Siam. — Disteib. 

 Malay isles, Philippines, S. China. 



A tall shrub, with twiggy woody branches, thinly coated with adpressed hairs at 

 first. Leaves distinctly petioled, ^1 ft. long ; leaflets opposite, membranous, usually 

 obtuse, 1-1^ or 2 in. long, green above, glaucous below, the hairs short, adpressed, quite 

 obscure. Bacemes short-peduncled, very dense, 2-3 in. long, not lengthened in fruit. 

 Calyx Jj in., canescent; teeth short, deltoid. Corolla pale red, J-^ in., finely 

 canescent externally. Pods glabrous, the longest of the genus, 2^3 in. long, sub- 

 cylindrical, straight, 15-18-seeded, beaked. 



34. X. toracteata, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 6477; sufiruticose, branches 

 glabrescent, leaves middle-sized oblanceolate-oblong 7-17, stipeUse and bracts 

 large. 



Khasia, 5-6000 ft.. Hook. fil. Sf Thomson; Nipal, Wallich; and an exstipellate 

 form from Kashmir, 5-6000 ft., Thomson. 



