Indigofera.~\ LEGUMINOSAE. 309 



N". Circars and Carnatic, along the East Coast. 



A diffuse annual herb with pink flowers and prickly pod. 



2. INDIGOFERA LINIFOLIA, Retz ; F. B. I. ii. 92; W. & A. 198; 

 Wt. Ic. t. 313 ; Roxb. Cor. PI. ii. t. 195. 



Circars, Deccaii and Carnatic, common, often on black 

 cotton soil ; W. Coast, in S. Canara. 



A prostrate annual branching from the ground and lying 

 flat on it or only erect among grass. It has bright red 

 flowers, a minute silvery pod, narrow leaves, and a some- 

 what 2-edged stem. 



Var. Campbellii, Wt. Stem prominently 2-edged; leaves 

 broader, obovate, mucronate. 



Deccan Districts, Kistna to Cuddapah. 



3. INDIGOFERA CORDIFOLIA, Heyiie ; F. B. I. ii. 93; W. & A. 199. 



Deccan and Carnatic, on stony ground and black-cotton 



soil. 



A prostrate silky annual with minute red flowers. 



4. INDIGOFERA UNIFLORA, Buch.-Ham. ; F. B. I. ii. 94; 

 W. & A. 199 ; Wt. Ic. t. 333. 



W. Coast from Malabar to Travancore ; Coimbatore. 



A very slenderly-branched prostrate plant with minute red 



flowers and cylindric pod. 



5. INDIGOFERA ASPALATHOIDES, Yahl ; F. B. I. ii. 94 ; W. & A. 

 199 ; Wt. Ic. t. 332. 



E. Coast of the Carnatic from Nellore to Cape Comorin 

 and ISTagarcoil, on sandy lands ; rarer inland. 

 A stiff silvery hoary undershrub with minute red flowers 

 and straight cylindric pod. 



6. INDIGOFERA GLANDULOSA, Willd. ; F. B. I. ii. 94; W. & A. 

 199 ; Wt. Ic. t. 330. 



Circars and Deccan from the Godavari to Salem, on wet 

 lands, scarcer in Carnatic. 



A stout undershrub with thick rootstock and long pros- 

 trate branches. Flowers red. Yern. Tel. Baragadam. 



7. INDIGOFERA ENNEAPHYLLA, Linn. ; F. B. I. ii. 94 ; W. & A. 

 199 ; Wt. Ic. t. 403. 



Circars, Deccaii and Carnatic, up to 3,000 ft. in hills, on 

 pasture lands, common. 



An undershrub with thick rootstock and prostrate branches. 

 Flowers bright red. Yern. Tel. Cheragadam. 



