Crotalaria. diadelphia dkcandria. 265) 



and even tliere frequently wanting-. Racemes terminal, twice 

 as long- as the pedicels. Flowers preUy large, yellow. Culifx 

 hairy, nearly as long- as the flower. Lerjuine sessile, oval, 

 smooth, shining, f'ruiii Ht'teen to twenty-five-seeded. 



12. C. rnhui'mosa. Wilkl. iii. 973. 



Perennial. dlHuse, hairy. Leaves oval, and lanceolate, hairy. 

 Stipules lanceolate. Racemes leaf-opposed. Bractes cordate. 

 Legumes oval, hairy, few-seeded. 



Like the last described, it is a native of pasture lands; it 

 has also a perennial root, with many slender diffuse, round, 

 hairy, two-forked branches. 



Leaves alternate, short-petioled, bifarious, below round 

 or ovate, above lanceolate, hairy, entire, very various in size. 

 Stipules lanceolate, often reflexed. Racemes lateral or lea.f- 

 opposed, twice as long- as the leaves, round, hairy, from four 

 to eight-flowered. Bractes solitary, cordate, reflexed, short- 

 er than the pedicels, one-flowered. Legumes sessile, oblong, 

 hairy, eight seeded. 



13. C. cespHosa. Roxh. 



Perennial, difl^'use, cespitose, smooth. Leaves somewhat 

 wedge-shaped. Stipules none. Racemes terminal. Bractes 

 subulate. Legumes sessile, rhombic. Seeds from ten to 

 twelve. 



Teling. Nalla-geri-galli-geetsa. 



Is one of the most common all over the coast, grows on 

 pasture ground ; is in flower all the year round. 



Root perennial. Stem none. Branches numerous, spread- 

 ing- close to the earth in every direction, with their extremi- 

 ties ascending; from one to two feet long, pretty smooth. 

 Leaves alternate, inclining- to be bifarious, very short-pe- 

 tioled, linear-oblong or wedge-form, sericeous underneath ; 

 about three quarters of an inch long, and a quarter broad. 

 Stipules none. Racemes terminal, very long, ascending. Brac- 

 tes of the pedicel single, awlcd, one-flowered ; those of the 



