302 XT.VIII. T.KCI'MIXOS-F. 



^-_^ in. long, silky-liairv ; teeth lanceolate, about equally clfft, the 2 

 upper oblong, broader than the 3 lower lanceolate ones. Corolla |-1 in. 

 long, exserted ; standard elliptic, acute, silky on the back. Pods included, 

 clothed with appressed silky yellowish-brown hairs. Seeds 2, light 

 brown, polished. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 80 ; Grab. Cat. p. 44 ; Dalz. & G[bs. 

 p. 54; Woodr. in Journ. Bouib. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 421. — llowers: 

 Feb. 



Konkan: Law\\ Dahell, without locality! S. M. Coi-ntry : Raiiigbat, Dalzdl ^• 

 Gihson, common, G7-aham. Kanara: Kuinpta-Sirsi rciad, H'uodrow I — Distrib. India 

 (W. Peninsula) ; Java, Sumatra, Se^'cbelles and Mauritius. 



26. Crotalaria ramosissima, Boxh. FL Lid. v. 3 (1832) p. 208. 

 A very much-branched woody herb scarcely reaching 1 ft. high ; brandies 

 densely clothed with silky hairs. Leaves ^-1 by ^-f^ in., crowded, 

 subsessile, linear or oblanceolate, usually obtuse, apicnlate, densely silky- 

 hairy on both surfaces, base cuaeate ; stipules 0. Flowers in panicled 

 racemes ; bracts lanceolate, recurved. Calyx ^ in. long, hairy outside ; 

 teeth linear, acute, tbe margins reflexed. Corolla | in. long ; standanl 

 pointed, silky on the back. Pods sessile, | in. long, oblong, densely silky. 

 8eed 1 , brownish-black, polished. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 80 ; Grah. Cat." p. 44 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 421 ; Oliver, Flor. Trop. 

 Afi". V. 2, p. 26. — Flowers : Dec. 



Rare. S. M. Coumtey : Badaini, Cooke !, Woodrow ! — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula) ; 

 Tropical Africa. 



27. Crotalaria medicaginea, Laml-. Encyc. MeiJtod. v. 2 (1786) 

 p. 201. A perennial herb scarcely reaching 1 ft. ; rootstock woody, 

 branched ; stems and branches numerous, diffuse, filiform, terete, sparsely 

 clothed with appressed hairs. Leaves 3-folio1ate ; common petioles 

 j'-jj-iiu. long; stipules minute, filiform. Leaflets ^-| by j'^-^ in., oblanceo- 

 late, rounded, apiculate, glabrous, more or less silky beneath ; petiolules 

 distinct, very short. Flow ers in tenuinal and leaf-opposed 2-6-flowered 

 racemes ; peduncles longer than the leaves, filiform ; bracts minute, 

 linear-subulate. Calyx -^\ in. long, silky outside with appressed hairs ; 

 teeth triangular, acute, exceeding tbe campanulate tube, all about equally 

 long, the two upper a little broader. Corolla yellow, twice as long as 

 the calyx ; standard silky on the back. Pods obliquely subglobose, § in. 

 long, sparingly silkv, beaked. Seeds 2. Fl. B. 1. v. 2, p. 81 ; Trim. Fl. 

 Ceyl. v. 2, p. 18 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 613. 



I have seen no specimens of tbe true C. medicaginea from Bombay. The var. negJecta 

 is plentiful and tbe var. Ivxurians i.s occa-sionally met witli. — Distrib. Tropical India ; 

 Ceylon, Malaya, Afghanistan, China, Australia. 



\K\i. 1 . veyln-fa. Baker, in Fl. B. 1. v. 2, p. 81. Branches more ascend- 

 ing than in the type. Leaflets larger, refuse or rounded, apiculate or not. 

 Kncemes 6-9-flowered. C. neglevta (sp.), Wight & Arn. Prod. p. 192. 



Konkan: Bombay, Capt. Gehurnel; Bevadanda, Guvgaraml Gujarat: Baroda, 

 Kavilkar], Woodrow I Sind: Balzelll; Umrak, C'oo/te ! 



Vai?. 2. luxuriftiis, Baker, in Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 81. A much stouter 

 and stronger plant, 2-3 ft. high. Leaflets larger, usually retu.'^e, the 

 teiiuinal leaflet ^*-l in. long. Petioles up to h in. long. Eacemes 



