310 FLORA OF MADRAS. ^Indigo/era. 



8. INDIGOFERA PEDICELLATA, W. & A. 200; F. B. I. ii. 95; 

 Wt. Ic. t. 983. 



W. Ghats, in the Nilgiri, Anamalai and Pulney Hills from 

 5,000 ft. upwards ; Shevaroy Hills of Salem ; in pasture 

 lands and on roadsides. 



An undershrub with thick rootstock and many slender 

 branches, the flowers bright brick-red. 



9. INDIGOFERA VESTITA, Baker in F. B. I. ii. 96. 



W. Ghats, in the Nilgiri, N. Coimbatore, S. Malabar and 

 Pulney Hills at 3,000 to 4,000 ft. 



An undershrub with thick rootstock and very brown-hairy 

 leaves and pods. 



10. INDIGOFERA TRIFOLIATA, Linn.; F. B. I. ii. 96 in part-, 

 W. & A. 201 in part ; Wt. Ic. t. 314. 



Deccan, in Kurnool, Bellary and Mysore, up to 3,000 ft. ; 



Anamalai Hills. 



An undershrub with long trailing branches ; flowers red. 

 Yar. midticaulis, Gamble. I. multicaulis, DC. A larger plant 

 with stiff erect branches and thicker, more numerous pods, nearly 

 glabrous. 



Deccan, in Mysore and Bellary, up to 3,000 ft. 



11. INDIGOFERA PROSTRATA, Willd. I. trifoliata, Baker in 

 F. B. I. ii. 96 in part; W. & A. 201 in part. 



Deccan and Carnatic in hilly regions from the Kistna 

 southwards ; W. Coast and hills of the W. Ghats, rising to 

 3,000 ft., chiefly in grassy lands. 



An undershrub with long very slender trailing branches, 

 red flowers and almost filiform pods. 



12. INDIGOFERA BARBERI, Gamble in Kew Bull. 1918, 



Deccan and Carnatic from Cuddapah to S. Arcot and the 



Shevaroy Hills. 



An erect canescent undershrub with slender branches. 



13. INDIGOFERA TRITA, Linn. f. ; F. B. I. ii. 96; W. & A. 203; 

 Wt. Ic. t. 315, 386. 



S. Circars, Deccan and Carnatic from the Godavari to 

 Travancore, inland to Coimbatore and Madura, roadsides 

 and waste places, common. 



A stiff very grey undershrub up to 3 ft. high, with salmon- 

 pink flowers and long tetragonous sharply-pointed pod. 

 Yern. Tel. Nakanaru. 



