318 FLORA OF MADRAS. \_Tephrosia. 



Flowers in axillary fascicles ; stipules spinose ; pod dre- 

 paniform, obscurely pubescent, iip to 1-25 in. long ; leaflets 

 obovate-cuneate, terminal '5 in. long or less.... 20. spinosa. 



1. TEPHROSIA TENUIS, Wall. ; F. B. I. ii. 111. 



East Coast, in the Kistna District, in sandy places. 

 A slender caespitose plant with filiform stems and linear 

 oblong membranous leaflet 1-2 in. long ; flowers pink, on 

 capillary pedicels. 



2. TEPHROSIA CALOPHYLLA, Bedd. Ic. t. 166; F. B. I. ii. 111. 



N. Coimbatore, on dry rocky hills above the Gazulhati 

 Pass, at 3,000 ft. (Beddome). 



A woody perennial with coriaceous strongly nerved leaflet 

 3-5 in. long, purplish-red flowers in elongate racemes and 

 glabrous pod 2-3 in. long. 



3. TEPHROSIA WYNAADENSIS, J. R. Drumm. 



W. Ghats, Tambracheri Ghat, Wynaad (Barber). 



An erect undershrub, resembling T. Candida, DC., end 



leaflets up to To in. long. 



4. TEPHROSIA FUSCA, W. & A. 210; F. B. I. ii. 114. 



Carnatic, Hills of Dindigal in Madura District (Wight). 

 Apparently a shrub and perhaps not indigenous. Though 

 more woolly it resembles, like the preceding, the North 

 Indian T. Candida, DC. often cultivated in Madras Hill 

 gardens. 



5. TEPHROSIA NOCTIFLORA, Bojer. T. HooJeeriana, Baker; 

 F. B. I. ii. 113 not ofW. & A. 



Madras Presidency (?) (Walker). 



An undershrub with golden-silky deflexed pods and 



narrowly oblong-oblanceolate emarginate leaflets. 



6. TEPHROSIA PENTAPHYLLA, Sweet. T. svnticosa, Wt. Ic. t. 

 370. Galega pentaphylla, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 384. 



Deccan, in Bellary District, on black cotton Boil (Wight). 

 A stout much branched undershrub, with very coriaceous 

 stems and leaves. 



7. TEPHROSIA HIRTA, Ham. T. villosa, W. & A. 212 ; F. B. I. ii. 

 113 excl. some synonyms. T. argentea, W. & A. 212 excl. 

 synonyms. T. incana, W. & A. 212. 



All plains Districts, on waste lands and by roadsides, 



ascending the hills to 3,000 ft. 



An erect silky-villous undershrub with pale red flowers. 



