Croialaria. diadelphia decandria. !2fi5 



under the insertion of ihe pedicels of the lower flowers of the 

 raceme ; under those of the upper part solitary ; be^«lides these 

 there are two at the apex of each j>edicel, close to the calyx ; 

 all are permanent. Legume sub-sessile, smooth, thickest near 

 the apex, more than twice the length of the permanent calyx. 

 Seeds numerous, small, deep shining- black. 



5. C. stricta. Roxb. 



Annual, straight, hairy. Leaves lanceolate. Floivers soli- 

 tary, axillary and on terminal racemes. Cali/ces hairy, larg- 

 er than the corols. Legumes sessile, clavate, smooth, many- 

 seeded, shorter than the permanent calyx. 



Tel'rng. Moonga. 



This species I have only found in the valleys up amongst 

 the Circar mountains, and in my own garden, where I rais- 

 ed it from seeds brought from those valleys. 



Root annual. Stem straight, from one to three feet high, 

 striated, hairy, with few or no branches. Leaves scattered, 

 very short-petioled, expanding, lanceolate, hairy underneath, 

 entire, from three to four inches long, and less than one 

 broad. Stipules minute, setaceous. Flowers opening in the 

 evening, situation various, they are in general solitary, a 

 little above the axills, and on short, terminal racemes, pretty 

 large, of a sulphur colour. Bractes lanceolate, one below each 

 peduncle, and two to the calyx. Calyx remarkably large, 

 particularly the two upper flivisions, very hairy. I^egume 

 sessile, clubbed, smooth, a little shorter than the calyx, from 

 thirty to forty-seeded. 



6. C. montana. Roxb. 



Shrubby, erect. Leaves cuneate, lanceolate, obtuse, smooth. 

 Stipules and bractes minute. Racemes terminal. Legume ses- 

 sile, smooth, few-seeded. 



Teling. Kwuda-galli-geetsa. 



This species I have never found, but upon the Circar 

 mountains; it is a pretty large twiggy shrub. 



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