CROTALARIA. LEGUMINOS X. 189 
—C. pusilla, Roxb. (not Heyne) in E. I. C. mus. tab. 371.—C. triflora, Heyne! 
in Wall.! L. n. 5387.—C. hirsuta, Wall! L. n. 5413.b.—C. bifaria, Wall.! L. 
n. 5399 (partly ).——Dindygul hills. 
585. (35) C. pusilla (Heyne:) annual, small, branched from the base, 
clothed. all over with short hairs: root slender: branches slender, terete, 
lower ones diffuse: stipules wanting: leaves simple, linear, obtuse, mucro- 
nate: racemes terminating the branches, somewhat unilateral: bracteas mi- 
nute, setaceous, caducous: calyx deeply 5-cleft, about as long as the corolla ; 
segments subulate : legume (small), sessile, 2-8 times the length of the calyx, 
oval, hirsute, 3-4-seeded.— Heyne. (not Roxb.) in Roth, nov. sp. p. 335; 
DC. prod. 2. p. 128; Spr. syst. 3. p. 289; Wall.! L. n. 5396: Wight! cat. 
n. 699.—Dindygul hills. 
+ + Legumes glabrous ; stipules inconspicuous. 
586. (36) C. prostrata (Roxb. :) suffruticose, small, branched from the 
e: branches hairy, slender, terete, prostrate: stipules wanting: leaves 
simple, elliptic-oblong, slightly oblique at the base, sprinkled with long silk 
hairs most abundant and close pressed on the under side: racemes leat- 
opposed or terminal on almost leafless branches, few-flowered: bracteas mi- 
nute, subulate : flowers small: calyx hairy, rather shorter than the corolla ; 
upper lip bifid ; lower deeply 3-cleft: legume sessile, glabrous, oblong, 
broader upwards, 4-6 times longer than the calyx, several-seeded.—Rozb.! 
hort. Bengh. p. 54 ; Jl. Ind. 3. p. 270; in E. I. C. mus. tab. 368; Rottl. in 
Willd. enum. p. 747 ; DC. prod. 2. p. 130; Spr. syst. 3. p. 238; Wall.! L.n. 
5419.— C. obliqua, Ham.! in Wall.! L. n. 5388. a. Near Samulcottah, 
Tare ; Roxburgh. i 
hen a specimen of the first year's growth is gathered, the root is slender, 
and appears as if annual ; such forms the state called C. obliqua by Hamilton. 
Wall. L. n. 5388. b, c, and C. ferruginea, Gr. ! in Wall. L. n. 5398, as wellas C. 
canescens, Wall. ! L. n. 5415, appear to be the same with C. erassifolia, Ham.! 
in Wall. L. n. 5416. 
587. (37) C. albida (Heyne?:) suffruticose, branched from the base, co- 
vered all over with short adpressed silvery hairs: branches procumbent, dif- 
fuse, slender, terete, simple below, branched above : stipules wanting: leaves 
cuneate-oblong, obtuse or often emarginate, mucronate, pellucid-dotted ; 
upper side nearly glabrous: racemes terminal, elongated, many-flowered: 
bracteas subulate, minute, patent: bracteoles attached to the tube of the 
calyx, subulate: flowers drooping: calyx 5-cleft to below the middle, co- 
-vered with short adpressed hairs ; the two upper segments lanceolate, longer 
than the corolla; the three lower linear-lanceolate : legume oblong, broader 
upwards, sessile, glabrous, about twice the length of the calyx, 3-4-seeded.— - 
Heyne? in Roth? nov. sp. p.933; DC.? prod. 2. p. 126 ; Spr.? syst. 3. p. 
3 Wight! cat. n. 671, 673.—C. punctata, Graham ! in Wall.! L.n. = 
Ua parva, Graham! in Pak! D n. 5402. a, "jeep mes Willd. ? 
Anot Linn.) sp. 3. p. 975 ; Roxb.? fl. Ind. 3. p. 266.—Neelgherries. —— 
Our T doubt Sbout Roth's sinis arises from his describing his plant- 
erect, which he might have presumed from imperfect specimens. The C. lini- 
Jolia of Willdenow and Roxburgh appears to be the same, although they, m 
accordance with Linnæus, ascribe to it a short legume. C. scoparia, Wall. ! 
‘L. n. 5418, differs very slightly by the leaves being oblong-linear; but we 
can point out searcely any other character. 
588. (38) C. viminea Graham:) suffruticose, diffuse, branched from the 
base ; branches terete, Gon simple or slightly branched towards the extre- 
mity, strigose as well as the racemes and under side of the leaves with ad- 
Re pubescence : stipules wanting: leaves pellucid-dotted, lower ones 
m obcordate to euneate-oblong and emarginate ; upper surface glabrous: 
