186 LEGUMINOSJE. CnoTALARIA. 
S 6. Stems tall, erect, branched : stipules not decurrent : leaves simple, usually gla- 
brous on the upper side : racemes terminal or leaf-opposed, many-flowered : 
bracteas not viscous: calyx cleft to about the middle, rarely slightly villous 
usually pubescent or almost glabrous, shorter than the corolla; segments flat- 
margined: legumes oblong, many-seeded, glabrous or softly pubescent.—Erecie. 
+ Legumes glabr Retusz. 
573. (23) C. formosa (Graham! :) erect, branched, all over villous except 
the upper side of the leaves: stems terete: stipules minute, setaceous, re- 
flexed: leaves cuneate, obovate, obtuse, glabrous on the upper side, villous 
beneath : bracteas lanceolate, acuminated, lower ones without flowers: 
flowers in a dense raceme at the extremities of the bracteated elongated 
branches: bracteoles setaceous, on the middle of the pedicels: calyx villous: 
legume oblong, broader upwards, glabrous, about 4 times the length of the 
calyx, many-seeded.—Wall.! L. n. 5393: Wight! cat. n. 682. Neelgher- 
ries 
. 
574. (24) C. Leschenaultii (DC. :) erect, branched, glabrous except on the 
under side of the leaves: stems terete: stipules minute, triangular-acumi- 
nated, reflexed : leaves cuneate, narrow-obovate, obtuse ; upper side glabrous, 
minutely dotted ; under villous: racemes terminal, elongated: bracteas broad- 
lanceolate, acuminated, about as long as the pedicel: bracteoles minute be- 
low the middle of the pedicel: flowers numerous, distant, much larger than 
the quite glabrous calyx: ovary glabrous.—DC. prod. 2. p. 125; Wight! cat. 
n. 937.—C. lupiniflora, Graham in Wall.! L. n. 5407.——-—N celgherries. 
575. (25) C. sericea (Retz :) erect, branched, glabrous except on the un- 
der side of the leaves: stems obtusely angled: stipules large, semisagittate, 
pointed, reflexed: leaves lanceolate, cuneate at the base, mucronate, pellu- 
cid-dotted ; upper side glabrous ; under prominently nerved, slightly glaucous 
with a short adpressed silky pubescence: racemes terminal, elongated, ma- 
ny-flowered: bracteas cordate, acuminated, sessile, reflexed, the lower ones 
without flowers : bracteoles subulate, below the middle of the pedicel: calyx 
smaller than the corolla, glabrous: legume oblong, glabrous, shortly stalked, 
many-seeded.— Retz e obs. 8. p. 26; Roxb. fl. Ind. 3. p. 273; Wall.! L. 
n Lo Wes hoses cvy d — sp. e- 841 ; DC. prod. 2. p. 125; Spr. if 
.p. .— C. juncea, - * 8p. 9. p. 974 (not Linn.) ; .2 enc, meth. 
p.15 Rhest Mal 9.4268 i OOt Lid 3 am 
We have not at present access to Retz's work, but Roxburgh entertains no 
doubt about his synonym : we have already cue to the genis se of Will- 
denow, as well as of De Candolle and Sprengel. The descriptions of C. jun- 
cea given by Willdenow and Lamarck accord so well with Rheede's figure; 
that ‘we suspect they were prepared from it more than from specimens: and 
Rheede's representation, on the other hand, expresses accurately the gener? — 
habit of our plant, with the exception of the omission of the bracteas and $ 
ules. We have never seen the leaves tomentose beneath, as described by 
h. Specimens before us, precisely similar to the Indian ones, were 8%- 
thered by the late Bertero in a garden (* ex horto Eastensi”) in Jamaica, 
and named C. retusa by the late Professor Balbis, from whom we received 
.. 916. (26) C. peduncularis (Graham :) erect, tall, slightly branched, gla 
brous all over: stems striated : E boh p Tn M : 
 minated : racemes terminal, elongated, lax, many-flowered : bracteas cordate- — 
acuminated: flowers on long pedicels: calyx glabrous : legume Cy y. 
vn attenuated at the base, glabrous, many-seeded.—Graham ! in Wall. 
+ Ne 
- We know of only one specimen of this plant and that very imperfect; a 
with any other that we know. D. ee : 
however a very remarkable and distinct species, not liable to be confounde® — 
