Crotalaria.] xlvii. leguminos^. 563 



Calyx '2$ in. long, silky, teeth lanceolate. Corolla '6 in. long 

 exsert, yellow striped purple. Pod sub-sessile, cylindric, 1-5 in. 

 long, -2 in. wide. Seeds 20 to 30. Hah. Common on seashores and 

 waste ground. Singapore, Galang, etc. Malacca, Hill ; Selandor 

 (Derry). Pahang, Pekan. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Bindings, 

 Pangicor. Perils, Chupeng. Kelantan, Kampong Kota (Gimlette). 

 Distrib. Africa, Indo-Malaya. Native names : Kachang Sekuchok 

 (Kelantan); Giring-Giring ; Gurang-Gurang ; Rang-Rang. 



(13) C. laburnifolia Linn. Sp. PI. 715; Baker, I.e. ii. 84; 

 Prain, I.e. 41. 



Erect branched shrub, 2 to 4 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves tri- 

 foliate; petioles 2 to 3 in. long; leaflets fleshy-membranous, i to 

 2 in. long, 1-25 in. wide or less, elliptic to obovate acute, cuneate. 

 Stipules o. Racemes terminal and lateral, 6 to 12 in. long with 

 few large flowers. Calyx 3 to '4 in. long turbinate, teeth lanceo- 

 late. Corolla I in. long, exsert, keel large, yellow, tip red. Pod 

 cylindric, 1-5 in. long, -5 in. wide ; stalk as long. Seeds 20 to 30. 

 Hab. Seashores. Local. Malacca, Pulau Besar (Griffith, Maingay). 

 Distrib. India and Malaya. 



(14) C. quinquefolia Linn. Sp. PI. 716; Baker, I.e. ii. 84; 

 Prain, I.e. 42. 



Annual herb, i to 2 ft. tall. Branches strict, glabrous, grooved 

 silky. Leaves digitate, 5- (3- to 7-) foliate ; petioles i to 3 in. long ; 

 leaflets herbaceous, glabrous above, silky beneath, linear or oblanceo- 

 late blunt, central 2 to 4 in. long, 3 in. wide, the others shorter. 

 Stipules linear. Racemes terminal, base 6 to 8 in. long. Flowers 

 8 to 20. Calyx '5 in. long, campanulate, teeth lanceolate. Corolla 



1 in. long, yellow. Pod shortly stalked oblong inflated, 2 in. long, 

 •5 in. wide. Seeds 30 to 40. Hab. Paddy-fields and waste ground. 

 Singapore, Krangi. Johor, Pulau Aor (Feilding). Malacca (Main- 

 gay). Negri Sembilan, Port Dickson. Kedah (Kunstler). Perak, 

 Teluk Anson. Jalor, at Biserat (Gwynne-Vaughan) . Perils, Kanga. 

 Distrib. India, Indo-China, Malaya. 



4. DUNBARIA, Wight and Arnott. 



Herbaceous or woody climbers. Leaves trifoliate, gland- 

 dotted beneath. Flowers racemose. Calyx-teeth narrow, lower 

 longest. Corolla exsert, keel beaked or not. Stamens diadelphous ; 

 anthers uniform. Ovary many-ovuled; style inflexed beardless. 

 Pod linear flat. Seeds sub-strophiolate. Species 12, East Asia, 

 Japan, Australia. 



(i) D. Scortechinii Prain, Lc. 44. 



Slender climber 10 to 20 ft. long. Branches grey canescent. 

 Leaves 6 in. long; leaflets trapezoid cuspidate, narrowed to round 

 base, laterals oblique, puberulous above, grey pubescent beneath, 



2 to 2*5 in. long, 175 to 2 in. wide; petioles 1-5 to 4 in. long. 



