276 -- DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA, Crotalaria, 
whole plant from four to six feet high, Leaves terminal, long- 
petioled. Leaflets nearly equal, obovate, with a point, entire, 
smooth; about an inch Jong, and three quarters of an inch 
broad. Stipules wanting. Racemes terminal, large, many- 
flowered. Pedicels pointed, and bracted near the apex. 
Bractes of the pedicels small, one-flowered, Flowers large, 
of a bright showy yellow. Wings half the length of the 
banner, and keel. Legume, pedicels clubbed, smooth, Seeds 
numerous, kidney-shaped, Cattle eat it. 
27. C. orixensis. Roxb. 
Perennial, procumbent. Leaves ternate. Leaflets obovate, 
pretty smooth, Racemes lateral, long. Bractes cordate. Le- 
gumes pedicelled, cylindric, smooth, few-seeded. 
Teling. Koona-galli-geetsa, 
Like most of the rest, this is a native of pasture ground, — 
borders of cultivated fields, &c. 
Root perennial, white, woody, Stems several, procum- 
bent; racemes round, hairy, from two to three feet long. 
Leaves ternate, Leaflets oblong, or obovate, entire, smooth 
on the upper side, a little hairy underneath ; about an inch 
Jong and rather more than half an inch broad. Petioles as 
long as the leaflets, Stipules lanceolate, hairy. Racemes 
lateral, or leaf-opposed, erect, very long. Flowers small, 
remote. Bractes cordate, reflexed, one-flowered. Pedicels 
Jong, slender. Legumes pedicelled, pendulous, cylindric, 
smooth, from eight to twelve-seeded, , 
28. C. cytisoides, Roxb. 
Shrubby. Leaves ternate; leaflets alike, oblong, acute, 
glaucous underneath, Stipules minute, permanent, Ra-_ 
cemes terminal, Legume sessile, linear-oblong, downy, few- 
seeded . : a * ‘ : . . 
From Nepal Dr. Buchanan sent the seeds to this garden, 
where the plants blossom during the dry season chiefly. 
- Trunk tolerably erect, with many spreading branches, — 
