274 DiADELPHiA DKCANDRiA. Cfotalaria. 



2\. C.alata. Roab. 



Herbaceous; branches two-winged. Leaues simple, ses- 

 ijile, obliquely round-ovate, downy. Racemes terminal, be- 

 coming- lateral. Lajume sbort-pedicelled, linear-oblong, 

 smooth. 



Found in Hindoostan by Captain Hardwicke in flower in 

 July and August. 



22. C. semper jior ens, Willd. iii. 978. 



Shrubby, erect, ramous, smooth. Leaves ovate ; stipules 

 falcate, reflexed. /Racemes terminal, becoming lateral. Brac- 

 tes subulate, one-flowered. Legume sessile, clavate. 



A native of Sumatra. Flowering in the cold season, in the 

 Botanic o^arden at Calcutta. The flowers are of a middling 

 size, and bright yellow. Is not far removed from verrucosa, 



23. C. bialata. R. 



Perennial, spreading ; branches two-winged, leaves sub- 

 sessile, from lanceolar to oblong. Peduncles lateral, long, 

 and smooth. 



A native of Silhet. In the Botanic garden it grows to be a 

 pretty large bushy spreading shrub, with little or no stem, 

 but many sub-ligneous, naked, spreading branches, which 

 divide into ascending, broad-winged, villous branchlets. 

 Flowers and ripens its seed during the rainy and cool seasons. 



24. C. angulosa. Lamarck's Encycl, ii. 19G. 



Annual. Stem and branches from three to five-sided. 

 Leaves sub-sessile, base sub-ovaie, much attenuated, and 

 curled. Stipules semi-cordate, transverse. Racemes lateral. 



A native of the Mauritius. 



25. C. paniculata. Willd. iii. 980. 



Shrubby, very ramous and hairy. Leaves simple, cune- 

 ate, sub-sessile. Stipules subulate, recurved. Panicles ter- 



