562 XLVii. LEGUMiNOS^. [Crotalanu. 



hairy, i to 1-5 in. long, stalked, 10 to 15 seeds. Hah. Common, 

 roadsides. Pahang River, Pulau Chengei. Negri Sembilan, Gunong 

 Berumbun (Cantley). Perak, Temengoh. Lankawi. Distrih. 

 Indo-Malaya, Australia. Native name : Poko Gingiling Jantan or 

 Gigeling. Use : Leaves as a poultice for headaches. 



(9) C. semperflorens Vejit. Hort. Cels. 17. 



A herb about 3 ft. tall. Stem not flattened nor winged. Stipules 

 •12 in. long, linear acuminate. Leaves simple rhomboid ovate 

 narrowed at top, mucronulate, base narrowed cuneate glabrous; 

 nerves 8 pairs, 3*25 in. long, 1*25 in. wide; petioles '12 in. long. 

 Racemes 2 to 6 in. long; peduncles i"5 in. long. Flowers large 

 yellow ; pedicels '25 in. long. Calyx lobes lanceolate acuminate. 

 Standard -5 in. long. Wings oblong corrugate above, keel promin- 

 ently gibbous. Pod swollen oblong pubescent 1*5 in. long, '3 in. 

 wide, mucronate. Seeds reniform with an incurved beak olive 

 Irownish black polished. Hab. Open roadsides. Malacca (Griffith). 

 Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga Pass (Ridley). Disirib. S. India, 

 Java, Sumatra. 



(10) C. uncinella Lam. Encyc. Meth. ii. 200. 



A procumbent herb or under-shrub. Branches spreading, i to 

 2 ft. long slender. Leaves trifoliate glabrous above, puberulous 

 beneath; leaflets i to i"5 in. long, -5 to 75 in. wide, elliptic blunt. 

 Stipules small acute. Racemes lateral and terminal, 2 in. long 

 (lengthening in fruit to 4 in.). Flowers 20 to 25 small, yellow. 

 Calyx hairy "15 in. long. Corolla '25 in. long yellow exsert. Pod 

 oblique globose pubescent, 2-seeded, '2 in. long. Hab. Sea coasts, 

 not rare on the East Coast. Singapore, Pulau Blakang Padang. 

 Malacca (Derry, Goodenough) . Pahang, Pekan ; Kwala Meang 

 and Kwala Pahang. Tringganu (Yapp). Kemaman, Kwala Kema- 

 man (Rostado). Kelantan, Kota Bharu. Disirib. China. 



(11) C. incana Linn. Sp. PI. 716; Baker, I.e. ii. 83; Prain, 

 I.e. 40. 



Erect herbaceous shrub, 2 to 4 ft. tall. Branches downy. 

 Leaves trifoliate; petioles 2 to 3 in. long; leaflets membranous, 

 hairy beneath, elliptic to obovate, median largest, rounded, base 

 cuneate, i'5 to 2 in. long, i to i'4 in. wide or smaller. Stipules 

 minute setaceous. Racemes terminal, 6 to 10 in. long, 12- to 

 20-flowered elongating downy. Calyx '25 in. long, teeth lanceolate. 

 Corolla "6 in. long exsert, yellow. Pod sub-sessile cylindric, i to i"25 

 in. long, pubescent, 20 to 30 seeds. Hab. Penang (Curtis). An alien. 

 Rare. Distrib. Of American origin, now over the whole world. 



(12) C. Saltiana Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 648; Prain, I.e. 41. C. 

 striata DC. Prodr. ii. 131. 



An erect shrub nearly glabrous, about 2 ft. tall or more. Leaves 

 trifoliate ; petioles 2 to 3 in. long ; leaflets membranous, obovate 

 obtuse, base cuneate, 1*5 to 2*5 in. long, i"5 in. wide or less. Stipules 

 cuneate. Racemes terminal, i to 1-25 ft. long. Flowers 20 to 30. 



