272 DiADELPHiA DECANDRiA. Crotalariu. 



though it agrees better Avitb Willdenow's Nummularia than 

 his biflora, they are probably the same. 



Telhig. Pillee-watta tiga. 



A native of shady pasture ground, about hedges, &c. 

 Flowers during the wet and cold seasons. 



Root perennial. ;S7fiw scarcely any. Branches v(\7\x\y, spread- 

 ing amongst the grass, round, hairy, two-forked, from one to 

 two feet long. Leaves alternate, sub-sessile, bifarious, ob- 

 liquely cordate-ovate, or oblong, hairy, about three quarters 

 of an inch long and half an inch broad. Stipules wanting. Pe- 

 duncles leaf-opposed, longer than the leaves, round, hairy, 

 near the apex two-forked, two-flowered. Bractes awled, 

 hairy. Lec/ume sessile, oval, or globular, size of a field bean, 

 hairy, seed crowded, from twelve to twenty, kidney-form. 



18. C. retusa. Willd. iii. 976. 



Annual, and biennial. Leaves oblong-cuneate, slightly 

 retuse. Stipules small. Racemes terminal. Bractes ensiform, 

 recurved. Let/ume nessWe, clavate, smooth, many-seeded. 



Tandale cotti. Rheed. MaL ix. t, 25. 



Telinr/. Potu-galli-geetsa. 



Beng. Beel-jhunjhun. 



C. major. Rnmph. JJnib. v. t. 96.jf. 1. 



A common, but elegant plant, found in most parts of India. 

 Flowering lime the cool season. 



Root often biennial, or more. Stem straight, but very 

 short, with several, ascending branches rising from it a little 

 above the ground, they are all slightly furrowed, otherwise 

 round, and nearly smooth, general height of the whole plant 

 about two feet. Leaves scattered, short-petioled, oblong- 

 cuneate, with (he apex oftener rounded than retuse, smooth 

 on both sides, from one to three inches long. Stipules mhmtet 

 acute, spreading. Racemes terminal, erect, many-Howered. 

 Flowers drooping, large, of lively yellow, with the back of 

 the banner tinged with red. Bractes solitary, ensiform, one- 



