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legume glabrous, stalked, 2-3 times the length of the calyx, obovoid: apex 
of the style and stigma woolly.—Wall.! L. n. 5394 ; Wight! cat. n. 684,— 
Neelgherries. 
556. (6) C. mysorensis (Roth:) suffrutescent, erect, branched, all over 
hairy : stipules foliaceous, linear-lanceolate, often almost half the length of 
the leaves: leaves from narrow-linear to narrow-oblong, obtuse: racemes 
terminal, and sometimes lateral, elongated, drooping before flowering, after- 
wards erect: flowers distant: bracteas and bracteoles linear-lanceolate, about 
as long as the calyx, the bracteoles less hairy, glaucous: calyx very hairy, 
about equal to the corolla, deeply 5-cleft: segments faleate: legume twice as 
long as the calyx, glabrous, almost quite sessile, broader upwards : seeds nu- 
merous.— Roth. nov. sp. p. 3833; DC. prod. 2. p. 126 ; Spr. syst. 3. p. 291; 
Wall.! L. n. 5361; Wight! cat. n. 674, 675, 676, 677.—C. stipulacea, Roab. 
Jf. Ind. 3. p. 264.—C. hirsuta, Roxb. in E. I. C. mus. tab. 1595.——Mysore. 
Courtallum. 
557. (7) C. salicifolia (Heyne!:) herbaceous, erect, branched, thickly 
clothed with rusty-coloured hairs: stipules wanting, lower leaves oblong- 
lanceolate, tapering to a point; upper ones narrow-linear, acuminated : ra- 
cemes terminal, very long, with a few distant flowers : calyx as long as the 
corolla, deeply 5-cleft, between hairy and tomentose, with an ovate acute 
bracteole on each side at the base ; segments falcate : vexillum and bracteoles 
glabrous, with a line of hairs along the middle: legumes large, glabrous.— 
Wall.! L. n. 5359. a. 
, 958. (8) C. hirta (Willd. :) suffrutescent, diffuse, branched, hairy : stipules 
Sometimes at the forks of the branches, subulate, elsewhere wanting: leaves 
linear-oblong, obtuse, mucronate, sometimes cuneate at the base: racemes 
» few-flowered: bracteas twice as long as the pedicels, lanceolate: 
calyx nearly the length of the corolla, very hairy, 5-cleft to below the mid- 
dle: legume oval, sessile, glabrous, shining, about twice the length of the 
yx, 15-20 seeded.— Willd. enum. p. 747 ; DC. prod. 2. p. 130; Wight! cat. 
n. 6/8.—C. Chinensis, Roxb. (not Linn.) fl. Ind. 3. p. 268; Wall.! L. n. 6885. 
—C. pilosa, ET E. I. C. mus. t. 370 3 Rottl.! nov. act. nat. cur. 1808. 
linear-oblong, obtuse, mucronate, somewhat cuneate at the base, covered on 
both E with a few silvery hairs: racemes long, many-flowered : calyx 
hairy, cleft to below the middle ; legume sessile, linear-oblong, obtuse, 6-10- 
This appears to be merely a more glabrous form of C. hirta, probably from 
growing 1n a more northern and mountainous part of the country. 
83. Stems erect: stipules minute or wanting, not decurrent: leaves simple, hairy - 
or silky on both sides : racemes lax or capitate. forming a large panicle : brat- 
teas and calyx-segments flat or concave, not viscous: calyx about equal to or 
neis than the corolla, clothed with silky hairs, deeply cleft : vexillumsilky- 
Ulva, 
560. (10) C. speciosa (Heyne:) erect, branched, every part shaggy with 
close-pressed shining ras y dela hairs : stipules atie or saree and 
subulate: leaves narrow, oblong, obtuse, mucronate: flowers densely capitate; 
heads terminal, panicled : bracteas broadly lanceolate, the length of the flow- 
ers, with the calyx and vexillum and keel covered with rusty-coloured hairs: — 
bu Poy. ue ovary glabrous. Heyne ! in Roth, nov. sp. pono 
p. 129; Spr. syst. 3. p. 236; Wight! cat. '9.—C. ce ey 
Herb. Madr. ! ; Wall! L. n. Jri— Mes s oe quite ca 
