XLVIIT. LEGTMINOS.?:. 303 



0-12-flo\vpre(l. C. lu.vurians (sp.)> Bentb. in Hook. Lond. Journ. v. '2 

 (1843) p. 578. 



KoNKAN : Stocks'.; Salsette, Jacquemont, 718! Deccan : near Talegaon, Poona 

 districts, Bhlva ! 



28. Crotalaria Notonii, Wight Sf Am. Prodr. p. 192. Suffruticose, 

 erect ; branches divaricate, more or less silky. Leaves approximated ; 

 petioles slightly shorter than the leaves ; stipules g-g- in. long, linear, 

 acute, persistent. Leaflets g-1 by :j-| in., obovate-cuneate, rounded, 

 truncate or retuse at the apex, apiculate or not ; petiolules -^ in. long, 

 pubescent. Flowers 12-20, close, in terminal or leaf-opposed racemes 

 2-3 in. long; pedicels j^^^-g in. long, pubescent; bracts g-| in. long, 

 linear, acute, persistent. Calyx ^-\ in. long, sparsely silky; teeth 

 lanceolate, acute, equalling the tube. Corolla more than twice as long 

 as the calyx, yellow; keel with a very long beak. Pods \ in. long, sub- 

 quadrangular, thinly silky. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 82 ; Wight, Icon. t. 752. 

 C. rostrata, Wight & Arn. Prodr. p. 191 ; Dalz. & Gribs. p. 57. 



Rare. Gujarat : sandy soil at Domas near Siirat, also in Kathiawar, ex Dahell ^■ 

 Gibson, 1. c. — Distrib. India (Nilghiri and Pulnej lulls). 



29. Crotalaria orixensis, Willd. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Neue Schr. 

 V. 4 (1803) p. 217. Perennial, herbaceous, diffuse ; stems slender, 

 copiously branched, 1-1 1 ft. long, sparingly clothed with spreading 

 brownish hairs. Leaves glabrous above, clothed with appressed hairs 

 beneath; petioles 2-l| in. long, hairy; stipules ^ in. long, foliaceous, 

 lanceolate, persistent. Leaflets |-1 by ^| in., obovate-oblong, obtuse ; 

 petiolules very short. Flowers small, in very lax lateral or terminal 

 3-12-flowered racemes ; pedicels \~^ in. long, filiform ; bracts large, 

 foliaceous, ovate, acute, deflexed. Calyx ^— |- in. long, silky outside ; 

 teeth lanceolate, acute. Corolla scarcely exserted, yellow. Pods |-§ in. 

 long, glabrous, with a stalk as long as the calyx. Seeds 8-10. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 2, p. 83 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 57 ; Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 2, p. 27 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 421.— Flowers : tSept.- 

 Oct. Vebn. Andabel ; Jensru. 



KoNKAN : Stocks ! Deccan : Poona, Col. St/kes '., Woodrow ! ; Ghat between Walhar 

 and Wai, Too^-e ! S. M. Country : 'Dh&.rw&r, Cooke \ — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula) ; 

 Tropical Africa. 



30. Crotalaria striata, DC. Prodr. v. 2 (1825) p. 131. Suffruti- 

 cose, 2-3 ft. high; stem stout, more or less striate; branches pube- 

 rulous, the very young ones silky. Leaves membranous ; petioles 

 l|-3 in. long, stout, slightly pubescent ; stipules minute, deciduous or 0. 

 Leaflets 2-3 by l-lg in-, elliptic, obtuse or acute, sometimes emarginate, 

 glabrous above, minutely puberulous and glaucous beneath. Flowers 

 numerous, in erect terminal and lateral elongate spicate 20-50-flowered 

 racemes which sometimes reach 1 ft. long ; pedicels very short ; bracts 

 setaceous, minute. Calyx \ in. long, slightly pubescent outside ; teeth 

 as long as the tube, lanceolate. Corolla dull yellow, veined with purple, 

 twice as long as the calyx. Pods 1^-2 in. long, much deflexed, oblong, 

 cyliudric, glabrous, shortlv stalked. Seeds 20-30, dark brown. Fl. B. 1. 

 v. 2, p. 84; Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 2, p. 38; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, 

 p. 18 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 421 ; Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 614. — Flowers: Nov. 



