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RSeOUDS OF THE BOTANIOAL SUBVET OF INDIA. 
DIS^rRIB. : Egypt, Nubia, Abyssinia, Eritrea, Kordofan, Socotra, S. 
Arabia, Sind, W. India. 
Vern. name: (Forsk.), JJawiV (Hirsch), Neel (Lunt), Nilekt Ssahagh (Post), 
(S.). 
Note :r-Cultivated for an Indigo dye at Schibam (Lunt). For medical uses see Porsk. 
1. c. 
vae. geimina Befl. Yemen (1S89) 129. 
Habitat : II. Near Mefhak, 1,800 m. (Befl. 596); in the mountains 
(Botta !'). 
Bi€teib.’: Endemic. 
VAR. polyphylla Hochst. Herb. Kotschy Nub. ;n. 217 ; Befl. Yemen 
(18&9) 129. 
Habitat : II. Near Taez, 1,300 — 1,400 m. (Befl. 694, 700); Oasis of 
Eabaj (Befl. 130 !); in the mountains (Botta !). 
Fl. : Beo. 1889 (Befl.). Fr. : Bee. 1889 (Befl.). 
Bisteib. : Nubia, Abyssinia, Yaman, 
5. 1. Burmaniii Boiss. Fl. Or. ii, (1872) 189 ; Suppl. (1888) 172 ; Befl. 
Yemen (1889) 129 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. (1896) App. 11,241. — ► 
1. semitrijuga Forsk. var. tetm^perma BC. Prodr. ii, (1825) 230. 
HaEitat : II. Jiddah (Fischer 75 ! Schirap. 882 !); near Mantar (Befl. 
25); E. of Marrana (S. 169); El Hami (S. 175 !); Yaman (Ebrenb. !); 
neighbourhood of Aden (Hunter 230 !); Shuqra (S. 130). 
Fl. : Jan. 1837 (Fischer), Mar. and Apr. 1881 (S.), Bee. 1888 (S.). 
Fl. : Jan. 1836 (Schimp.), Jan. 1837 (Fischer.), Mar. and Apr. 1881 
(S.), Bee. 1888 (S.). 
Bisteib. : Egypt; Sudan, Abyssinia, Arabia, Sind. 
I. desmodioides Baker in Kew Bull. (1894) 331. 
Habitat : III. Hadramaut : Katan, 2000 ft. (Lunt 185 !). 
Fl. : Feb. 1894 (Lunt). 
Bisteib. ; Endemic. 
7. 1. g«>Hioldes Hochst. Schimp. Herb. Abyss, n. 2242 ; Oliv. PL Trop. 
Afr. ii, (1871) 85 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. (1893) Ap^ II, 240. 
Habitat : II. Wasil, 1,400 m, (S. 1343 \}. 
Fe. : Feb. 1889 (S.). 
B-isteiB. Abyssinia, Buluwayo, Arabia. 
8. 1, liendecaphylla Jacq. Collect, ii, (1788) 358. — T. endecaphgllct 
Bot. Reg. t. 789 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii, pt. iv, (1876) 98. 
Habitat : 11. Jebel Nakhai, 700 m. (Befl. 512 I). 
