172 LEGUMINOSJ2. 



DISTRIB. Widely distributed in India, and extending to the Malay 

 Archipelago and to the Loo-choo islands. 



Crotalaria formosana MATSUM. in ITO et MATSUM. Tent. Fl. Lutch. p. 

 395 ; MATSUM. et HAYATA Euuin. PI. Formos. p. 103 ; HAYATA Fl. Mont. 

 Formos. p. 74. 



HAB. Shokwa, Tainan, Tappansha. 



Closely resembles C. linifolia LINN. ; probably a form of it. 



Crotalaria Kawakamii HAYATA Materials for a Flora of Formosa p. 

 73. Ferrugiueo-liirsute or tomeutose, erect, branched, 40-50 cm. long. 

 Leaves alternate, oblong-linear, ferrugiiieo-tomentose, sessile, 2 cm. long, 4 

 mm. broad, glandulose beneath, long hispid on the costa as well as on the 

 margin. Flowers solitary, axillary or terminal. Calyx campannlate, 1 cm. 

 long, 2-bracteate at the base, (bracts subulate mm. long), 5-fid, lobes 

 lanceolate, long flavido-ferr.ugineo-strigose. Pods inflated, oblique, oblong, 13 

 mm. long, 5 mm. broad, glabrous. 



HAB. Taiclm. 



Very near C. ferruglnea ; but differs in having smaller, narrower and 

 more strigose leaves and much smaller pods. 



Crotalaria linifolia LINN. ; DC. Prodi-. II. p. 128 ; BAKER in HOOK, f . 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. H. p. 72 ; FORBES et HEMSL. Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 151. 

 HAB. Taito, Suibi ; Girau. 

 DISTRIB. Tropical Asia, the Philippines and to Australia. 



Crotalaria retusa LINN. ; DC. Prodr. II. p. 125 ; HOOK, et ARN. Bot. 

 Beech. Voy. p. 180; BENTH. Fl. Hongk. p. 74; BAKER in HOOK. f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. H. p. 75 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2561 ; FORBES et HEMSL. Ind. Fl. 8111. I. 

 p. 152 ; MATSUM. et HAYATA Enuin. PI. Formos. p. 103. 



HAB. Hozan. 



DISTRIB. Tropical Asia, Australia, Africa and America. 



Crotalaria sessiliflora LINN. ; DC. Prodr. II. p. 129 ; BAKER in HOOK. 

 f. Fl. Brit. Ind. II. p. 73 ; FORBES et HEMSL. Lid. Fl. Sin. I. p. 152 ; 

 MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PI. Formos. p. 103. 



