80 L- LEGUMiNOS^. (J. G. Baker.) \Crotalana. 



calyx-teeth narrow, corolla twice calyx, pod many-seeded mucli exserted. 



W. 8c A. P)*o(lr, 184 ; Benth. in Hook. Lond, Journ, ii. 663. ■ \ 



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Carnatic ; Dindy^l hills alt. 2000 ft., Wight 



General habit and inflorescence just as in C. Tnadurensis, to -which it is closely 

 allied. Leaves thinner, narrowed to a point, less rounded at the base, 2-4 in. long. 

 Branches densely clothed with short spreading silky hairs ; bracts sometimes opposite, 

 ^ in. long, densely silky on the back. Calyx ^— | in. deep, finely silky ; teeth lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, with refiexed borders. Corolla |--| in. ; standard rather pointed, silky 

 on the back. Tod oblong, stalked, twice the calyx, with 12 or more seeds. 



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58. C. ftilva, Roxh. FL Ind. iii. 266 ; leaves oblanceolate closely silky, 

 stipules or minute subulate, racemes panicled, bracts ovate cuspidate, calyx- 

 teeth broad foliaceous, corolla slightly exserted, pod oblong 2-seeded included. 

 WalL Cat. 5376 ; TT. <§• J^. Prodr. 183 ; Dalz, ^ Gibs. Bomb. FL 54 0. 

 pulchra, DC. Prodr. ii. 126, not of Andrews. 0. graadis^ B^ort. Calcutt. 



Maisob, the CoNCAN, Nilghtets, and Cetxox. — Distkib, Java, Sumatra, and 

 naturalised in the Seychelles and Mauritius. 



A stiff erect shrub 3-5 feet, copiously paniculately branched. Branches densely 

 clothed with short brown silky hairs. Leaves nearly sessile, subcoriaceous, 3-4 in. 

 long, obtuse or subacute, cuneate at the base, shining on both sides, with a silky lustre 

 from minute hairs. Branches elongated with severed bracts flowerless. Calyx ^f in- 

 deep, densely silky, with a pair of conspicuous bracteoles ; upper teeth oblong, lower 

 lanceolate. Corolla |-1 in. ; standard rather pointed, densely silky on the back. 

 Tod thinly silky, sessile, about as long as the calyx. 



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59. C pulclierriinay Boxb. FL Ind. iii. 267 ; leaves oblanceolate-oblong 

 osely silky, stipules 0, racemes panicled, bracts copious ovate-acuminate 

 flexed, upper calyx-teeth broad foliaceous, corolla scarcely exserted, pod 

 dong included 5-6-seeded. Bot. Mag. t. 2027 ; WalL Cat 5374 5 DC Prodr. 



125 ; W. ^ A. Pi'odr. 184 ; Wt. Ic. t. 481. 0. pulchra, Andr. Bot. Bep., 

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NiLOHIRlS. 



A stiff erect shrub 3-4 ft. high, copiously paniculately branched. Leaves nearly 

 sessile, subcoriaceous, obtuse or subacute, cuneate at the base, 3-4 in. long, shining on 

 both sides with dense short close brown silky hairs. Flowers few, near the top of the 

 branches; bracts numerous, large, reflexed, persistent; pedicels short, densely silky. 

 Calyx |-| in. long ; upper segments oblong, lower lanceolate ; standard silky on the 

 back. Fod oblong, bright brown, sessile, as long as the calyx. ' 



60. C. lunulata, Heyne in Wall Cat. 5378 ; leaves oblanceolate acute 

 loosely silky, stipides small obtuse, racemes panicled, bracts copious persistent 

 like the stipules, calyx-teeth narrow, corolla twice the calyx, pod oblong 

 1-eeeded scarcely exserted. W. Sr A. Prodr. 183 ; Wight Ic. t. 480 ; Benth. in 

 Hook. Load. Journ. ii. 564, 



Tanjoro, in the Cahnatic; Ceylon. 



A stiff erect undershrub, copiously paniculately branched, clothed with dense 

 spreading brown silky hairs. Leaves short- petioled, moderately firm, densely silkyi 

 cuneate at the base, usually 1-2 in. Branches elongated, with numerous am- 

 plexicaul reflexed small bracts below the flovers. Calyx densely silky, f-J in. long; 

 teeth long, all linear, the edges slightly recurved. Corolla |-J in. ; standard rather 

 pointed, thinly silky on the back. Pod sessile, finely silky, as long as the calyx. , ^ 



61. C. ramosisslmav Boxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 268 ; leaves small ohlanceolate 

 densely silky, stipules 0, racemes panicled, bracts lanceolate persistent, calyx- 

 teeth narrow, corolla little exserted, pod l-seeded scarcely exserted, W^Sc Am 







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