^ 'S68. I n digoferA arBorba'(Roxb.) arboreous; leaves
pinnate; leaflets from 6 to 9 pair, oval emarginate; racemes
the length of the leaves, wings expanded : legume fluted,
straight, smooth.—Roxb. FL Ind. 3 p;. 381
< 1'1 1j \ i ring branch—I* a. dissected flower. Copied from
SJitoxbuTgh’s drawing, -d
369. Indkofbra atroporpurea (Buchan :) shrubby
'fawffe leaves pinnate';' leaflets flip» '6 to 8 pairs, oval,
Smooth.: racemes when'jid;. flower as long as the leaves,
in see 1 twice then, length legumes eyl&drie, straight,
reflexe i, from 8 to ) seeded1,—R< xb. ■ FI. Ind. 3-p. 311;
| | i r 1 m.-ring ibranch-2 a portion of a racemes, with 2
pods—3 a pod after dehiscence. Copiedfrojn Roxburgh’s
ora Una
a7o. T rfiibO'I. srN'K “ inn ) flirub'n diffipe,
li ally glabrous 1<aves i innated k a l l i t 'l - i pnrs, nbj f
’■cordite, the terminal bne I^Hlaijgest:: upper side gla-
frJSo^’un’der vfhitish wJth^K\a-y fin e pubescence 1 s£it__j
m ills, subulat’|,\'fldwersjh gifirh, aiillfey, Wwar^g the extremities
of the.branehes nearly sessile calyx-segments j
subulate: legumes coinpressed, glabrous,. slightly curved
sat the poind —\ \ and V 1’iod p. 211.
■ f 1 ln\-rn ig bi mill—2 diss< < \ d flp'wi l - 3 leg; m< —1 :
the same open. Copied from Roxburgh’s .li.iwug. - 1
t? "371. T epiirosta uSsauA '(G ra hW j Gdlega incaimj
Roxb ) shrubby, diflus every where' except the upper-
(isurfai e of the leaves 'tfmcnto, c , t i woolly n av i- j^u--
dated b lfli ts ib&ut'ti p lir.'obov ite, retuse ; up] ei side
jp u lii-iu it oi silky’, undei•, woe Hi ti; j ’t , lanceolate,
IjK&eied racemes tet^nedaelpngated, Interrupted, many-
."fldwje'red: flowers 'fasdjcfea, almost sessile calyx villous,
wirti long.fulu.il- bail - , segine nts subtil ite,s< veral times
, Jbipgu ’b in tin tub« vexi lum -ilkj 1( gum< s di Hi 1
fa n d faldately curved upwards, obtuse, densf K h'lwjiiV,
‘ t\ ioll\, (I 8 siedidl^-jW-i ariS A. Prod. p. aid:
EJ" 1 flowering branch—-2 legume open—Copied fijpiii
: Roxburgh s drawing.
■ }??S72. T bpheosia splBqsJ?ffi|rs.), shrubby; branches
,jnu i i r s « woody, n nd, 'prcxdi g in i try (hr< ilipn,
’li't'hi d w ith white soft adpressed somewhat i ottonyhairs:
leaves pinnated leaflets 2-4 pair, cuneate, emarginat,e;
u pp,r side glabrous, under clothed with adpressed white
silk; lu ll' stipule s ‘ubulat p ite nt, rigid, spinous (in-
the wild p lant); flowers axillary, 1-2 together, short pe-
1 kiuncled : calyx hairy; segments "subulate, i ^ ’ 7
1 length ol the tu b e : yexfflum liairy legumes .pleading,j
miuft<OTiipfi''.'('J, lu im , tali ate, more'■ or less clothed
witb.heinewhat adpressed hafrs,:-6rS?seeded.—W. and A.
Prod. p. r2I4 '
ffitfepied'- from Roxburgh’s drawing.
. 373 B rsmodium CEEHAnoTE (Wall) (Kfedyshrom
^ cephalotes, Roxb.) arborescent : branches obtusely m-
angulai, nr rise ly clothed when young' with adpressed
white llkv pubescence aflerwaid more glabrous 1 ive s
, trifoliolate, leaflets oblong or pbfoi g lanceolate clothe 1
with woolly or «Bey hairs when young;' soon' glabrous;
nerves parallel, woolly beneath; stipules;ineadose, leu
urinated, : peduneles axillary, sevei il times 1)101 ter than]
the pctle.li' many-flov e re <1 l o i r lalv^ siame nts mr®l
rower and longer 'lian the others legumes densely u l
lous, 2 1-jomtecP—W .a rd \ Kod p 224
1 Flowering-.h^aricH'—2 clu'ter o f legumes— l a single
S' ^ Copied hoin.Rpsbui _rh’s‘drawing.
374. Des odium bi urv ire m (Graham Hedysarum
saeeitvatum Roxb.) shrubby; branches spreading,, rc-t
curved clothed as veil as the race in' \ ith sh o rf ad-
, pressed 1 ‘ I ; t &oqtii(1triqfei'rau's: leaves
vM&rious, tidoliolafe; leaflets pyati di ‘oval, .gla’jioux
above, pubescent, beneath : stipules lanceolate, a Umi-
' Bated : ra< tin ts terminal, dfop^lng before the flowers el\-
pand, afterwards very[l,Qhgi (1-2-feet) ; bracteas lanceolate
surrounding aeveral smaller setaceous ones flowers
several together legumes nai*rbw-li,neaf, straight on both’
suthreSjfeWfhea with Short hooked hairs; joints wore;
itfiah, twice as long as.bi<pad.—Graham Prod. p. 226.
