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78 L, LEGUMiNOS-ac. (J. G. Baker.) [IGrotalaria. 



downy ; teeth lanceolate, twice tube. Corolla twice calyx, yellow, white and blu;?, 

 Fod finely pubescent, 1-1^ in. long, lO-12-seeded. 



50. C. Bemperflorens, Vent. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 125 ; branclies terete, 

 stipules foliaceous ^4xmate, leaves oblong rounded at base acute or obtuse, 

 racemes lateral and terminal not panicled, pod stalked obscurely downy 4-5 

 times the calyx. Wall Cat. 5391. 0. Wallichiana, W. 8fA. Prodr. 187; 

 WL Ic. t. 982. 0. Amottiana, BentL in Hook, Land. Journ. ii. 560. 



Tropical reg'ion'; Nilghiris. — Distrib. Java. 



More shrubby than C verrucosa. Branches sulcate and puberulent when young, 

 soon glabrescent and terete. Leaves 2-4- in., moderately firm, green and glabrous 

 above, pale and shortly downy below, distinctly petiolate. Liflorescence like that of 

 C verrucosa ; bracts minute, subulate ; pedicels |— ^ i^*» finely downy. Calyx |-^ in-* 

 more or less densely puberulent ; teeth linear, twice the campanulate tube. CoroUa 

 J-| in., bright yellow. Pod l|-2 in. long, finely downy, 10-12-seeded. » 



Var. 1, Walkeri; stipules mostly subulate minute, leaves firmer smaller more 

 acute nearly or quite glabrescent beneath. C. Walkeri, Arnott m Nov. Act, Nat. Cur, 

 xviii. 31*8. C. semperflorens, Benth, in Hook, Loud. Journ. ii. 560. Ceylon, 4-7000 

 feet. — Looks generally quite distinct, but Gardner's No. 560 connects it with the type. 



51. C. Besmeana, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5414; branches terete, stipules 

 small ^-lunate, leaves oblong acute narrowed at base, racemes lateral and 

 terminal not panicled, pod subsessile obscurely dovniy 3-4 times the calyx- 

 W. 4" A. Prodr. 187 ; Smth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 560 ; Bot. Mag. t, 

 5974. 







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General habit of C. semperflorens, of which it is most likely a mere variety. Branches 

 woody, slender, soon glabrescent. Leaves membranous, distinctly petioled, 3—4 in-t 

 narrowed at both ends, hardly at all puberulent ; stipules smaller. Inflorescence and 

 bracts identiaU; pedicels j-| in., slender, faintly puberulent. Calyx f in.; teeth 

 lanceolate, very deep. Corolla slightly exserted. Pod 1|-1^ in. long, clothed with 

 deciduous fine pubescence, 10-1 2-6eeded. ■;;; 



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52. C. leptostacbya, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 562 ; branches 

 angular, stipules or minute subulate, leaves lanceolate aciuninate, racemes 

 lateral and terminal not panicled, pod oblong sessile densely velvety 2-3 times 



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A stiff erect shrub with the habit and slender sulcata thinly silky branches of 

 C. juncea and tet^gona. Leaves 4-6 in., membranous, green, thinly clothed on both 

 sides with shining brown silky hairs, rather rounded at the base. Racemes laxly 12-20- 

 flowered, reaching ^ ft. long ; bracts lanceolate very minute. Calyx ^ in., densely 

 silky ; teeth linear, very deep. CoroUa yellow, not exserted. Pod 5-6-seeded, |-| i°* 

 long. 



53, C. tetragrona, Boxb. FL Ind. iii. 263; branches auguLar, stipules 

 or minute subulate, leaves larjre linear or lanceolate acuminate, racemes lateral 

 and terminal not panicled, pod linear-oblone: short-stalked rarelv 2-3 times the 



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W. 4- A. Prodr. 185. 0. grandiflora, Zolling, in Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 333.: 



KuKAON (up to 3500 ft.), and along the Himalayas to Sikkm and Assak. T^^* 

 McClelland. — Distbib. Java. ■ ' ^--- ■:'-"/'^-"- :-■:.■• 'il-r'.-'.ix-.'i :ir}ifvt;^sn:l^^l-:i\--Q^^-^ 

 ., ^ A stiff shrub, reaching 6 ft. high, with sulcate thinly silky slender erecto-patent 

 Iranclieia. i^ave* short-stalked, distant, membranous, both sides thinly silky of 

 glabrescent, reaching A-1 ft. Sacemes laxlj 6-10-flowered, half a fool' or more lopgi 



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