Crotalaria, DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA, 273 
flowered, recurved. Legume turgid, sub-sessile, clavate, 
smooth, many-seeded, 
19. C. sericea, Willd. iii, 975. 
Annual, erect, ramous, furrowed. Leaves simple, sub-ses- 
sile, from obovate-cuneate, to lanceolate. Stipules semi-cor- 
date. Racemes terminal. Bractes cordate, Legume sessile, 
oblong, smooth, many-seeded. 
C. sericea. Retz. Obs. v. p. 26. 
_ Sans. Ghuntaruva, 
_ Beng. Peeyooli, Jhunjhun. — . 
A native of Bengal. Flowering and seed time the cold 
season. ae oo pe ee 
Root ramous, generally annual. Stem erect, with a few 
sub-erect, furrowed, slightly pubescent branches; height of 
the whole plant from four to eight feet. Leaves simple, sub- 
sessile, obovate, the superior ones narrower, entire, with a mi- 
nute bristle from the obtuse apex, from three to six inches 
long, and from one to three broad. Stipules semi-cordate, 
acute, about as long as the short vermicular petioles, perma- 
nent. Racemes terminal, from one to two feet long, round, 
smooth, Bractes cordate, reflexed, one-flowered, embracing 
the base of the pedicels; two minute sub-opposite ones near 
the base of the pedicels. Flowers very large, of alively yellow. 
Banner with the callosities of Dolichos near the base. Legume 
sub-sessile, linear-oblong, smooth, inflated, many-seeded, 
If the above plant is Kinig’s, or rather Retz’s sericea, which 
can scarcely. be doubted, the specific name is ill applied, for 
there i is nothing sericeous. about it, a few depressed hairs is 
all the paheneaay 1 have been able to discover. 
20. C. verrucosa, Willd. iii, 977. 
- Annual, ‘erect, angular, Leaves sub-ovate, rugose. Sti- 
pules semi-cordate, reflexed, Kacemes leaf-opposed. Brac- 
tes subulate. _ Legume sessile, many-seeded, 
Pee-tandale-cotti, Rheed. Mal, ix. t. 29. | 
‘VOL. Ill. Vi 
