Herb, 6-12 in. high. Leaves 3-7 pinnately fol. Flowers 4-6 in axillary
racemes, reddish. Pod linear, subtetragonous.
Between Suakin & Berber (Wadi Dimehadit); White Nile Prov. (J.
Arashkol).
300 =Indigofera linifolia= _Retz._
Annual, 6-9 in. high; leaves simple; pod globose. Flowers red, in
axillary racemes. Anthers, in this genus, with apiculate connective.
Red Sea Prov. (21° N.L.); Kassala Prov. (Gallabat).
It is given medicinally in febrile eruptions.
=I. Dewevrei= _M. Mich._
Undershrub; stems angular. Leaves simple, linear, very acute, 2-2½ in.
long, shortly strigose-pubescent on both sides. Fls. axillary, solitary.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land: Gir).
=I. tetrasperma= _Schum._ & _Thonn._
Much branched undershrub, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves simple linear. Flowers
scarlet, 1-2 in axils of leaves. Pod linear with a mucro.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land: Agada, Bongo-land: Sabbi).
=I. bongensis= _Kotschy_ & _Peyr._
Small procumbent herb. Leaves simple, obovate. Fl. purple, in axillary
racemes. Pod narrow-linear, silky, ¾ in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land & Bongo-land).
=I. achyranthoides= _Taubert._
Stems short from a woody rhizome, minutely pubescent. Leaves simple,
obovate-oblanceolate, acutely mucronate, very closely appressed-
puberulous. Racemes spike-like, axillary, 3½ in. long. Fls. at length
reflexed; calyx-lobes subulate.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Wau).
=I. Schweinfurthii= _Taubert._
Leaves simple or up to 4-foliate; leaflets linear-oblanceolate acutely
mucronate, up to 2 in. long and ⅙ in. broad, appressed-setulose. Racemes
much longer than the leaves. Fls. very small.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land: Kutshuk Ali & Bongo-land: by the Lehsi
River).
=I. arenaria= _A. Rich._
Small herb densely branched from base. Leaves usually simple rarely 3-5
fol. Flowers axile in subsessile abbreviated racemes; cor. bright
purple. Pod narrow-linear, silky, ½ in. long.
Suakin to Berber (Obak); Dongola Prov.
=I. pulchra= _Vahl._
Undershrub, 2-5 ft. high. Leaflets 3-7. Infl. various, panicled or
solitary; cor. scarlet, silky outside. Pod small, oblong, villose.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land: Kutshuk Ali).
=I. diphylla= _Vent._
Woolly herb or undershrub, up to 2 ft. high. Leaflets 2, terminal one
longer. Fl. pink in short dense, axillary racemes. Pod linear, beaked
silky, ½ in. long.
Kordofan Prov.; Darfur Prov. (50 m. east of El Fasher).
=I. bracteolata= _DC._ DERMA (N. Kordn.)—Arab.
Undershrub, 1-2 ft. high. Leaflets 3-5. Racemes with a leaflet-like
bract at the base of each reddish flower. Pod small, oblong, mucronate.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); North Kordofan Prov. (W. of Mazrul); Bahr El
Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas).
=I. strobilifera= _Hochst._
Herb, 1 ft. high. Leaflets 5-7. Flowers in dense heads with large
roundish bracts concealing the flowers. Pod small, oblong, subterete,
mucronate.
White Nile & Kordofan Provinces.
=I. spinosa= _Forsk._ SANGADD—Hadendowa.
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