XLvin. jXGUMixos.t:. 209 



pedicels |- ^g- in- long; bracts subulate, 1 at tlie base of each pedicel 

 and 2 mmh smaller about halt" way up. Calyx |-i in. long, glabi'ous or 

 nearly so outside ; tube campanulate; upper teeth ovate, acute, divaricate, 

 connate near the base only, the Ji lower teeth much narrower, triangular, 

 acuminate, connate about half the way up. Corolla much exserteJ, about 

 1 in, long, yellow with a purple tinge; standard suborbicular, con- 

 spicuously veined, with a strong rib down the middle of the back. Pods 

 1-1^ in. long, stalked, linear-oblong, slightly broader upwards. Seeds 

 15-20. Fl. B. I. V. 2, p. 75 (exclad. s>/n.' Buh. & Gih^.); Bot. Mag. 

 t. 2561 ; Trim. El. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 15 : Watt', Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 613. 

 C. Leschenaidtii, Grab. Cat. p. 44 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 54 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. iS'at. v. 11 (1897) p. 420. — Flowers : Sept.-Nov. Veen. 

 Uingala. 



Konkan: Law\, Stocls\, Capt. Gebio-nel Deccan: Maluableshwar, Cool:e'., Wood- 

 row I ; Khandala, Wood row I S. M. Country: Ramgliat, liitchie, 150! — Distrib. 

 India generally ; Ceylon, Cbina, Malaya, N. Australia, Tropical Africa. 



Very comuiou at Mahableshwar, where it has been erroneously referred to C. Leschen- 

 aidtii, DC. Crotalaria Leachenaulfu [DC. Prodr. v. 2, p. 12,'); Benth. in Hook. Load. 

 Journ. T. 2 (1843) p. 481 ; Wight & Am. Prodr. p. 186 : C. luplnijlora, G-rah. in W.nll. 

 Cat. ,5407] has foliaceou.s ovate bracts, by which it may be readily distinguished from 

 C. rett'sa. C. LeschenauUii seems to be a rare plant, confined apparently to the 

 Nilgliiris. There are only 2 speciuaens in Herb. Kew., one from Wight's Herbarium 

 and the other from Alclvor's (n. 80). There is every reason to believe that it is not a 

 Bombay plant at all. It has not been found in that Presidency by Law, Stocks or 

 Ritchie or by more recent collectors. Ritchie's specimen (n. 150) from Ramgh^t 

 mentioned by Baker in Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 76, is C. return. What C. return of Graham 

 (Cat. p. 45) is, which he says grows in compounds on the Esplanade in Bombay and 

 flowers in the cold season, or what C. retusa of Dalzell & Gibson (Bo. Fl. p. 55) is, 

 which is said to be connnoii in sandy soil in company with C. verrucosa and to flower 

 in February and March, when all the Bombay Crotalarias are practically out of bloom, 

 I can form no idea. 



19. Crotalaria sericea, Retz. Obs. fase. 5 (1789) p. 26. A short 

 nndershrub 3-4 ft. high ; branches stout, striate, suhglabrous. Leaves 

 2-6 in. long, very variable in breadth, oblong-lanceolate, acute or sub- 

 acute, raucronate, glabrous above, finely silky beneath, base cuneate ; 

 petioles y^— g in. long; stipules large, leafy, persistent. Flowers in 

 elongate terminal 20-50-flowered racemes 10-12 in. long ; pedicels 

 longer than the calyx, with 1 large foliaceous ovate-acute bract at the 

 base of each pedicel and a pair of minute subulate bracts on each pedicel 

 below the middle. Caly.x; i in. long, almost glabrous outside ; tube 

 campanulate, half as long as the teeth ; upper teeth large, triaiigulir, 

 acute, about \ in. broad at the base, the 3 lower teeth smaller and less 

 deeply cut than the upper, linear-lanceolate, acute. Corolla yellow with 

 a purplish tinge ; standard broadly ovate, with a strong midrib at the 

 back. Pods glabrous, linear-oblong, stalked, 1-2 in. long. Seeds 20-30. 

 El. B. I. V. 2, p. 75 ; Grab. Cat. p. 45 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 55 ; Woodr. in 

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

 p. 614. — Flowers : Oct.-Dee. 



KoNKAN : Low !. Stocks ! ; Bombay, in pasture grounds, Drdzell cf- Gibson, Grnha,n, 

 Kanara: Gund (N.Kanara), Woodrow. — Distrib. Througliout India generally ; Malaya, 

 Andauians. 



20. Crotalaria verrucosa, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 715. A much- 

 branched herb 2-3 ft. high ; branches acutely angled, at first puberulous, 



