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1. Heylandia latebrosa, DC. Me,n. Leg. (1S25) p. 201. k prostrate 

 much-brariolieil lierb ; branches soiiietiines reachiug 20 in. long, slender, 

 wiry, '^lothei with long hairs. Leaves numerous, simple, |-g by \--\ in., 

 subsessile, ovate, subacu'e, hairy on both surfaces, obliquely cordate at 

 the base. Flowers in the axils of most of the leaves, solitary, subsessile. 

 Calyx-segments acute. Corolla yellow, much exserted, ~-\ in. long. 

 Pods silky, \-\ in. long, surrounded at the base by the persistent calyx 

 and tipped by the style, smooth or slightly hniry, flattened, pale brown, 

 ri. B. I. V. 2, p. 65 ; Grab. Cat. p. 44 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 54 ; Aitch. Ph. & 

 Sind PI. p. 36 ; Trim. PI. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 8 ; Woadr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 11 (1897) p. 420.— Flowers : Peb.-June. Vern. Godhadi. 



Very common, especially tlirougliout the Deccan ; abundant at Poena. — Distrib. 

 Throughout Tropical India and Ceylon. 



5. CROTALARIA, Linn. 

 Herbs or shrubs. Leaves simple or 3-foliolate, rarely iraparipinnate, 

 with or without stipules. Flo«'ers in terminal or leaf-opposed racemes, 

 usually yellow, often showy. Calyx-tube short ; teeth linear or lanceolate, 

 subequal or shortly connate into 2 lips. Corolla equalling or exceeding 

 the calvx ; standard orbicular (rarely ovate), shortly clawed ;_ wings 

 obovate or oblong, shorter than the standard ; keel broad, equalling the 

 wings, its petals joined down the back, much incurved, distinctly beaked. 

 Stamens monadelphous ; anthers dimorphous. Ovary sessile (rarely 

 stalked), usually many- (rarely 2-) ovulate ; style long, abruptly incurved 

 at the base, more or less bearded upwards ; stigma minute, oblique. 

 Pod sessile or stalked, straight, linear-oblong, turgid or inflated, con- 

 tinuous within, usually many-seeded. — Disthib. Tropical and subtropical 

 regions of the globe ; species about 300. 

 Leaves simple. 



A rigid copiously stiffly-branched uudershrub with small 

 exstipulate deciduous leaves ; pod slightly longer than 



the calyx, pubescent 1. C. Burhia. 



Diffuse herbs ; stems prostrate or ascending ; racemes all 

 lateral, few-flowered. 

 Stipules 0. 



Corolla exserted 2. Cfilqies. 



Corolla not exserted. 



Bracts minute, subulate 3. C. prostrata. 



Bracts leafy, lanceolate 4. C. vestita. 



Stipules present. 



Leaves linear-oblong ; wings of corolla yellow 5. C. Stocksii. 



Leaves rotund-ovate ; wings of corolla purple 6. C. bifaria. 



Diffuse annuals or low shrubs with slender branches ; racemes 

 all terminal or a few also lateral. 



Pod distinctly exserted ; racemes lax. 

 Stipules present. 



Branches terete ; pods glabrous 7. C mysorpnsis. 



Branches triquetrous ; pods hairy 8. C. triquetra. 



Stipules 0. 



Plant exceeding 1 ft. in height 9. C. albida. 



Plant less than 6 in. high 10. C. jnisilla,. 



Pod included or scarcely exserted. 

 Eacemes capitate. 

 Stipules 0. 



Upper teeth of calyx connate 11. C. nana. 



Upper teeth of calyx long, lanceolate. 

 Leaves much longer than broad, silky beneath . 12. C. chaiensls. 



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