56o XLVii. LEGUMiNOS^. [Cfotalaria. 



Leaves compound, trifoliate ; flowers all yellow. 

 Procumbent herb ; pods sub-globose pubescent 



2-seeded (lo) C. uncinella 



Erect stout shrubs ; pods cylindric, 20 to 30 

 seeds. 

 Pods hairy . . . . . . . (11) C. incana 



Pods glabrous cylindric, sub-sessile . . (12) C. Saltiana 



Pods glabrous, swollen oblong, stalked . . (13) C. laburnifolia 



Leaves 5-foliate or more . . . . . (14) C. quinquefolia 



(i) C. alata Ham. Roxb. Horl. Beng. 98 ; Baker in Hook. fil. 

 F.B.I, ii. 69; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 36. 



Shrubby herb, i to 2 ft. tall. Stem and leaves beneath silky. 

 Leaves simple oblong-ovate sub-acute, membranous, i to 3 in. 

 long, '5 to I in. wide. Stipules with a triangular point, forming a 

 wing to the stem below for the whole length. Flowers 2 to 3 on 

 peduncles lateral about 2 in. long, with often one or two ovate 

 leaves on it. Calyx 35 in. long silky ; tube campanulate. Corolla 

 as long, yellow. Pod stalked, linear-oblong, i"25 to 175 in. long. 

 Seeds 30 to 40. Hab. Sandy places. Singapore, near Serangoon ; 

 Changi. Johor, Sungei Tebrau. Distrib. Indo-Malaya. Native 

 name : Kachang Hantu Darat. 



(2) C. sessiliflora Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2, 1004 ; Baker, in Hook. fil. 

 F.B.I, ii. 73 ; Prain, I.e. 36. 



Annual i to 2 ft. tall, simple or little branched. Stem and 

 leaves beneath silky. Leaves simple linear-lanceolate, herbaceous, 

 2 to 6 in. long, -24 in. wide. Stipules setaceous, very small. 

 Racemes terminal, 5- to 20-fiowered, i to 8 in. long. Bracts long, 

 setaceous. Flowers close set. Calyx silky long-haired, campanu- 

 late with long acute teeth, 35 to "5 in. long. Corolla as long, blue 

 and white (rarely yellow). Pod sessile, '5 in. long, oblong. Seeds 

 10 to 15. Hab. Rare on sandy heaths. Pahang River, Pulau 

 Tawar. Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur. Disirib. Indo-Malaya, 

 China and Japan. 



(3) C. chinensis Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2, p. 1003 ; Baker, in Hook. fil. 

 F.B.I, ii. 73; Prain, I.e. 37. 



Annual i to 2 ft. tall, branched. Branches ascending, red-haired. 

 Leaves simple, linear to lanceolate, base round, tip sub-acute, "j$ 

 to 2'25 in. long, 'i to -5 in. across, appressed-hairy all over. Racemes 

 short dense, of few flowers, 3 to 6 terminal. Bracts lanceolate 

 acuminate. All appressed red-hairy. Calyx-tube short, lobes 

 acute, upper lanceolate, lower linear. Corolla pale yellow as long. 

 Pod sessile, glabrous, oblong 15- to 20-seeded. Hah. Rocks in 

 rivers, local. Perak, Kwala Temengoh. Setul. Disirib. Indo- 

 Malaya, China. 



(4) C. ferrug-inea Grah. in. Wall. Cat. 5398 ; Baker, I.e. 68 ; 

 Prain, I.e. 37. 



Perennial branching herb, i"5 to 2 ft. tall, hairy. Leaves 

 herbaceous, simple, i'5 to 2 in. long, '5 to '75 in. across, ovate- 



