Crotalnria. DtADF.irmA decandria. 271 



one, or one and a half broad. Stipules half-lanceolate, re- 

 flexed, liacemps lateral, or leaf-oj'posed, three or four times 

 longer than the leaves, from three to ^ix-flowered. Bractes 

 cordate, reflexed, shorter than the pedicels, /^/owe?* opening^ 

 in the evening only, very large, yellow ; the back of the banner 

 and somelimes the wings beautifully spotted with purple. 

 Cahjx large; sfgineiits slender, luiiry, Lff/umes sessile, club- 

 bed, very hairy, from eight to ten-seeded. 



16. C. vniflnra. Kan. 3Tss. 



Sub herbaceous, procumbent, hairy. Leaves bifarious, ob- 

 liquely cordate, hairy ; no stipules. Floicers solitary, axil- 

 lary. Legumes sessile, reniform, one or two-seeded. 



Hallia hirta. WHld. iii. 1169. 



Teling. Nalla benda. 



A small, procumbent species, with perennial roots, and an- 

 nual branches, a native of pasture ground. Flowers in the 

 cold season. 



Stems none. Branches many, spreading every way, and 

 pressing also on the ground, about a foot long, and as thick 

 as a packthread, two-forked, round, hairy. Leaves alternate, 

 bifarious, sub sessile, obliquely-cordate, of a dirty brownish 

 green, particularly round the edges, hairy, about five eighths 

 of an inch long, and three-eighths broad. Stipules wantin«-. 

 Pc</?/Mc/cs axillary, short, one-flowered, about the middle ar- 

 ticulated, with a small bracte. /^/o?cvrs small, yellow. Cnhjx 

 hairy. Banner obcordale, having the processes of Dolichos. 

 Legume sessile, compressed, diaphanous, one or two-seeded. 



17. C. J\rumm.ul(iria. Willd. iii. 979. 

 Sub-herbaceous, diffuse, hairy. Leaves cordate, hairy. 



Pe6//^wc/c,« leaf-opposed, long, two-flowered. Legumes sessile, 

 globular, hairy, many seeded. 



C. nana. Burm. Ind. t. 48./*. 2. 



This is no doubt the species called by Dr. Konig, Inflora, 



