190 LEGUMINOS KE, CROTALARIA. 
racemes terminal, elongated: flowers numerous, distant: bracteas minute, 
subulate, reflexed : bracteoles minute, attached to the tube of the calyx be- 
tween the lips: pedicels short: calyx about equal to the corolla, nearly 
glabrous, coloured ; upper lip broad, shortly bifid ; lower deeply 3-cleft, the 
segments often cohering at the apex: legume oblique, oblong, sessile, a little 
longer than the calyx, glabrous, 8-12-seeded.—Graham ! in Wall.! Lun. 
5397 ; Wight! cat. n. 668. Madura. 
We have some doubts if this be really distinct from the following. 
589. (39) C. linifolia (Linn.:) cespitose, suffruticose, diffuse, branched 
from the base, more or less strigose ; branches terete, nearly simple below, 
branched upwards: stipules wanting: leaves from cuneate to linear-oblong, 
obtuse, slightly mucronate, nearly glabrous above, strigose with adpressed 
short hairs beneath: racemes terminal, elongated, many-flowered : bracteas 
subulate, small: pedicels short: bracteoles attached to the tube of the calyx 
between the lips: calyx densely covered with short adpressed hairs; upper 
lip broad, very shortly bifid: lower deeply 8-cleft: legume oblique, roundish 
ovoid, sessile, glabrous, scarcely so long as the calyx, 8-12-seeded.—Linn.! 
f. suppl. p. 322 ; DC. prod. 2. p. 128 ; Spr. syst. 3. p. 239; Wall.! Ta: n. 54005 
Wight! cat. n. 670, 103.—C. cwespitosa, Roxb. fl. Ind. 3. p. 269.—C. diffusa, 
Roxb. in E. I. C. mus. tab, 367.—C. tecta, Heyne in Roth, nov. sp. p. 3345 
DC. prod. 2. p. 126 ; Spr. syst. 3. p. 237.—C. montana, Heyne (not Roab.) in 
Roth, nov. sp. p. 385; DC. Ll. e.; Spr. 1. c.—C. sobolifera, Graham! in 
Wall.! L. n. 5420. j ; 
This appears to vary considerably as to pubescence ; Roxburgh's C. c@spt- 
tosa or diffusa being described and figured almost glabrous, while Dr Wigh:$ 
n. 703 is whitish, from the numerous short silvery hairs covering every part 
except the upper side of the leaves. This species and the last are read ly 
distinguished from the others by the shortly bifid upper calycine lip ; out 
from each other the only differences are to be sought for in the shape of the 
leaves and legume, and pubescence of the calyx. 
§ 8. Low hairy plants, branched from the base; branches prostrate : stipules want- 
ing: leaves simple, bifarious: peduncles elongated, about 2-flowered : legumes 
globose, hairy, several-seeded.—Spherocarpe. 
590. (40) C. biflora (Linn. :) prostrate, diffuse, hairy: stipules wanting: 
leaves simple, bifarious, broadly ovate, slightly oblique and cordate at 
base, obtuse, mucronate: peduncles leaf-opposed, 3-4 times longer than the 
leaves, about 2-flowered: bracteas and bracteoles setaceous: calyx dee ly 
5-cleft, hairy ; segments linear-acuminated, about equal to the corolla: 
gume sessile, globose, hairy, somewhat membranous 3 seeds numerous (12- 20 
crowded.—Linn.! mant. p. 570 (excl. syn. Burm. and deseript.) ; DC.? prod- 
2. p. 127 ; Roxb, in E; I. C. mus. tab. 362 ; Wight! cat. n. 698.—C. Nommuli- 
ria, Willd. sp. 3. p. 979; DC. l.e.; Spr. syst. 3. p.297 ; Roxb. fl. Ind. 3. p. 2015 
Wail.! L.n. 5417 (excl. e).—C. hirta, Roth! nov. sp. p. 339.—C. Rothiana 
DC. I. c.—C. Rothii, Spr. 1. c.—Astragalus biflorus, Linn.! mant. p. 273.— 
Cicer nummularizfolium, Lam. enc. meth. 2. p. 2; DC. l. c. p. 354.— Pluk. 
t. 389. f. 5. 
591. (41) C. globosa (Wight :) prostrate, diffuse, hairy : stipules wanting * 
leaves simple, orbicular: peduncles leaf-opposed, 3-4 times longer than tne 
. 
leaves, about 2-flowered: bracteas and bracteoles setaceous : calyx deeply — 
4-cleft, hairy; segments lanceolate-acuminated, shorter than the corolla = 
legume sessile, globose, sparingly hairy, hard-coriaceous, few- (about 4) 
seeded.— Wight! in Wall.! L. n. 5412 (written by mistake globulosa); €^ — 
n. 697.—-— Dindygnl hills. 
. Less hairy than the last species. 
