270 DiADELPHiA DECANDRiA, Crotalanu, 



calyx two, similar, but smaller. Flowers small, of a bright 

 yellow, opening' in the evening. Calyx, upper segment emar- 

 ginate. Legume rhombic, black, smooth, from eight to 

 twelve-seeded. Cattle eat it. 



14. C. prostrala. Roxb. 



Perennial, diffuse, hairy. Leaves bifariou^, oblong, hairy. 

 Stipules none. Racemes leaf-opposed. Legumes ssessile, club- 

 bed, smooth, many-seeded. 



Teling. Seri-galli-geetsa. 



This is an uncommon species on the coast ; like the former, 

 it grows on pasture ground, has a perennial woody root, with 

 many slender, hairy, diffuse, two forked, round branches, 

 from one to two leet long, their lower part often becomes 

 woody, and perennial. 



Leaves alternate, bifarious, short-petioled, obliquely-ob- 

 lonf»\ hairy, about an inch lont>- and half an inch broad. 

 Stipules wanting. Racemes leaf-opposed, axillary, or ter- 

 minal, three or four times longer than the leaves, from six to 

 twelve-flowered, ^rac/es minute. F/oirers small, yellow. 

 Legume sessile, clubbed, smooth, from sixteen to twenty-four 

 seeded. 



15. C. kirsuta. Wilhl. iii. 978. 



Sub-herbaceous, flaccid, hairy. Leaves oval, hairy. ^S/i- 

 ^M?es semi-lanceolate. /?r/ce//ies leaf-opposed, long, from three 

 to four-flowered. Bractes cordate, recurvale. Legumes ses- 

 sile, hairy, clubbed, few-seeded. 



Teling. Nalla-galli-geetsa. 



This species is scarce, it generally grows among low brush- 

 wood, on dry ground. Flowers during the wet season. 



Root perennial. Stem scarcely any, but many two-forked, 

 small, slender, bifarious branches, spreading on the ground, 

 or climbing up amongst shrubs ; from one to several feet long, 

 round, hairy. Leaves alternate, bifarious, short-petioled, from 

 broad-oval to oblong, hairy, from one to two inches long, and 



