ALBERT A\i) GABRIELLE HOWARD. 1B5 



both for green manure and fibre, it is necessary to sow Sann- 

 liemp at Piisa either on the first monsoon showers early in Jime or 

 preferably on the chota harsat showers in the second half of May. 

 Late sow^ing unfavourably afi'ects the Jubbulpore variety to a much 

 greater extent than the local. A fair crop of the local variety is 

 obtained even in late sowings. 



There is no doubt that there are at least two absolutely dis- 

 tinct varieties of Sann-hemi^ cultivated in India, and that the dif- 

 ferences given above are inherent in the varieties. The following 

 excellent description of Crotalaria juncea given by Roxburgh in 

 Flora Indica (p. 545), applies to both varieties : — 



"Stem annual, straight, from four to eight feet high, or even 

 more, striated from the insertion of the leaves, a little downy, to- 

 wards the top branchy, and, when the plant stands single, more so. 

 Leaves scattered, short-petioled, lanceolate, obtuse, with a small 

 bristle-like point ; both sides covered with soft, silver-coloured 

 hairs, from two to six inches long, and from half an inch to one and- 

 a-half broad. Stipules subulate, small. Racemes terminal, single. 

 Bractes oval, one-flow^ered. Flowers numerous, papilionaceous 

 large, of a beautiful bright yellow. Calyx bilabiate; the upper 

 lip two-cleft ; the under one three-parted in the middle, and there 

 gaping ; at the apex the segments are united. Banner obtuse, 

 erect. Wings oblong, obtuse. Keel much pointed, slightly twist- 

 ed at the apex and closely shut. Filaments, their lower half united 

 into one body, with a fissure down the upper side, which has a cir- 

 cular gape at the base ; extremities free, and alternately shorter. 

 Anthers on the shorter filaments linear, on the longer ovate, and 

 two lobed. Legumes sessile, club-shaped, downy, from one to 

 two inches long. Seeds numerous, kidney-formed." 



The occurrence of two sorts of stamens in the flowers of this 

 species was observed by Roxburgh who describes them as 

 follows : — 



" There is something very interesting in those two sorts of 

 stamens. If a flower is opened some time before the natural time 

 of its expanding, which must be just before any of the anthers 



