Crotalaria.~] L. LEGUMINOSJI. (J. G. Baker.) 67 



foliaceous. Peduncles very slender, sometimes pseudo-terminal by the develop- 

 ment of leaves from their nodes ; flowers if two distant. Calyx % in. long ; teeth 

 deep, lanceolate. Corolla yellow, not distinctly exserted. Pod short-stalked, -| in. 

 long. 



6. C. tricliopliora, Benth. MSS. ; densely silky, stipules /O, leaves 

 obliquely cordate-oblong, peduncles 1-2-flowered, bracts and corolla very small, 

 pod oblong glabrous 6-8-seeded. 



CONCAN plains, Stocks. 



Stems slender, copiously branched, 1-1 ft., clothed with long silky yellow-brown 

 hairs. Leaves sessile, membranous, 1 in. long, obtuse or subacute, pale, membranous, 

 more broadly rounded on the lower side. Peduncles thread-like, rigid, clothed with 

 long hairs, rarely two-flowered, often leafy downwards, longer than the leaves. Calyx 

 in., densely silky ; teeth long, linear. Corolla yellowish, scarcely exserted. Pod 

 short-stalked, - in. long. 



7. C. Stocks!!, Benth. MSS. ; subglabrous, stipules deciduous very- 

 minute, leaves linear-oblong, peduncles 1-flowered, bracts and corolla very small, 

 pod linear-oblong glabrous 12-16-seeded. 



CONCAN, Stocks ; and contained also in Heifer's Tenasserim and Andaman 

 collection. 



Stems slender, very copiously branched, 1-1 ft. Leaves short-stalked, obtuse, 

 ^-Ig- in. long, membranous, equally narrowed on both sides at the base. Pedicels 

 filiform, 2-3 times the leaves ; bracts subulate. Calyx ^ in.; teeth long, linear. 

 Corolla yellow, slightly exserted. Pod sessile, - in. long, finally black. 



8. C. vestita, Baker ; densely silky, leaves linear-oblong, stipules 0, bracts 

 lanceolate persistent, racemes 4r-5-flowered, corolla middle-sized, pod oblong 

 glabrous 15-20-seeded. 



Herb. Stocks, probably from CONCAN. 



Stems slender, much branched, ^-1 ft., densely clothed -with yellow-brown silky 

 hairs. Leaves nearly sessile, moderately firm, equal-sided, -1^ in. long, base rounded, 

 point rather obtuse. Peduncles spreading, exceeding leaves; bracts acute, ^-^ in. 

 long ; pedicels shorter than calyx. Calyx \ in., shaggy ; teeth linear, long. Corolla 

 not exserted. Pod nearly sessile, ^-f in. long. 



'.). -3. prostrata, Roxb. Hart. Beng. 54; Fl. Ind. iii. 270; finely silky, 

 stipules 0, leaves obovate-oblong rather oblique, racemes 2-4-flowered, bracts 

 subulate very minute, corolla small, pod linear-oblong glabrous 12 15-seeded. 

 Rottl in Willd. Enum. 747 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 130 ; Wall. Cat. 5419 ; W. $ A. 

 Prodr. 189 (excl. syn.} ; Mart, in Munch. D&nk. G, t. E. 



. Plains from the UPPER GANGES to CEYJLON, ascending to 6000 ft. in the Chenab 

 valley. DISTEIB. Java. 



Stems slender, -1 ft., clothed with short adpressed or spreading silky yellow- 

 brown hairs. Leaves nearly sessile, ^-1 J in. long, obtuse, pale, glaucous below, pro- 

 duced (cordate) on the lower side at tin; base. Peduncles finely silky, usually twice th e 

 leaves. Calyx ^-i in., densely silky; teeth linear, long. Corolla yellow, not 

 exserted. Pod nearly sessile, ^ | in. long. 



10. C. humifusa, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5421; shortly silky, stipules 

 minute subulate, leaves round-oblong, peduncles laxly 3-6-flowered, bracts and 

 corolla very small, pod oblong glabrous 6-8-seeded. B&nth. in Hook. Lond. 

 Journ. ii. 476. C. prostrata, Wight Herb, ex parte. 



KUMAON to SIKKIM and KHASIA, ascending to 5000 ft. ANAMALLAY hills, alt. 4000 

 ft., Beddome. 



