278 DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Crotalaria. 
30. C. procumbens. Roxb. 
Perennial, procumbent. Leaves ternate ; leaflets long-obo- 
vate. Racemes terminal and axillary, few-flowered. Legumes 
roundish, sessile, two-seeded, 
A native of such places as the last, perennial. 
Root yellow. Stem scarcely any, but several, weak, 
procumbent, ramous, round, smooth branches of from one to 
three feet Jong, supporting themselves on the ground, grass, 
or whatever is in their way. Leaves as in the last species, 
but smaller. Svipules as in the last. Racemes terminal, 
axillary, or lateral, generally lateral, or leaf-opposed, longer 
_ than the leaves, three-flowered. Bractes as in the last species. 
Legume as in the last, but smaller, 
31. C. bracteata. Roxb. 
Shrubby, erect, with many spreading branches, slightly 
sericeous, Leaves ternate; (feaflets broad-lanceolar, acute, 
smooth, Stipules minute. Racemes axillary, or leaf-oppos- 
ed ; a pair of large ovate bractes over the calyx. Legume 
sessile, woolly, many-seeded, 
A native of Chittagong. Flowering time the close of the 
rains, seed ripe in January and Reba: 
Root perennial, Trunk short, ligneous, Branches nu- 
merous, dichotomous, spreading ; young shoots round, light- 
ly sericeous, Leaves alternate, petioled, ternate. Leaflets 
_ broad-lanceolar, acute, entire, while young slightly sericeous 
underneath; from three to six inches long, sik from one to 
three broad. —Petioles about two inches long, slightly chan- 
nelled. Stipules minute, acute. Racemes solitary, erect, 
axillary, or opposite, shorter than the leaves. . lowers nu- 
merous, pretty large, yellow. Bractes of the pedicel solita- 
ry, small, one-flowered ; those of the calyx, paired, ovate, and 
projecting over the calyx like a hood, before the flowers ex- 
pand ; their structure and situation make the racemes appear 
imbricated, Legumes sessile, broad boat-shaped, very wool- 
ee 
Bata iit 2 ace. 
Pai. 
