264 uiADELPiiiA DECANDRiA. Crotulariu. 



Leaves linear, lanceolafe, aoufe. Stipules minute, filiform. 

 Racemes terminal droopino-. Letjume sessile, clavate, hairy. 



From Nepal Dr. Buchanan sent the seed to this j^arden in 

 1802, where the plants grow well, and generally blossom dur- 

 ing the hot season ; and ripen their seed two months after. 



Stem erect, shrubby, with ma' y expanding, drooping, al- 

 ternate branches; young shoots villous, and four-cornered, 

 whole height of the plants four or five feet, and lasting from 

 two to four years. Leaves alternate, sub-sessile, linear-lan- 

 ceolate, acute, slightly villous, entire, from two to six 

 inches long, and less than an inch broad. Stipules filiform, 

 minute, villous. Racemes terminal, solitary, drooping, few- 

 flowered. Flowers remote, drooping, large, yellow. Bractes 

 of the pedicel ovate, acute, solitary, one-flowered, those of the 

 calyx, on the opposite sides of its base, and smaller than those 

 of the pedicel. Calijx bilabiate ; the upper lip bipartile, the 

 under one three-cleft, but the margins of the segments are 

 united, requiring force to separate them, otherwise it remains 

 entire. Legume sessile, clavate, hairy, many-seeded. 



4. C. stipulacea. Roxh. 



Shrubby, erect, ramous, hairy. Leaves sessile, lanceolar. 

 hairy. Stipules lanceolar, and conspicuously large. Racemes 

 terminal. Bractes of both pedicel and calyx lanceolar. Le- 

 gumes sub-sessile, oblong. 



A native of Mysore, from thence the seeds were sent by Mr. 

 Heyne to the Botanic garden at Calcutta, where the plants 

 thrive well, blossom and ripen their seed during the cold sea- 

 son. 



Stem erect, ligneous. Branches erect ; young parts very 

 hairy ; height of the w hole plant three or four feet. Leaves 

 simple, scattered, sessile, lanceolate, entire, very hairy ; from 

 one to two inches long, and from a quarter to half an inch 

 broad. Stipules lanceolate, almost half as long as the leaves, 

 and equally hairy. Flowers solitary, scattered, pretty large, 

 Yellow. Bractes lanceolate, hairy, one-flowered, three-fold 



