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HAD. Taito, Suibi, Bioritsu, Sliiutiku. 



DISTBIB. India, Malaya, Japan and the Philippines. 



Crotalaria similis HEMSL. Auu. Bot. IX. p. 152 ; MATSUM. et HAYATA 

 Euuin. PI. Formes, p. 103 ; HAYATA Mater. Fl Formos. p. 74. 



HAB. Koshun : Garaubi. 



A very small herb, procumbent at the base, the erect portion nearly 8 

 cm. long ; leaves secuud, turning to one side, villoiis above, silky below, 

 ovate or even round, 8 mm. long, 4-5 mm. broad, very approximately leafy 

 along the whole length of the stem. Flowers terminal, solitary or a very 

 few, sepals lanceolate, pod black, nearly globular, 1 cm. long. 



Crotalaria striata DC. Prodr. IT. p. 131 ; BAKEU in HOOK. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. II. p. 84; HANCE in Jourii. Bot. (1879), p. 10; Bot. Mag. t. 3200; 

 FORBES et HEMSL. Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 153 ; MATSUM. et HAYATA Euuui. 

 PL Formos. p. 103. 



HAB. Tainan, Ako. 



DISTRIB. Tropical Asia, Africa and America. 



Crotalaria Trifoliastrum WLLLD.; WIGHT Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 421 ; MIQ. 

 FL Ind. Bat. I. p. 344 ; BAKEU in HOOK. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. H. p. 82 ; 

 MATSUM. in ITO et MATSUM. Tent. Fl. Lutch. p. 397 ; MATSUM. et HAYATA 

 Euuin PL Formos. p. 104. 



HAB. Piuang. 



DISTEIB. India and Java. 



Crotalaria verrucosa LINN. ; DC. Prodr. It. p. 125 ; BAKEU in HOOK. f. 

 FL Brit Ind. H. p. 77 ; FORBES et HEMSL. Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 153 ; MATSUM. 

 et HAYATA Enum. PL Formos. p. 104. 



HAB. Chikusansho, Pvingaryo, Taito, Hhifun, Shinko. 



DISTHIB. Tropical Asia, Africa, America. 



2. Medicago LINN. 



DichotomoHs Key to the Formosan Species. 



Stipules laciniate or fimbriate, leaves quite glabrous M. denticulata. 



Stipules entire, leaves pubescent M. lupulina. 



