294 



XLA'III. LFXil'MINOS.i:, 



Corolla not ex?erted ; standard suborbicular-oblong, veined; wing, 



linear-oblong, rounded at the tip. Pods oblong, turgid, glabrous, 



2-| in. long, subsesiiile. Seeds 15-20. Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (1897) p. 420. 



Stocl's and Balzell, without localities! Df.ccan: Kh.anclala, Bf/ival; Maiia- 

 bleshwar, Cookel — Distkir. Apparently endemic in Bombay. 



5. Crotalaria Stocksii, Benth. ex Baker, in Hool-.f. PI. B. J. v. 2 

 (1876) p. 67. A nuich-braucbed annual 1-1 g ft. high; stems and 

 branches pale, slender, terete, glabrous. Leaves ^-1^ by fV-4 in., sub- 

 sessile, linear-oblong, tip rounded, tomentose on both surfaces, equally 

 narrowed at both sides at the base ; stipules minute, subulate, deciduous. 

 Plowers very small, yellow; pedicels tiliform, 2 or .3 times as long as 

 the leaves, solitary, leaf-opposed, with 2 subulate bracts about -j^y in. 

 long below the flower and with 2 small subulate bracteoles beneath the 

 calyx. Calyx jV i". long, pubescent outside; segments very acute. 

 Corolla slightly exserted ; standard obovate-oblong. Pods sessile, 

 5-g in. long, linear-oblong, glabrous, finally black. Heeds 12-16, reni- 

 form, compressed. Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 420. 



Rare. Konkan : Stocks]; Jambalpada, Colaba district, KanHkar l—BiHTmn. 

 Tenasserini and the Andamans. 



6. Crotalaria bifaria, Linn. f. /S?'/>/57. (1781) p. 322. A much- 

 branched herb ; branches terete, more or less pubescent. Leaves ^-1|- 

 by 2-1 in., rotund-ovate or a few of the upper oblong, rounded at the 

 apex, mucronulate, more or less hairy on both surfaces, oblique or 

 rounded at the base ; petioles J^ in. long ; stipules |in. long, lanceolate, 

 reflexed. Eacemes 1-2-flowered ; peduncles stout, usually exceeding 

 the leaves; bracts 2, about \ in. below the calyx, foliaceous, persistent, 

 lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 1-|- in. long. Calyx reaching | in. long, 

 hairy outside ; segments linear-lanceolate, very acute. Corolla slightly 

 exserted ; standard orbicular, reaching | in. long, yellow, veined with 

 bluish-purple ; v^ ings |-| in. long, oblong, rounded at the tip, bluish- 

 purple. Keel with a long beak, veined with purple. Pods shortly 

 stalked, much inflated, 7— Ij in. long, usually mottled with purple, at 

 first pubescent, becoming nearly glabrous before splitting. Seeds 10-12. 

 V\. B. I. V. 2, p. 69 ; Grab. Cat. p. 45; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 55 ; Wight, 

 Icon. t. 30; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 420.^ 

 I'iowers ; Aug. -Oct. 



S. M. CouNTuv : Raiiigluit, /.tf?/) ex (ircihani, iJalzell cj- Gib^ov; Badanii, Cooke], 

 Woodrov \—l)\sTnin. India (W. Peninsula). 



The nica.«nrenient8 liave been taken from a well-grown .specimen from Badaini 

 (S. M. Country), where the plant is tolerably abundant. — The (lowers are handsoa)e, 

 the purple wings contrasting well with tlie yellow standard. 



7. Crotalaria mysorensis, Roth, Nov. PI. Sj^. (1821) p. 338. An 

 erect herb 1-2 ft. high, with numerous ascending branches clothed with 

 long spreading hairs. Leaves subsessile, 1-2^ by -r'V,-^ i"-? linear-oblong, 

 rounded at both ends, apiculate, clothed (especiallv beneath) with long 

 spreading silky hairs ; stipules linear-lancolate, i-j"] in. long, persistent. 

 J lowers yellow, in lax erect terminal 6- 9- flowered racemes ; bracts 

 foliaceous, lanceolate, hairy; bracteoles beneath the calyx :j ii]. long, 

 lanceolate, hairy. Calyx ;]-g in. long, the upper segments lanceolate, 



