84 li. LEGUMiNOS^. (J.G.Baker,); \_Crotalana. 



setaceous, corolla miicTi exserted, pod sii"bsessile oMoug-cylindrical densely 

 piiLescent. WalL Cat. 5423 ; Benth. in Hooh. Lond, Journ. ii. 586, 



Ehotax, CiiiTTAGONG, BiRMA, Pegtt, Texasserim. — DisTiiiB. Malay isles, Philippines. 

 A low shrtib with elongated flexuoso slender finely downy or glabrescoiit 

 branches. Slijyulcs setaceous, very minute; petiole 2-3 in.; leaflets membranous, 

 narrowed to both ends, 2-4 in. long, glabrous above, obscurely silky below* Eacevies 

 short-peduncled, closely 12-30-flowered. Calyx ^ in. long, finely silky ; teeth lanceolate, 

 as long as tube. Corolla pale yellow, |-J in. long. Fods deflexed, rather recurvedr 

 hard, 8- 10-sceded, densely clothed with spreading pale brown hairs. 



73. C- striata, DC. Pi-odr. ii. 131 ; shrubby, obscm^ely silky, leaflets 

 oT)ovate-oblong obtuse or subacute, racemes terminal and lateral elongated, bracts 

 setaceous minute, corolla twice the calyx, pod short-stalked glabrous cylindrical. 

 Bot Mag. t. 3200. 0. Brownei, Reich. Icon. Exot. t. 232 ; DC. JP)'odr. ii. 130. 

 0. Hoolveri, Am. in Ann. Se. Nat. ser. ii. 3, 248. 0. pisiformis, Gutll. t^' Fer, 

 Fl Seneg. 1G2. 0. Saltiana, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 648. 0. latifolia, Ilort. Calc. 

 0. pallida and laburnoides, Klotzsch in Peters. Mossam. Bot. 57. 



Himalayas to Ceylon and Mau^cca. — Disteib. Malay isles and spread through 

 Tropical America and Africa. 



An erect low shrub 2-4 ft. high, with robust sulcate thinly silky branches. 

 Stipitlcs minute, setaceous, deciduous ; petiole 2-3 in. ; leaflets membranous, 3-4 in. 

 long, usually subobtuso, green and glabrous above, pale and obscurely silky below. 

 Racemes 20-oO-flowerod, reaching i-1 ft. long. Calyx ^ in. long, thinly silky ; teeth 

 lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla glabrous, yellow striped with red. Pods 

 deflexed, rather recurved, 1^2 in. long, 20-30-seeded. 



74. C. labumifolla, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 130 ; shrubby, glabrous, leaflete 

 ohovate-oblong acute, racemes elongated very lax, bracts minute deciduous, 

 corolla large much exserted, pod cylindrical glabrous long-stalked. Wall. Cat 

 5424, excl D ; Roxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 275 ; W. 4- A. Prodr. 193 ; Dalz. ^ Gibs* 

 Bomh. FL 57. 0. penduLa, Bert. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 130. C. peduncidosa, Desv.r 

 DC. Prodr. ii. 132, Olavulium pedunculosum, Desv. in Ann. Sc. Kat. ix. 407; 

 Rheede Jlort. Mai. ix. t. 27 ; Buryn. Zeyl. t. 35. 



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Western Pexxxscla, CtrrLON, ]\Ialacca. — Distrib. Philippines and Malay isles. 



A low shrub with slender elongated terete branches. Stipules ; petiole 2-3 in.; 

 leaflets membranous, glabrous, 1-2 in. long, cuneate at the base. Racemes terminal 

 and lateral, ^1 ft. long; pedicels exceeding the calyx. Calyx glabrous, turbinate, 

 :J— I in. long ; teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla bright yellow, glabrous, 

 1 in. deep ; keel very broad with a long incurved beak. Fad 1^2 in. long, 20-30- 

 seeded ; gynophore filiform, ^--1 in. long, much exceeding that of any other species. 



Group 10. ItKultifoliolatOD. Loaves usually 5-, but varying from 3- to 

 7-foliolate. Pod glabrous, oblong or linear-oblong, distinctly stalked, many- 

 seeded. Herbs or under-shrubs, 



75. C. quinquefolia, Z/rtM. ; DC. P-odr. ii. 135; herbaceous, branches 

 and leaves below thinly silky, leaflets linear, bracts linear thinly silky, lower 

 })edicels at last as long as the calyx. Roxb. Fl. Lid. iii. 279 ; Dalz. Sr Gii^- 

 Bomh. FL 57 ; WcdL Cat. 5429 ; W. 8^ A. Prodr. 194 ; IlL i. 10— Rheede Iloi-t- 

 MaL ix. t. 28. 



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^WEStEiiN Pexixsttla, Cjiylox, Bir?ia, Tenasserm.— DisTiiiB. Malay isleSr 



Philippines. 



An erect annual 2-4 ft. high, with robust straight sulcate branches. Stipu^^^ 

 linear, subperslstent ; petioles 1-3 in.j lenHets usually 5, rarely 3, linear, rarel}' 

 narrow oblanceolate, 2-4 in. long, obtuse, glabrous above. Racemes usually terminalr 





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