Tudigo/cni.] 



37. LEOUMINOS^E. 



125 



1. I. paucifolia, Delile ; DC. Prod. II. 224 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 97 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 59. 



Upper Gangetic basin ; Arabia ; Tropical Africa and Java. Through- 

 out the dry plains of the presidency and Sind. Fl. & Fr. Sept. -Oct. 



2. I. argentea. Linn. ; DC. Prod. II. 224 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 98. Var. 



ccerulea. L cmrulea, Roxb. Fl. I. ILL .377 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 59. 

 8p. Brandis For. Fl. 136. Often called Wild Indigo ; Karu-nili, K. 

 Burma, Merwara and Sind. The var. ccerulea, is common in the dry 

 plains of the Dharwar district and generally throughout the dry plains 

 of the presidency. Fl. June. Fr. Aug. -Sept. A shrub from which 

 indigo may be extracted. 



3. I. tinctoria, Linn. ; DC. Prod. II. 224 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 99 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 59 ; Brandis For. Fl. 135. The Indigo Plant, mi, Vern. ; 

 A'*7«, M. ; Gali, Guz. ; Jil, nir, Sind. 



In open places near villages throughout the Konkan and North Kanara, 

 Belgaum, &c. ; doubtfully indigenous. Cultivated in Sind and Guzerat. 

 Fl. Fr. Oct.- Jany, Yields the valuable Indigo dye, which has been sup- 

 plied to commerce from India from time immemorial. 



4. I. constrieta. Trim. Syst. Cat. Fl. PI. Ceylon. I. flaccida, var. 



constricta^ThM. Enum. 411; Fl. Br. L 2. 99. Ceylon (Thwaiteg). In 

 tho moist forests of North Kanara ; common on the Supa ghats. Fl. 

 Oct.-Nov. Fr. Dec.-Jany. A large bushy shrab similar in habit to 

 I. pulchella. 



5. I. Wightii, Grah.inWall. Cat. 5458; Fl. Br. 1.2. 99; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb, Fl. 59. Western Peninsula, Ceylon, plains of the Deccan, 

 Belgaum. A small gregarious, but very local shrub. Fl. Fr. Sept.- 

 Oct. 



6. I. pulchella, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 57; Fl. Ind. HI. 382; Fl. Br. 

 I. 2. 101 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 60 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 85. Chimnati, 

 Vern. 



Throughout the Himalayas and hills of India proper, ascending to 

 5000 feet in Kumaun. Throughout the Konkan and North Kanara 

 from the sea-level upwards, usually in moist forests along the ghats. 

 Fl. Dec.- Jan. Fr. ripe Feb.-Mch. A large, much-branched shrub j 

 branches angled. Flowers bright-red or purplish. Pod linear, cylindri- 

 cal, sharp pointed, deflexed. This species is common in deciduous 

 forests, sometimes gregarioQS. 



3. MILLETTIA, Wt. & Arn. 



Usually climbing shrubs. Leaves imparipinnate. Flowers showy, 

 in axillary racemes. Calyx campanulate with short teeth. Corolla 

 much exserted, with long clawed petals and a broad standard. 

 Stamens monadelphous or diadelphous with uniform anthers. Style 

 filiform, incurved, with a capitate stigma. Pod few-seeded, turgid, 

 sometimes torulose. 



