268 DiADELPHiA DECANDRiA. Crotctlaria. 



10. C. ramosissiina. Roxb. 



SufFruticose, very ranious, hairy. Leaves sessile, lanceo- 

 lar. Stipules iwue. A^acfw/^'s terminal, few-flowered. Bractes 

 callous-margined, and revolute. Lecfvine sessile, one-seeded. 



A native of the interior parts of Bengal, and in blossom 

 most part of the year. 



Root ramous, perennial. Stem scarcely any, but numerous 

 sub-ligneous, small, variously bent, alternate, very hairy 

 branches and brnnchJets, spread in every direction ; general 

 height of the whole plant about two feet and in diameter ful- 

 ly as much. Leaves alternate, sessile, simple, ap|)roximate, 

 cuneate-lanceolar, entire ; very hairy underneath, size of the 

 largest, about an inch long, and scarcely one-fourth of an 

 inch in breadth. 



Stipules none. Racemes terminal, solitary, few-flowered. 

 Flowers pretty large, yellow, tinged with deep purple. 

 Bractes of the pedicel solitary ; of the calyx paired ; all are 

 cordate, with callous, recurved, coloured, smoothish mar- 

 gins and apices. Calyx ; divisions unequal ; the upper two 

 being much larger than the lower three; the margins of all 

 callous, coloured, and recurved. Legume oval, hairy, sessile, 

 one-seeded. 



11. C. chinensis. Wifld. iii. 974. 



Perennial, diffuse, hairy. Leaves bifarious, from ova! to 

 linear-obtuse, hairy. Stipules at the forks of the branches. 

 Racemes terminal. Bractes lanceolate. Legumes sessile, oval, 

 smooth, many-seeded. 



A native of pasture ground, borders of cultivated fields, 

 &c. 



Root perennial. iS/em scarcely any, but many,diffuse,round, 

 hairy, two-forked, slender branches, from one to two feet 

 long. Leaves alternate, bifarious, short-petioled, linear-lan- 

 ceolate, obtuse w ith a bristle, very bairy, entire, generally 

 more than an inch long, and less than half an inch broad. 

 Stipules subulate, and only at the divisions of the branches, 