Copied from Roxburgh’s drawing. 4 ; '
375. OsnEcarA trdkcata (Don.) herbaceous, annual:
stems slightly branched, 4-angled; the angles
clothed with adpressed and afterwards spreading or de-
flexed h airs: leaves Spreading or deflexed, ovate, strigose,
quite entire, ciliated, 3-nerved, the four upper ones approximated
and forming a kind o f involucre under the
flowers: flowers (very small) terminal, nearly sessile, aggregated
: calyx urceolate, covered with spreading simple
or palmate long bristles; segments 4, deciduous t appendages1
deciduous, shortish, crowned with bristles: anthers
8, truncated (without any b e a k !) ovary crowned with
16-20 bristles.—W. and A. Prod. p. 322.
1 Plant natural size—2 a flower partially dissected—3
anthers back and front views—4 ovary, cut vertically—5
capsule Natural size—6 cut vertically—7 cut transversely
-wSi a seed.
376. Osbeckia virgata (Don.) shrubby : branches
straight, .twiggy, 4-angled, hispid: leaves petioled, lanceolate
or ovate-lanceolate, 3-nerved, quite en tire ; upper
side sprinkled'1'with adpressed hairs ; under hirsute on
the nerves', otherwise glabrous : flowers aggregated: ca-
lyxhin|)fe urceolate, sprinkled with simple and 2-3-partite
Bbraadfhgnnstles, sometimes nearly naked; segments 5,
dgomhon's ; appendages deciduous, being usually deeply
trin'a’oT’bometiihes simple bristles: anthers 10, shortly
beaked;, ovary crowfled' with numerous bristles: style-
' incurved near the apeixi—-W. and A. Prod. p. 323.
1 Flowering branch—2 dissected flower—3 anthers
hack and front views—4: capsule—5 out vertically—6 Cut
ti,ui'Vii'C.y—7 a.1 seed. .
37-7.’ Osbeckia aspeba (Blume) shrubby : branches
obscurely 4-angled, rough from short strigose bristles :
leaves shortly petioled,' oblong-ovate, or oblong-lanceolate,
acute, obtuse at the .base, 3-rnerved; upper side co-
pibnjdj clothed w4h adpressed bristles, under hirsute
. on the nerves, and harshly pubescent between them:
■ flowers on short pedicels, terminal, somewhat racemose :
calyx-tube cup-shaped, copiously clothed with adpressed
frigid pubescence; segments 5, ovate-oblong, obtuse, deciduous';
appendages caducous, consisting of a tuft of a
few (sometimes only 1) bristles stamens 10; anthers
aempmated but scarcely beaked: style incurved at
the! apex.; ovary crowned with numerous bristles.—W.
(anil \ Prod, p 323»
I Flowering branch—2 dissected flower—3 capsule cut
transversely—4 cut vertically—5 a seed—6 the same cu t
Ion git i dinally —7 the li liibtyo detached;:1
37S. Lorahthus tomektosus (Heyne) all over greyish
with starry tomentum : branches tere te: leaves alternate,
roundish-obpvate, obtuse, somewhat cuneate a t
the base, petioled, a t length nearly glabrous on the upper
side peduncles axillary solitary, bearing, an umbel of
3- i pediceUed 1villous.fl >we is ; bractea foliaceous, much,
larger than the ovary,, unilateral, close to the ovary, cu-
ne ate -obox ate, obtuse e tlyx-limb* 5-toothed f.corofla.tu-'
bular, gibbous ou one side above the middle, curved,
splitting'into-5 linear recurved 'unilateral segments, one
o f the fissures much deeper than the o th e rs: filaments
.muiiciated1:. anthers linear.—W anel A. l’roii. p. 385.
■ In this plate thrCeiyyariGties are represented—varying
in. the forms of the leavesandof the bracteas, but agree-,
ing in all having large foliaceous bractsl
1 Flowering branch — 2; a flowi r with its attached bractea—
3 a,dissected flower—4.staniehs—5. ovary after the
fi)( of thi,' ix)i oila.
37.9;. VCiiPFARis MURRATAKA (J. Graham) shrubby,
Vdif®e; armed with short recurved (orange coloured)
prickles ;.:;yoU'Dg shoots, tome ultose: . leaves small, roundish,
glabrous': flowers large S. Upper sepal -larger than the
others, saccate : berry long peduncled, Oval,, ribbed.
, . . Ft i the drawing and a splifary 'pecimen of* this very distinct
species, I am indebted to thejlhte Mr. John Graham
of Bombay. I t is found in ravines at Mahableshwnr hills.
“ Flowers white, beautifully suffused with red, large
and showy.” Nimmo in Graham’s catalogue,
1 Flowering branch—2 anthers—3 ovary cut longitudinally:
(