304 XLVIII. LEGUMIXOSJi:. 



Deccan: Poona, IVoodrowl; Ganesh Kliind, JVoodroiv l—DisTRin. Tliroiighout 

 ludia ; Ceylon, Malaya, Tropical America aud Africa. 



31. Crotalaria laburnifolia, Linn. Sp. PL (1753) p. 715. An 

 erect shrub 2-4 ft. high ; branches sleuder, terete, f^labrous. Leaves 

 3-foUolate ; petioles l2-2| in. long ; stipules 0. Leaflets membranous, 

 1-1| by f-lo ill-, elliptic-oblong, acute or subacute at both ends ; petio- 

 lules yV-8 "^- I'^i^s- Flowers in termiual and lateral few-flowered lax 

 racemes g-l ft, long ; pedicels about § in. long ; bracts minute, deci- 

 duous. Calyx ^-|- in. long, glabrous, turbinate ; teeth lanceolate, as 

 long as the tube. Corolla 1 in. long, much exserted, yellow, glabrous ; 

 keel broad, with a long incurved beak. Pods cylindric, 1^-2 in. long, 

 glabrous, with a very long stalk |— 1 in. long, much exceeding that of 

 any other species. Seeds 20-30. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 84 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 p. 57; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 19 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 613. 



Southern Koskan : Nimvio ex Dalzell cf GiLion. This has been included on the 

 aiitliDrity of Dalzell and Gibson (Bo. Fl. p. 57), who cite Nimnio as above. 



It lias not apparently been found by any other Bombay collector, and there are no 

 specimens from Bombay in Herb. Kew. Woodrovv does not include the plant in his 

 list published in Jouru. Bomb. Nat. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, Malaya, 

 Philippines. 



32. Crotalaria quinquefolia, Linn. S2). PI. (1753) p. 716. An 

 erect annual 1-3 ft. high ; stem and branches pale, furrowed, glabrous 

 or the young ones more or less thinly silky. Leaves 5- (rarely 3-) 

 foliolate ; petioles variable in length, from |-3 in., channelled, glabrous 

 or sparsely pubescent ; stipules linear-lanceolate, acute, subpersistent. 

 Leaflets subses.sile, usually narrow-linear, l-4g by 4-3 in- (rarely ob- 

 lanceolate or elliptic-oblong when they are shorter aud broader), obtuse 

 or subacute, glabrous above, pale beneath, base acute. Flowers in lax 

 usually terminal 10-20-flowered racemes reaching 8 in. long ; pedicels 

 ^-g in. long; bracts J-g in. long, foliaceous, lanceolate, very acute, 

 persistent. Calyx campanulate, ^ in. long, glabrous or nearly so ; teeth 

 triangular, acute, as long as the tube. Corolla glabrous, twice as long 

 as the calyx. Pods lg-2 by |-1 in., oblong, glabrous, slightly tapering 

 at the base. Seeds 30-40. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 84; Grab. Cat. p. 45; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 57 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 19. 



KoNKAN : margins of rice-fields in Salsette, Graham, Dalzell cf* Gilisoji ; Wari 

 Country, Stocks'. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula, Birma); Ceylon, Malaya, Philippines. 



6. TRIGONELLA, Linn. 



Annual herbs. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate, toothed ; stipules adnata 

 to the petiole. Flowers lemon-yellow, in axillary racemes. Calyx-tube 

 campiiuulate ; teeth distant, subequal. Petals free from the stamiual- 

 lube ; standard obovato or oblong: wings oblong; keel shorter than 

 the wings, obtuse. Stamens diadelplious ; fllaments not dilated ; anthers 

 uniform. Ovary sessile or shortly stalked ; ovules usually many ; style 

 glabrous ; stigma terminal. Pod linear or linear-oblong, compressed or 

 sublerete (not spiral), usually exserted, continuous within. Seeds fVw 

 or many. — Disirib. Europe, Asia, N. and S. Africa, with 1 species in 

 Australia ; spt'cies about 50. 



