272 - DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Crotalaria, 
though it agrees better with Willdenow’s Nummudaria than 
his béflora, they are probably the same. 
- Teling. Pillee-watta-tiga. 
A native of shady pasture ground, about hedges, &e. 
Flowers during the wet and cold seasons, 
Root perennial. Stem scarcely any. Branches many, spread-: 
ing amongst the grass, round, hairy, two-forked, from one to 
two feet long. Leaves alternate, sub-sessile, bifarious, ob- 
liquely cordate-ovate, or oblong, hairy, about three quarters 
of an inch long and halfan inch broad, Stipules wanting. Pe- 
duncles \eaf-opposed, longer than the leaves, round, hairy, 
near the apex two-forked, two-flowered. Bractes awled, | 
hairy. Legume sessile, oval, or globular, size of a field bean, 
hairy, seed crowded, from twelve to twenty, kidney-form. 
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18. C. retusa, Willd. iii. 976, 
Annual, and biennial. Leaves oblong-cuneate, slightly 
retuse. Stipules small. Racemes terminal, Bractes'ensiform, 
recurved, Legume sessile, clavate, smooth, many-seeded. 
-Tandale cotti. Rheed. Mal, ix. t. 25. 
Teling. Potu-galli-geetsa. 
Beng. Beel-jhanjhun. 
~ C. major, Rumph, Amb. v. t. 96. f.1. 7 
A common, but elegant plant, found in most — India. 
Flowering time the cool season. | 
_ Root often biennial, or more. Stem straight, but very — 
short, with several, ascending branches rising Srdit it a little 
above the ground, they are all slightly furrowed, otherwise 
round, and nearly smooth, general height of the whole plant 
about two feet, Leaves scattered, short-petioled, oblong- 
cuneate, with the apex oftener rounded than retuse, smooth 
on both sides, from one to three inches long. Stipules minute, 
acute, spreading. Racemes terminal, erect, many-flowered. 
Flowers drooping, large, of lively yellow, with the back of | 
the banner tinged with red. ieee solitary, ensiform, one- 
