278 DiADELPHiA DFXANDRiA. Ci'otalaria. 



30. C. procumbens, Roab. 



Perennial, procumbent. Leaves ternate ; leaflets long-obo- 

 vale. Racemes terminal and axillary, few-flowered. Legumes 

 roundish, sessile, two-seeded. 



A native of such places as the last, perennial. 



Root yellow. Stem scarcely any, but several, weak, 

 procumbent, ranious, round, smooth branches of from one to 

 three feet long, supporting themselves on the ground, grass, 

 or whatever is in their way. Leaves as in the last species, 

 but smaller. Stipules as in the last. Racemes terminal, 

 axillary, or lateral, generally lateral, or leaf-opposed, longer 

 than the leaves, three-flowered. Bractes as in the last species. 

 Legume as in the last, but smaller. 



31. C, bracieata. Roxb. 



Shrubby, erect, with many spreading branches, slightly 

 sericeous. Leaves ternate ; leaflets bs oad-lanceolar, acute, 

 smooth. Stipnles minute. Racemes axillary, or leaf-oppos- 

 ed ; a pair of large ovate bractes over the calyx. Legume 

 sessile, woolly, many-seeded. 



A native of Chittagono-. Flowerino- time the close of the 

 rains, seed ripe in January and February. 



Root perennial. Trunk short, lig*neous. Branches nu- 

 merous, dichotomous, spreading; young shoots round, light- 

 ly sericeous. Leaves alternate, petioled, ternate. Leaflets 

 broad-lanceolar, acute, entire, while young slightly sericeous 

 underneath; from three to six inches long, and from one to 

 three broad. Petioles about two inches long, slightly chan- 

 nelled. Stipules minute, acute. Racemes solitary, erect, 

 axillary, or opposite, shorter than the leaves. Flowers nu- 

 merous, pretty large, yellow. Bractes of the pedicel solita- 

 ry, small, one-flowered ; those of the calyx, paired, ovate, and 

 projecting over the calyx like a hood, before the flowers ex- 

 pand ; their structure and situation make the racemes appear 

 imbricated. Xc^rwrnes sessile, broad boat-shaped, very wool- 



