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a. Leaves simple, sessile or shortly petioled. 
§ 1. Stipules decurrent: leaves simple : racemes few-flowered, lateral, springing 
from the branch a little below the leaves, and on the opposite side: legume 
oblong, many-seeded.—Alate. 
551. (1) C. rubiginosa (Willd. :) low, shrubby, branched, diffuse, slender, 
densely pubescent :. stipules triangular at the apex, decurrent: leaves simple, 
from elliptic-oblong to roundish, mucronate, slightly tomentose and glaucous 
beneath: racemes lateral: legume sessile, about twice the length of the ca- 
lyx.— Willd. sp. 3. p. 973; DC. prod. 2. p. 125 3 Spr. syst. 3. p. 238—2 ; leaves 
roundish.— Wight! cat. n. 691.—C. Wightiana, Wall.! L. n. 5358. b.—6; 
leaves oblong, slightly pointed.— Wight! cat. n. 689.—y ; leaves oblong, ob- 
tuse, small.— Wight! cat. n. 690.—C. ovalifolia, Wall.! L. n. 5411. Neel- 
gherries, Dindygul. = 
variety y formed thick tufts on the summit of a hill near Dindygul, at 
an elevation of about 4000 feet. 
552. (2) C. scabrella (W. & A.:) procumbent, elongated, rigid, covered 
all over with a dense harsh pubescence: branches elongated, simple, straight : 
stipules triangular at the apex, with an acuminated rigid recurved point : 
leaves oval, mucronate, slightly coriaceous, somewhat tomentose and glau- 
cous on the under side: racemes lateral: legumes shortly stalked, 4-5 times 
longer than the calyx, glabrous.—Wight! cat. n. 692. 
553. (3) C. Wightiana (Graham :) tall, erect, branched, clothed with close- 
pressed shortish rusty-coloured shining hairs: stipules triangular-ovate at 
the apex, mucronate : leaves elliptic-obovate, obtuse, mucronate: racemes 
lateral : legumes shortly stalked, 2-3 times the length of the calyx, glabrous. 
—Wall.!.L. n. 5358. a; Wight! cat. n. 693.—Dindygul hills, at an eleva- 
tion of 3500 feet. 
This and the other Indian species of the section are all mountainous 
plants. 
82. Stipules not decurrent: leaves simple : flowers racemose: calyx large, about 
equal to the corolla, densely shaggy as well as the bracteas with long dark co- 
loured hairs, cleft nearly'to the base; segments with their margins flat: vexil- 
lum glabrous, or with a line of hairs: legumes oblong, glabrous, many-seeded. 
—Calycine. 
554. (4) C. anthylloides (Lam.:) annual, erect, all clothed except the up- 
Per side of the leaves with close-pressed brownish hairs: stipules minute, se- 
faceous : leaves from oblong to oblong-linear or somewhat lanceolate, usual- - 
l glabrous, but sometimes with a few scattered hairs on the upper side: 
Owers axillary and solitary, and in terminal racemes: calyx permanent, 
deeply 5-cleft; very hairy, longer than the corolla: segments straight: le- 
Sume glabrous, sessile, broader upwards, shorter than the calyx.—Lam. ene. 
meth. 2. p. 195. (deser. good); Herb. Smith! ; Don. prod. ft. Nep. p. 241 H 
DC. prod. 2. p. 129; Spr. syst. 3. p. 239; Wight! cat. n. 083,—C. stricta, 
Roxb. ! A. Ind. 3. p. 265 ; in E. I. C. mus. t. 369.—C. Roxburghiana, DC. l. 
65 Spr. I. c; Wall.! L. n: 5364.—C. crenata, Wall.! L. n. 5408.—C. linearis, 
Wall.! L. n. 5870.—C. calycina, Schrank ; DC. I. c. (excl. syn.).—C. Napa- 
lensis, Link? ; DC.? Lc.5; Spr.? l.c. p. 238. W 
: species has a most wide range in India: it extends from Ceylon to 
Java, Canton-China, and Nepal: the breadth of the leaves is variable, in some 
Specimens bein narrow-linear, in others almost oval; the upper surface is 
usually quite abak, but occasionally sprinkled with hairs. 
| 4,956. (5) C. barbata (Graham:) herbaceous, erect, densely clothed with 
dark brown hairs: stipules minute, inconspicuous : leaves oblong-lanceolate, 
$ bluntish ; racemes terminal, elongated wens few, distant : calyx a little 
shorter than the corolla, deeply 5-cleft, very hairy; segments slightly faleate: _ 
