268 . DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA, Crotalaria. 
10. C. ramosissima, Roxb. P Exe 
Suffruticose, very ramous, hairy, Leaves sessile, lanceo- 
lar. Stipules none. Racemes terminal, few-flowered. Bractes 
callous-margined, and revolute. Legume sessile, one-seeded, 
A native of the interior parts of Bengal, and in blossom 
most part of the year. 
Root ramous, perennial. Stem scarcely any, but numerous 
sub-ligneous, small, variously bent, alternate, very hairy 
_ branches and branchlets, spread in every direction; general 
height of the whole plant about two feet and in diameter ful- 
ly as much. Leaves alternate, sessile, simple, approximate, 
cuneate-lanceolar, entire ; very hairy underneath, size of the 
largest, about an inch Jong, and scarcely one-fourth of an 
inch in breadth. ore 
Stipules none. Racemes terminal, solitary, few-flowered. 
Flowers pretty large, yellow, tinged with deep purple, 
Bractes of the pedicel solitary ; of the calyx paired ; all are 
cordate, with callous, recurved, coloured, smoothish mar- 
gins and apices. Calya ; divisions unequal; the upper two 
being much larger than the lower three; the margins of all 
callous, coloured, and recurved. Legume oval, hairy, sessile, 
one-seeded, 
11. C, chinensis, Willd, iii, 974, 
Perennial, diffuse, hairy. Leaves bifarious, from oval to . 
linear-obtuse, hairy, Stipules at the forks of the branches. 
Racemes terminal. Bractes lanceolate. Legumes sessile, oval, 
smooth, many-seeded, 
A native of pasture ground, borders of culate fields, 
&e. 
Root perennial, Stemscarcely any, but many, diffuse,round, 
hairy, two-forked, slender branches, from one to two feet. 
long. Leaves alternate, bifarious, short-petioled, linear-lan- 
ceolate, obtuse with a bristle, very hairy, entire, generally 
more than an inch Jong, and Jess than half an inch broad. — 
Stipules subulate, and only at the divisions of the branches, — 
is Midisces.. ‘ 
