Tephrosia.'] LEGUMINOSAE. 319 



8. TEPHROSIA MAXIMA, Pers.; W. & A. 213 ; Trimen El. Oeyl. 

 t. xxvii. T. purpurea var. maxima, Baker in F. B. I. ii. 113. 



Deccan and Carnatic, especially along the coast and on 



dry hills inland, to the south end of Travancore. 



A slender often prostrate undershrub with large pale pink 



flowers. 



9. TEPHROSIA PULCHERRIMA, Wight ex Baker. T. tinctoria, 

 Pers. var. pulcherritna, Baker in F. B. I. ii. 112. 



W. Ghats, in the Mysore, Malabar, Nilgiri, Anamalai 



and Travancore Hills, at about 3,000 ft. 



A pretty undershrub with pale red flowers and angular 



velvety branchlets and leaves, the end leaflet much the 



longest. 



10. TEPHROSIA CANARENSIS, J. R. Drum in. T. tinctoria, Pers. 

 var. inter rupta, Baker in F. B. I. ii. 112 in part only. 



W. Ghats, in S. Canara, extending northwards, southwards 

 to Wynaad. 



An erect undershrub with large reddish flowers and leaflets 

 up to 2'5 in. long. 



11. TEPHROSIA TINCTORIA, Pers. ; F. B. I. ii. Ill ; W. & A. 

 211 ; Wt. Ic. t. 388. 



W. Ghats, common in all the region, chiefly between 3,000 

 and 7,000 ft. ; extending eastwards to the Hills of Mysore, 

 Coimbatore, Salem and even N. Arcot. 

 A pretty undershrub with golden-brown pubescence, red 

 flowers and leaflets variable in number from 1 to 13, the 

 end one usually the longest. 



12. TEPHROSIA SENTICOSA, Pers. ; W. & A. 211 not o/F. B. I. 



Deccan, Horsleykonda Hill in Cuddapah, at 4,500 ft. 

 (Gamble) ; Kottayani in Travancore (Raiigachari). 

 A slender undershrub with narrow silvery leaves. 



13. TEPHROSIA ROXBURGHIANA, J. R. Drumin. T. tinctoria 

 var. 7 . W. & A. 211. 



N. Gil-cars, Mahendragiri Hill in Ganjam, 4,000 ft., Hills of 

 Yizagapatam and Godavari ; Deccan, Saiidur Hills of Bellary . 

 A slender undershrub with usually a single leaflet, rarely 

 more, the stems and under-surface of leaflets white-silky- 

 pubescent. 



14. TEPHROSIA LANCEOLATA, Grab, ex W. & A. 213. T. 

 purpurea, Pers. var. /3. W. & A. 213. T. purpurea, Pers. 



