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XLIII. LEGUMlNOSiE. 
[Psoralea 
11. P. Testariae (after Elizabeth Testar), F. v. M. Fragm. v. 45. A 
moderately robust plant ; branches pubescent. Stipules semi-lanceolate, subulate- 
acuminate, 4 to 8 lines long, 1J to 3 lines broad at the base, thin-chartaceous, 
striate, brown, the outer side and margins pubescent, at length deciduous. 
Leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets obovate, on very short petiolules, quite entire, 
herbaceous, 1J to 2in. long, thin penninerved, mucronulate, the under side 
slightly pubescent and glandular, the scurfy brown scales scattered and minute, 
upper side almost glabrous. Stipellte 2 at the apex of the petiole, setaceous, 
scarcely over 1 line long. Head of flowers terminal, sessile or on short peduncles. 
Bracts 4 to 5 lines long, 2 to 3J lines broad, imbricate, encompassing the lower 
portion of the flower head, appressed, pubescent on both sides. Calyx almost 
silky, teeth long. Petals purple, lamina of standard 4 lines long, complicate- 
orbicular, claw about 1J line long. Anthers very small, orbicular-cordate. Style 
3 lines long, the lower portion rubescent and bristly, the upper part thickish and 
glabrous. Stigma barbate. Ovary 1 -ovulate. 
Hab.: Rockingham Bay, J. Dullachy. 
30. INDIGOFERA, Linn. 
(From Indigo and fero, to bear. 
(Sphasridiophorum, Desv.) 
Calyx-tube short, broad and oblique, the teeth or lobes nearly equal or the 
lowest longest. Standard ovate or orbicular, sessile or narrowed into a short 
claw ; keel erect, obtuse or acuminate, with a hollow protuberance or spur on 
each side. Upper stamen free from the base, the others united in a sheath open 
on the upper side ; anthers uniform, tipped by the point of the connectivum 
resembling a small gland. Ovary sessile or nearly so, with several or rarely 1 or 
2 ovules ; style incurved at the top, with a terminal stigma. Pod oblong, linear 
or rarely globular, terete or rarely flattened, straight or incurved, 2-valved, divided 
transversely between the seeds by cellular tissue. Seeds globular, or truncate at 
each end, or flattened, not strophiolate. — Herbs, undershrubs or shrubs, more or 
less clothed or sprinkled with appressed hairs attached by the centre, sometimes 
mixed with loose hairs or tomentum. Leaves in the Australian species 1-foliolate 
or pinnate with 3 or more leaflets, occasionally stipellate. Stipules small, 
setaceous. Flowers usually red or purple, in axillary spikes or racemes. Bracts 
usually small and deciduous. Bracteoles none. Standard usually silky-pubescent 
outside. 
A very large and distinct genus widely spread over the warmer regions of the globe, especially 
numerous in tropical and southern Africa. Of the Australian species, 8 out of the 10 herbaceous 
ones are common in India, the remaining 2 herbaceous ones and the 4 shrubby ones are all 
endemic.— Benth. 
Calyx-lobes very much longer than the very short tube. Herbs or 
undershrubs. 
Leaves simple, nearly sesssile, linear or narrow-oblong. 
Flowers in short sessile spikes. Pod globular, 1-seeded 1. 7. linifolia. 
Flowers in long pedunculate racemes. Pod linear, several-seeded . . 4. 7. haplophylla. 
Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate. Flowers scarcely 2 lines long, in very short 
sessile spikes. 
Plant conspicuously glandular-dotted. Ovules 2. Pod ovoid-oblong, 
2 lines long, reflexed, pubescent and glandular 3. 7. glandulosa. 
Plant with very small glandular dots. Ovules 8 or more. Pod slender, 
refiexed, glabrous, nearly Jin. long 51. trifoliata. 
Plant pale or hoary. Ovules many. Pod spreading, slightly incurved, 
1 to ljin. long, obtusely 4-angled 6. 7. trita. 
Leaves pinnate, with several pairs of leaflets. 
Pod short. Ovules and seeds 2. Spikes short, dense and sessile . . . 2. 7. cnneophylla. 
