312 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Indigofera. 



Deccan and Carnatic from Mysore to Madura and up to 

 3,000 ft., often in wet places. 



A much-branched annual plant up to 2 ft. high with 

 slender stems, long narrow leaflets and lilac flowers. 



22. INDIGOFERA ARTICULATA, Gouan. ; Pram and E. Baker in 

 Jourii. Bot. 1902, 141. /. caemlea, Roxb.: W. & A. 203; 

 Wt. Ic. t. 365. I. argentea var. caemlea, Baker in F. B. I. ii. 99. 



Circars, Deccan and Carnatic, often on black cotton soil. 

 Surat Indigo. 



An erect shrub, up to 3 ft. high, flowers reddish-yellow, 

 gives an indigo dye. Yern. Tel. Karunili. 



23. INDIGOFERA TINCTORIA, Linn. ; F. B. I. ii. 99 in part ; 

 W. & A. 202 in part ; Wt. Ic. t. 13(35. 



Circars, Deccaii and Carnatic, also West Coast, cultivated 

 and run wild. Madras Indigo. 



A branching shrub, up to about 6 ft. high. Yern. Hind. 

 Jinjini; Tel. Nili; Tarn. Averi ; Jjpfft.Ajara; Mai. Amari. 



24. INDIGOFERA SUMATRANA, Gaertii. I. tinctoria, F. B. I. ii. 

 99 in part ; W. & A. 202 in part, not of Linn. 



Circars and Deccan chiefly, occasionally elsewhere, culti- 

 vated and perhaps run wild. Bengal Indigo. 

 A twiggy shrub up to about 6 ft. high. Yern. Hind. Nil. 



25. INDIGOFERA LONGERACEMOSA, Boiviu ; Pram and E. Baker 

 in Journ. Bot. 1902, 144. 



South Travancore (Beddome, Lawsoii, Barber). 



A slender shrub with woody branches and leaves with 



rather small very thin leaflets. 



26. INDIGOFERA HIRSUTA, Linn. ; F. B. I. ii. 98 ; W. & A. 204. 



Almost all Districts, common. 



An annual or biennial densely pubescent erect herb with 

 pink flowers hidden by long subulate calyx lobes, rather 

 large leaflets and conspicuous filiform stipules. 



27. INDIGOFERA CONSTRICTA, Trimeii. /. Jtaccida var. con- 

 stricta, Thw. ; F. B. I. ii. 99 in note under I. tinctoria. 



Cochin, at Kavalay, 2,000 ft. (Meebold), but extends prob- 

 ably northwards to N. Kaiiara (coll. Talbot), though rare 

 as in Ceylon. 



An erect shrub, up to about 3 ft. high, with characteristic 

 constricted pod and leaves like those of indigo, though 

 with large leaflets. 



