XLVITT. LEGUMINO,?^. 295 



the lower linear, all clothed with long spreading hairs. Corolla not 

 exserted ; standard ovate, acute ; wings narrow-oblong, rounded at the 

 tip. Pods l-l-j- in. long, scarcely stalked, truncate at the apex, much 

 inflated, glabrous when ripe, pale brown. Seeds 20-30. Fl. B. I. v. 2, 

 p. 70; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 12; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 

 (1»97) p. 420.— Flowers: Oct. 



KoNKAN : Stockii ! Deccan : Poona, Woodroiv I ; Nasik hills, Bnlzell I ; Wada Q-liat 

 below Alahableshwar, t'noke\; Dongergaon near Ahiuednagar, Cookc\ Gl'jakat : 

 D&kor, Kan ilka r\ — Distrib. Throiigliout India ; Ceylon. 



8. Crotalaria triquetra, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Joam. Bot. v. 2 

 (1850) p. 34. Suffruticose, 12-20 in. high, branched from the base; 

 branches acutely triquetrous, glabrous or v\ ith a few scattered spreading 

 hairs. Leaves subsessile, 1-lf by |-g in., elliptic-oblong, glabrous 

 above, glabrous or with a few scattered hairs beneath, rounded or sub- 

 cordate at the base ; stipules small, ovate, acute, reflexed. Flowers 

 pale yellow, in long very lax 2-3-nowered terminal and lateral racemes 

 6 or 7 limes as long as the leaves ; pedicels about as long as the calyx ; 

 bracts ovate, acute; bracteoles beneath the calyx minute, setaceous. 

 Calyx ^-5 in. long; segments subequal, triangular, acute, silky. Coiolla 

 slightly exserted ; staiuiard broadly ovate, subacute, with a tuft of haii-s 

 at the back below the apex; wings oblong, round d at the tip. Pods 

 |-g in. long, oblung, cylindrical, with appressed silky hairs. JSeeds 15- 

 20. Fl. B. I. V. 2, p. 71 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 56 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, 

 p. 12; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 420. — F^lowers : 

 Oct. Veen. Ghdti. 



Konkan: Law\, Stocks], Dalzrlll ; Malwan, Bahell tf- Gibson; Vingorla, Woodroiv. 

 Deccan: Poona, Woodrow, 191 !, also 235! ; Mahablesbwar, C'ooAe! — Distkib. India 

 (Rajputana to Tinnevelly). 



9. Crotalaria albida, Henne, ex Roth, Nov. PL Sj). (1821) p. 333. 

 A much-branched uudershrub 1-2 ft. high ; branches slender, terete, 

 more or less silky-pubescent. Leaves 1-2 by fV^2 ^^-i linear-oblong or 

 oblanceolate, obtuse, apiculate, pellucido-punctate, more or les-s silky- 

 pubescent (especially beneath), base acute; petioles jV-rV ^"- ^^^^S y 

 stipules 0. Flowers in terminal (rarely lateral) 6-20-flowered racemes, 

 2-5 in. long; pedicels §-■ ^ in. long; bracts and bracteoles linear. 

 Calyx 4 in- (finally f in.) long; teeth long, the 3 lower linear, acumi- 

 nate, the 2 upper broader, sometimes subobtuse. Corolla ^ in. long, 

 pale yellow ; standard suborbicular, with a few hairs on the back ; wings 

 obovate-oblong. Pods glabrous, sessile, ^-| in. long, oblong-cylindric 

 Seeds 6-12. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 71 ; Trim. ¥1. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 12; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 420. Crotalaria punctata. Grab, 

 in Wall. Cat. 5401. Crotalaria epunctata, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. 

 V. 3 (1851) p. 210 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 56.— Flowers : Dec.-Feb. 



Konkan: Stocks'., Law I ; Rtiinagiri, Kanitkar] Deccan: Fitzgerald Ghat below 

 Mahablesbwar, Cookel Kanaka: near Honore, Huke/iharker, 731!; N. Kanara, 

 Talbot, 119! Gujarat: A'^/uVZ-a;- !— Distrib. Throughout the plains of India; 

 Malaya, Ceylon, China, Philippines. 



I have examined a large number of sjieoimens from Bombay, but have not found 

 the leaves of any of them to be epunctnte. In a specimen in Herb. Kew. labelkd 

 C. epunctata in Dalzell's own handwriting, the leaves are pellucid-dotted.-— It some- 

 times happens, when the leaves are densely pubescent, that the dots are not readily 

 distinguishable, but careful exauiiuatiou will reveal ihem. I have not therefore 

 retained the var. epunctata. 



