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fld., terminal ; flowers deflexed close-set (occasionally solitary flowers 

 occnr also in the axils of the uppermost stem-leaves) ; bracts lon^, seta- 

 ceous, peisistent. Calyx densely silky with very long liairs, 'S^-5 in. 

 long, tube shortly campanulate, teeth all long acute, < he upper lanceolate, 

 narrow. Corolla blue and white, rarely yellow, glabrous, not exserted. 

 Pod sessile "5 in. long, not exserted, oblong, glabrous, 10-15-seeded. 

 DC. Prodr. II, 129; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. II, 565; Miq. Flor. 

 Ind. Bat. I, 338 ; Bak. in Flor. Hrit. Ind. II, 73. C. anthylloides Lamk. 

 Encyc. Meth. II, 195; Don, Prodr. 241 ; Wall. Cat. 5366 A (partly), B, 

 C. C. salicifolia Ham. in Don, Prodr. 241 not of Heyne. C. nepal- 

 ensis Link, Enum. II, 228. G. venusta Wall. Cat 5365. C. brevipes 

 Champ, in Hook. Kew Journ. IV, 44. 0. eriajitha Sieb. & Zucc. Fl. 

 Jap. 13. C. OWiami Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. Ill, 42. 0. calycina 

 Kurz, Joarn. As. Soc. Beng. XLV, pt. 2, 147 not of Soli rank. 



Malaya Peninsula; Pahang, Ridley! Nicobars; Karaorta, Kzirz ! 

 DiSTRiB. Japan, China, Indo-China, Philippines, Java; Himalayas from 

 Assam westwai d ; Panjab, Central India and Behar. 



The specimens collected by Mr. Ktirz in Kamorta having yellow flowers were 

 referred by him to C. calycina. An examination however shows that they are not 

 calycina but sessilifiora. A gathering from Java lias been issued from Mns. Leyden, 

 also under the name C. calycina; this probably indicates that in Java as in the 

 Nicobars, C. sessiliflora may have yellow flowers. 



3. Crotalaria chinensis Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1003. An annual 

 1-2 feet high, usually breaking into several stoutish ascending branches 

 from near the base, laxly silky with reddish brown hairs. Leaves 

 1-2 in. long, simple, linear to oblanceolate with rounded base and 

 obtuse or subacute apex, thickly herbaceous laxly silky on both surfaces ; 

 stipules 0. Racemes densely capitate 3-6-fld., all termiiial, bracts and 

 bracteoles linear, persistent. Calyx laxly silky, •35-'5 in. long, tube very 

 short, teeth all long acute, the upper lanceolate, lower linear. Corolla 

 pale-yellow, glabrous, not exserted. Pod sessile '5 in. long, not exserted, 

 oblong, glabrous, 15-20-seeded. DC. Prodr. II, 130; Bentli. in Hook. 

 Lond. Journ. II, 566 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 339 ; Bak. in Flor. Brit. 

 Ind. II, 73. 



Perak ; Larut river; on rocks in the stream, Wray ! Distrib. China, 

 Indo-China, Philippines ; Tndia ; Malay Islands. 



4. Ckotalaria FERRDGiNiiA Grab, in Wall. Cat. 5398. A diffuse 

 copiously branching herb with a perennial rootstock, finely silky or 

 shaggy, branches 1*5-2 feet long. Leaves very sliort petioled, herba- 

 ceous 1-5-2 in. long, •5-75 in. across, simple, ovate-oblong obtuse paler 

 beneath; stipules persistent foliaceous deflexed or spreading, '25 in. 

 long; petioles '15 in. long. Racemes laxly 2-8-fld. leaf-opposed, 2-4 in. 

 long, bracts linear '2 in. long often deflexed, pedicels very short. Oalyx 



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