1. Cbotaiaeia.] 43. PAPILIONACEJE. 



C. Fls. in short ultimately leaf-opposed racemes, 

 sometimes sub-solitary. 



1. Stipules decurrent as a wing on the branches 10. alata. 



2. Stipules small or 0, not decurrent. 



L. ovate, stipules Bmall acuminate . . 11. hirsuta. 



L. oblong, stipules . . . . .12. prostrata. 



L. oblong, often very small, stipules small 

 linear reflexed 13. acicularis. 



1- C striata, D.C. Sakesing, K. ; Son-jhunka, 8. 



An undershrub 2-4 ft. high with long-petioled trifoliolate 

 leaves and terminal and lateral elongate racemes of yellow 

 flowers f" long, usually streaked with purple. Pods l§-2" 

 long by J*, 30-40-seeded, glabrous or very finely downy. 



Occasional in waste ground and along road-sides, sometimes cultivated 

 for its fibre. Annual. Fls. and Fr« Oct.-Jany. 



Lflts. l-2£'' broadly elliptic or obovate, with sparse appressed hairs 

 beneath, base cuneate, tip rounded. Petiole 1-2''. 



2. C. quinquefolia, L. 



An erect annual 2-4-ft. high with 5, rarely 3, linear leaHets 2-4'' long. 

 Chota Xagpur, Train. 



3. C- sericea, BeU. Sakesing, K. 



A suffruticose herb 3-4 ft. high with often hexagonal 

 waxy stems, oblanceolate to obovate leaves 3-6" long with 

 persistent stipules, long terminal paniculate racemes of bright 

 yellow flowers and glabrous pods 1£" long. 



A handsome plant frequent in grass under light shade and along nalas 

 in Singbhum, Hazaribagh and S. P. Fls. Bept.-Feby. Fr. Dec-May. 

 Biennial. 



L. appressed silky beneath with short stout petioles. Racemes often 

 1 ft. with persistent spreading or reflexed ovate acuminate leafy bracts 

 £" long. Fls. over 1" long. Fruitvng-calyx £". 



4. C. juncea, L. Jin (the fibre Jiri-bair), If. ; Ji., Ho. ; 

 Son, S. ; San, H. ; The Sun Hemp. 



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