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72 L. LEGUMiNOS^:.^ (J. G. Baker.) [Crotalana, 



llnifoUa, Linn. fil. ; DC. Frodr. ii. 128 



fr-20"flowere(l 



o*btuse 



teeth connate, pod small ovoid-oblong sessile glabrous as long as calyx. Eoxh. 

 FL Ind. ii. 266 ; Don Drodr. 241 ; Wall Cat. 5400 in part ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 

 100 (ej,'cl syn.) ; Dah. <§• Gibs. Bomb. Fl 66. 0. csespitosa, Roxb. Fl. M. 

 iii. 269. C. montana, Ileyne in Roth Nov. Sp. 335 ; DC Prodr. ii. 126, not of 

 Roxb. C. sobolifera, GraA. in Wall. Cat. 5420 A. 0. stenopliylla, Vogel in 

 Nova Acta Nat. Cur. x\x. SuppL 7. 0. saxatilis, Zolling. in Flora ^ 1847; 694. 

 C. melanocarnn. Wall. Cat. 5382. 



Tropical region: SiKKiM, alt. l-40(>0 ft. Western Peninsula, Ceylon, Bieka, 

 Pegu. — Distrib. Malay Isles, China, Philippines, N. Australia. 



Annual, ^-2 ft. high, with copious slender firm terete branches clothed with short 

 adpressed silky hairs. Leaves short- stalked, moderately firm, shortly silky, base sub- 

 crmeate ; stipules 0. Racemes usually terminal only, reaching J-1 ft. long ; bracts and 

 bracteoles subulate, very minute. Calyx ^~\ in. long, deeply bilabiate, densely 

 shortly brown-silky ; teeth of upner lit> very short, of lower deep linear. Corolla pale 



scarcely exserted. Pod 8-lD-seeded, black when mature. 



inky, 



leaves ottuse obovate-oblong, racemes lax terminal only, calyx middle-sized, up 

 per teeth subconnate, pod oblong as long as calyx. Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 

 li. 669. €. viminea, WaU. Cat. 5397 •, W. fy A. Prodr. 189. 0. linifolia var 

 Wall. Cat. 5400 B. . 0. punctata var. WaU. Cat. 5401 B. 



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"Westkbn Peninsula, in the Concan, Nilghiries, Pulnet Mts, 

 A low undershnth with numerous stiff terete erecto-patent branches, clothed with 

 short grey .Bilky hairs. Leaves firm, ^1^ in,, cuneate in lower half, retuse or 

 emarginac^ at apex, glabrescent above, thinly silky below; stipules 0. Racemes 6-12- 

 flowered,:|— ^ ft. long, usually distinctly stalked ; bracts and bracteoles linear, vtry mi- 

 nute. Ca/yx ^J in. long, shortly velvety, lower teeth linear. Corolla pale yellow, 

 glabrous, equalling the calyx. Fod sessile, glabrous, 9-12-seeded. 



27. C. occulta, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5360 ; suffi-uticose, sliortly silky, leaves 

 oblanceolate-oblong usually acute, flowers in lax terminal racemes and often 

 solitary from leafy nodes, calyx middle-sized shortly silky, teeth all long, uppei 

 broad rather obtuse, nod oblong included. 7?^/A i% 



Wall 



Hook, Land. Journ 



Ehasia Mts. and Sii^hrt 



Steins 2-3 ft. high, annual ?, simple or with few or many virgate ascending branches 

 clothed with short adpressed silky hairs. Lemes firm, 2-3 in., subcuneate at base, 

 glabrous above, glaucous and obscurely silky beneath ; stipules setaceous very 

 minute. Terminal racemes e-20-flowered, ^ ft. long ; bracts linear, minute. Colyx 

 i-| in. deep, densely clothed with short brown silky hairs ; upper teeth oblong-spath- 

 ulate, ^-^ An. broad. Corolla glabrous, deep violet-blue, as long as the calyx. Poi 

 glabrous, sessile, 10-16-seeded. 



28. C- calydna, Schrank ; DC. Trodr. ii. 129 ; anmuil, shortly silky, leaves 

 linear or lanceolate acute or rather obtuse, flowers few in lax racemes and solitary 

 from leafy nodes, calyx large densely clothed ^ith long silky hairs, teeth aU 

 long, upper broad rather obtuse, pod linear-oblong included. C. stricta, Roxb. Fl 

 Ind. iii. 265 not of Roth. C- Roxburghiana, DC. Prodr. ii. 129. C. anthylloides, 

 D<m Prodr. 241 ; Wall Cat. 5366 A. ex paHe\ W. Sf A. Prodr. 181 ; Dak. ^ 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl 54, not of Lam. 0. linearis, Herb, Madr. in Wall Cat. 5370. 

 C, crinita, GroX. in Wall CW. 5408. C. salicifolia var. ? TTaZ^. Cat. 5369 B. 



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