292 XLVIII. LEGUMTXOS.K. 



Leaves nearly as broad as long, shaggy beneath. 13. C. priesflet/atdcs. 



Stipules present 14. C. dubia. 



Racemes lax. 



StipulisO; upper teeth of calyx connate 15. C. linifoUa. 



Sliimles minute, subulate ; upper teeth of calyx 



oblanceolate 16. C. calycina. 



Erect herbs or shrubs; racemes usually terminal; pod 

 glabrous, luui'h hjnger than the calyx. 



Stipules 17. C. lutexens. 



Stipules and bracts subulate 18. C. refusa. 



stipules and bracts foliaceous 19. C. sericea. 



Erect shrLibs ; leaves usually large, not deciduous ; flowers 

 in terminal or terminal and lateral racemes ; pod silky or 

 velvety. 



Brandies angled. 



Stipule.s foliaceous ; corolla blue and white 20. C. verrucosa. 



Stipules or minute ; corolla yellow 21. C. leptostachi/a. 



Branches terete. 



Stipules i-luuate; wings of corolla often pale blue 



in the upper part 22. C. Heyneana. 



Stipules or minute ; wings of corolla yellow 23. C.juncca. 



Erect shrubs; ])o(ls silky or velvety; flowers panicled. 



Pod l()-12-6eeded 24. C. madurensis. 



Pod 2 seeded 2b. C. fidva. 



Pod 1-seeded 26. C. ramonissima. 



Leaves Irifoliolate. 



Perennial herbs or undershrubs. 

 Pod 2-seeded. 



Calyx- teeth exceeding tlie tube ; pod subglobose 27. C. medicaginea. 



Calyx-teith equalling the tube ; pod subquadi-angular. .. 28. C. Notonii. 

 Pod many-seeded. 

 Stipides present. 



Bracts large, ovate ; pod 8-10-seeded 20. C. orixensis. 



Bracts mil ml e, setaceous ; pod 20-30-seeded 30. C. striata. 



Stipules U. Pod with a ^talk f-1 in. long 31. C. laburnifoUa. 



Leaves usually .5- but varying from 3- to 7-foliolate ; pod 

 glabrous, 3U-40-seeded. 



An erect annual ; stipules linear - lanceolate ; bracts 



foliaceous 32. C. quinqucfolia, 



1. Crotalaria Burhia, Ham. in Wall. Cat. (1S2S) 5386. A low 

 uiidershrub ; branches numerous, stiff, close, entangled, striate, hoary 

 NA'ilh appressed pubescence. Leaves few, incotispicuous, deciduous, sub- 

 sessile, |-1 by ^-| in., oblong, usually rounded, sometimes ntucronate 

 at the apex, pale-green, silky; sti])ules 0. Flowers 6-12, in elongate 

 termitial racemes; pedicels very short, bibracteolate. Calyx \ in. long, 

 hairy ; segments lanceolate, acute. Corolla slightly exserted, yellow ; 

 standard veined, iStyle long, slightly bearded at the top. Pods scarcely 

 longer than the calyx, hairy. Seeds 3-4. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 66 ; Beiith. 

 in Hook. Lond. Joiirn. v, 2 (1843) p. 474; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 54; Aitch. 

 ]'b. & Sind ri. p. 37 ; Talb, Trees, Bomb. p. 67 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 420; Watt, Diet. Ecou. Prod. v. 2, 

 p. 595. — Flowers: Dec.-]''eb. Yeiin. (/hdrpi. 



A member of the desert Flora. Giuakat : Ahmedabad, Kanitkar \; Cambay, 

 Ddlcell 4" Gibson. SiNn ; Coakc'., Stocks, 37'.).'; Mir))ur-Kha3, Ji'oodrow ; Jemadar 

 ka Landa, near Karachi, Stoiksl; Shikarpur, Cuoke I — Distuib. K.W. India; 

 Afghanistan, Beluclii.slan. 



2. Crotalaria filipes, Bcnth. in IIoolc Lond. Journ. v. 2 (1843) 

 J', 475, A prostrate herb; stems 6-15 in. long, many from a woody 



