276 DiADELPHiA DEGANDRiA. Crotaluria. 



whole plant from four to six feet higb. Leaves terminal, long- 

 petioled. Leaflets nearly equal, obovate, with a point, entire, 

 smooth ; about an inch long, and three quarters of an inch 

 broad. Stipules Manting-. Racemes terminal, large, many- 

 flowered. Pedicels pointed, and bracted near the apex. 

 Bractes of the pedicels small, one-flowered. Floicers large, 

 of a bright showy yellow. Wings half the length of the 

 banner, and keel. Leguvie, pedicels clubbed, smooth. Seeds 

 numerous, kidney-shaped. Cattle eat it. 



27. C. orixensis. Roxb. 



Perennial, procumbent. Leaves ternate. Leaflets obovate, 

 pretty smooth. Racemes lateral, long-. Bractes cordate. Le- 

 gumes pedicelled, cylindric, smooth, few-seeded. 



Teling. Koona-galli geetsa. 



Like most of the rest, this is a native of pasture ground, 

 borders of cultivated fields, &c. 



Root perennial, Avhite, wood}-. Stems several, procum- 

 bent ; racemes round, hairy, from two to three feet long. 

 Leaves ternate. Leaflets oblong, or obovate, entire, smooth 

 on the upper side, a little hairy underneath ; about an inch 

 long and rather more than half an inch broad. Petioles as 

 long as the leaflets. Stipules lanceolate, hairy. Racemes 

 lateral, or leaf-opposed, erect, very long, f lovers small, 

 remote. Bractes cordate, reflexed, one-flowered. Pedicels 

 long, slender. Leginnes pedicelled, pendulous, cylindric, 

 smooth, from eight to twelve-seeded. 



28. C. cytisoides. Roxb. 



Shrubby. Leaves ternate ; leaflets alike, oblong", acute, 

 glaucous underneath. Stipules minute, permanent. Ra- 

 cemes terminal. Legume sessile, linear-oblong, downy, few- 

 seeded. 



From Nepal Dr. Buchanan sent the seeds to this garden, 

 where the plants blossom during the dry season chiefly. 



Trunk tolerably erect, with many spreading branches, 



