70 Leguminosz : [ Crotalaria. 
or elliptic, obtuse or acute, mucronate, densely rusty pubes- 
cent beneath; lateral veins very strongly marked beneath; 
stipules large, decurrent, widened at the apex into a broad, 
usually recurved point, tapering towards the base; fis. 
moderate-sized, on curved silky pedicels 2-3 in. long, in few 
fid. racemes; peduncle leaf-opposed; calyx-segm. large, 
nearly 2 in., acuminate, densely silky with golden or fulvous 
hair; petals scarcely longer than the calyx; pod 14 in., shortly 
stalked, narrowly oblong-ovoid, very turgid, tipped with the 
sharp, hooked, stiff base of the style, glabrous, pale brown, 
often marked with white streaks; seeds 20-30: 
Montane zone 5000-6000 ft., on the patanas; rather common, 
especially in the Uva Province. Bandaravela; Hakgala; Elephant 
Plains. Flowers March, April, August, September. 
Also in S. India. 
C. WicuHT1ana Grah. in Wall. Cat. no. 5358 (1828); Prain in Journ. 
Roy. As. Soc. Beng. LXVI, p. 350 (1897). 
Prain gives :—Kandy, Thwaites, Watson; Pidurutalagala, T. Thom- 
son for this species. 
It is a shrub, 3-4 ft. high; leaves up to 4 in. long and 
3-5 in. broad, elliptic-obovate; flowers larger; pod nearly 
2 in. 30-40 seeded; otherwise as C. scabrella. 
6a. ©. Bidiei Gamble in Kew Bull. 1917, p. 27. C. Wightiana 
Thw. Enum. p. 81 (1859) pp. non Grah. C. rubiginosa Trim. FI. 
Ceyl. II, p. 11 (1894) pp. non Willd. 
A less robust herb, suberect and spreading or more rarely 
erect, less branched, 1-14 ft. high; stem hairy; upper leaves 
oblong-linear, 1-14 in. long, 4-4 in. broad, obtuse, mucron- 
ate or not, slightly hairy; lateral veins less strongly marked 
than in C. scabrella; lower leaves oblong; stipules large, 
broadly decurved on the stem so as to form wings with the 
upper part dilated, spreading, usually rather falcate, broad- 
ening below, then tapering to the base; flowers moderate- 
sized, on curved, silky pedicels 1-3 in. long; bracts acute; 
calyx segments smaller than in C. scabrella, acuminate, 
densely silky with golden or fulvous hair; petals scarcely 
longer than the calyx; pod 13 in., stalked, narrowly oblong- 
obovoid, very turgid, tipped with the sharp, hooked, stiff 
base of the style, glabrous, pale brown without white streaks. 
Montane zone; rare. Galagama; Lunugala. Fls. Jan., May; pale 
yellow. 
Also in S. India. 
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Also in S. India. 
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