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root, very slender, terete, clo bed with spreading deciduous silky hairs. 

 Leaves i-| by ^-j^ in., ovate-oblong, obtuse or acute, mucronulate, 

 proniineiitly veined, subsessile, clothed witli scattered silky hairs, 

 obliquely cordate at the liase ; stipules 0. Flowers distant, in leaf- 

 opposed or extra-axillary l-^-flowered racemes, which are much longer 

 than the leaves ; peduncles and pedicels very slender, the latter ^— i- in. 

 long; bracts jL in. long, hnear-lanceolatc, hairy, persistent. Calvx 

 ^ in. long, hairy; teeth long, lanceolate. Corolla yellow, exserted ; 

 standard erect, orbicular, veined, i in. broad. Pods i in. long, shortly 

 stalked, glabrous. Seeds 8-10. FI. B.I. v. 2, p. 6(3; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 p. 5H ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 420. — Flowers: 

 Oct.-Dec. 



Konkan: ootiinion about Bonibay and S.ilsette, Bahcll cf Gihso7i; Bombay, Ritehie, 

 153 !, in;?/' !, Capt. Gchiir/iel; Andhen, Coo/i-e I Deccan : between Na.sik unci Igatpiiri, 

 E(lgetcorth\ ; Gbat between Wai and Watbar, Cooke\; I'luinda Ghat, Ritchie, \b'.i\; 

 Mahableshwar, Cuokc\; Diingergaoii, near Aboiednagar, Ciioke\ Kanara: Mrg.Wardl ; 

 near Honore, Hohcnhacker, 731 ! — Distrh). India (\V. side of the W. Peninsula). 



Var. tricJiophora. Somewhat larger and coarser, clothed with silky 

 yello^^-browJl hairs. Leaves .J-1 in. long. Peduncles i-2-Howerrd. 

 Corolla scarcely exserted. Doith. ex Baker in Fl. B. 1. v. 2, p. (37 (sp.). 



Except the hairiness and somewhat larger leaves, I find nothing to 

 separate this from C. filipes, of which 1 thiuK it should be considered 

 a variety. 



Konkan: StocJcsl 



8. Crotalaria prostrata, Bo.vh. ITort. Beng. (1814) p. 54. Annual, 

 6-15 in. high; branches many, ascejiding, slender, clothed with silky 

 yellowish hairs. Leaves subsessile, f~l| by |-| in., oblong or oblong- 

 obovate, I'ounded at the apex, clothed on both surfaces with silky 

 yellowish or yellowish-brown hairs, paler beneath, usually oblique or 

 subcordate at the base ; stipules 0. Flowei's small, pedicelled, in 2-4- 

 flowered racemes ; peduncles slender, hairy, longer than the leaves ; 

 bracts and bracteoles minute, subulate. Calyx ^-^ in. long, densely 

 hairy; segments linear. Corolla yellow, not exserted ; standard broadly 

 oblong, ^-, in. in breadth. Pods ^-| in. long, inflated, glabrous. Seeds 

 12-15, highly polished. Fl. B. I." v. 2, p. 67 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 9; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 420; Watt, Diet, Econ. 

 Prod. V. 2, p. 613. — Flowers : Oct. -Nov. 



Stock's, without locality! S. M. Country : Halyal, near Dbarwar, Ritchie, 1023! 

 Kanaka: Kala naddi, Ritchie, 1U23 1 ; Yellapur, Talbot. — Distkib. Drier parts of 

 India ; Ceylon, Java. 



4. Crotalaria vestita, Baler, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2 (1876) p. 67. 

 An erect usually much-braTiched herb 9-24 in. high; stems and branches 

 slender, terete, clothed with long silky hairs. Leaves lirm, subsessile, 

 |-lg by 5-§ iu., oblong or oblong-obovafe, obtuse or subacute, densely 

 clothed with white or yellowish hairs, base usually x-ounded, equal- 

 sided ; stipules 0. Flowers in densely silky 4-5-tiovvered racemes ; 

 peduncles much longer than the leaves ; bracts |-| iu. long, persistent, 

 leafy, lanceolate, silky ; pedicels shorter than the calyx ; bracteoles 2 

 beneath the calyx, | iu. long, linear, very hairy. Calyx shaggy, 5-y^^in. 

 long ; the 2 upper segments lanceolate, acute ; the 3 lower linear. 



