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I liave rufcrrcd tliis form erroneously to C. Xurzii, l)ut the stout hollow stems 

 bring it nearer to C. Assamica, from which it differs not only in its much larger 

 petioled leaves and in the calyx, but also in the pods, which are sessile aud H-2 

 inches lonfT. In hubit it may be called a very luxuriant tcrminal-racemcd form of 

 C. Kiirzii (Kurz). 



C. EEiusA, L. Chiefly near the sea in Arakan and Pegu, but also found along the 

 Irrawaddy in Promo. It has become a weed on Ross Island 

 and the Andaraans, but there very likely only introduced. 



Thinly apprcssed .silky-hairy. Leaves rotuse to blunt. Racemes all terminal. 



^ ^ Bracts ovate to ovate-lanceolate, np to 4 lines long, reflexed. 

 C. SERicEA, Rctz. Arakan and the Pegu Range. 



Glabrous. Loaves blunt to acute, almost sessile, glaucous-green. Pods stalked. 

 Branches stout, fistulose. 



** Ovary rartoushj clothed, from villose to tomentose and apprcssed silk-hainj. 

 Pods similarly clothed, rarely minutely pubescent or glalrous. Flowers racemose. 

 ■\- Stipules none, or small and subulate. Flowers yellow. 



X Pods minutely apprcssed-pubcscen I , appearing glabrous to the naked eye. Calyx 

 glabrous. Leaves narrow. 



C. NEKIIFOLIA, "W'alL Ava and hills East of Toung-ngoo. 



Glabrous. Ri'acts linear, very minute. Leaves narrow-linear. 



X X Pods and calyx brown or dark brown tomentose or pubescent, leaves narrow. 



C. JTJNCEA, L. All over Burma. 



C.fenestrata, Sims. 



C. tenuifolia, Roxb. 

 Pan. Paik-hsan. Sun hemp. 



Stems sulcate, but not angular. Pods sessile, 1-1 J '"fh long. 



This plant is commonly planted for its fibre, which makes twine, rope and paper. 

 The seed is sown very thicklj-, and in good soil the plants run up to 8 or 10 feet. The 

 fibre is prepared in the usual way by soaking the plant and stripping the bark, and 

 it is probable that more care and attention than is usually bestowed on this process 

 would residt in a greatly improved fibre as regards strength and appearance. 



C. TKTiuQONA, Rosb. Along rocky streams in Arakan and 



C. grandijlora, Zoll. Pegu up to 3000 feet. 



Stems sharply 4-angular. Pods shortly stalked, 1^-2 inches long. 



+ + Stipules large, leafy, half-lunate. Flowers blue or rarely greenish-white. 



C. VERKUCOSA, L. Ava. Promo and ilartaban. 



C. angulosa, Lam. 

 C. carulea, Jacq. 

 Stems angular, puberulous to glabrous. Leaves rliomboid. Pods pubescent. 



B. Leaves digitately 3-7-foliolate. 

 C. QurNQFEFOLiA, L. In wet lands from Arakan to Tenasserim. 



Leaves 5-foliolato. Flowers rather large, yellow, racemose. Bracts 3-4 lines 

 long, linear, acuminate, reflexed. Pods glabrous, stalked, 1 J-IA inch long. 



X Pods inflated. 

 + Pods short, globular or obliquely ovoid, \-'2-i-sceded. 



C. MEDicAGixEA, Lamk. 

 C. procumbens, Iloxb. 



