Camgana] XLV. LEaUMHSTOSJK 217 



persistent at the base of the short leaf- and flower-hearing branch] ets. I'lowers single, 

 on short peduncles, calyx eylindric. Besides these there is a number of low thorny 

 shrubs. 



4. COLUTE A, Linn. ; M. Brit. IncL ii. 103. 



Shrubs with imparipinnate leaves. PL large, yellow or reddish, in few- 

 flowered axillary racemes. Standard broad, biplicate or bicallose at the base, 

 claw short. Keel broad, much incurved, not beaked. Stamens diadelphous ; 

 anthers uniform. Ovary stipitate, ovules oo, style much incurved, bearded 

 along the inside. Pod large, membranous inflated, indehiscent or incompletely 

 dehiscent. Species 4-5, South Europe, Western Asia, N.W. Himalaya. 



1. C. arborescens, Linn., var. nepcdenda. — Syn. (7. nejxilensls, Sims ; 

 Brand. P. M. 136 ; CoUett Simla Flora, 123. 



Unarmed, leaflets 4-8 pair, glabrous, oval or obovate. Corolla bright yellow. 

 Pod 2 in. long, hairy when young, splitting at the tip when ripe. 



Arid valleys of the inner Himalaya 8,000-11,500 ft., Ladak to Kuniaun, Kuram 

 valley. Southern Europe and Western Asia. 2. Colutea armata, Hemsley and Lac^ 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. xxviii. tab. 39, is a small spiny shrub of the Baluchistan hills (7,500- 

 9,000 ft.), with grey, fibrous bark, spinescent branchlets, small flowers and pods 1 in. 



long. 



5. INDIGOFERA, Linn.; PL Brit. Ind. ii. 92. 



Herbs or shrubs, hairs adpressed, generally attached by the middle. Leaves 

 simple, trifoliolate or imparipinnate, leaflets mostly opposite. PL in axillary 

 racemes, calyx oblique. Stamens diadelphous, anthers uniform, apiculate. 

 Ovary sessile, style short, stigma capitate. Pod linear, seeds numerous. 

 Species 250, tropical and sub-tropical regions. 



A. Leaflets mostly opposite, 1-15 pair. PL large, over | in. long, 



1. I. pulchella, Eoxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 367-— Syn. J. arhorea^ Eoxb. ; 

 Wight Ic. t. 368. Vern. SaJcena^ Kumaon ; Baroli, Mar.; Taw-m^-yaing (wild 

 forest Indigo, Burm.) 



A large handsome shrub, sometimes with a short thick trunk, branches and 

 leaves thinly pubescent, leaflets 8-12 pair, elliptic to obovate, obtuse, often 

 mucronate, 1 1 in. long. PL pink ; bracts canescent, longer than buds, early 

 deciduous. Calyx canescent, teeth triangular, acuminate. Pod straight, 

 turgid, sutures thick. 



Subhimalayan tract and outer valleys, ascending to 3,000 ft., from Kalka eastward. 

 Common in Sal forests. Both Peninsulas, in Burma chiefly in Eng forest. PL Dec. 

 to March. PL eaten. 



Kurz, P. Fl. I. 361, distinguishes J. ellij^tica, Eoxb., Pegu and Martaban, as a 

 separate species, leaflets 4-8 pair, pod terete, with pale prominent sutures, seeds 6-10, 

 black, eylindric. 



2. I. atropurpurea, Ham. ; Wight Ic- 1. 369. Vern. Khenti^ Kaghan; 

 Kathi, Kashmir ; Kclla Sakena^ Kumaon. 



A large shrub, nearly glabrous, leaflets 5-6 pair, ovate-oblong, 1| in. long. 

 PL dark purple, in pedunculate racemes, as long as leaves or longer, compact 

 while in bud, the long acuminate bracts longer than the buds. Calyx teeth 

 short, triangular. Pod straight, slightly compressed, marginate, reflexed when 

 ripe. 



Outer Hixaalaya, from Hazara to ISTepal, generally between 2,000 and 9,000 ft. Salt 

 range. Khasi and Naga hills. Upper Burma, Yunan. PL B.S. B. I Hainiltonii, Grab, 

 an undershrub, burnt down by the annual fires, like Erythrina resujyinata^ leaflets 

 usually 1 pair, fl. purple J in. long, distant in long slender racemes. 



4, I. HeTbepetala, Benth. Himalaya 6,000-10,000 ft., from Kashmir to Sikkim ; a tall 



