68 L. LEGUMINOSJ:. (J. G. Baker.) \_Crotalaria. 



Stems under a foot long, slender, flexuose, much branched, densely clothed with 

 short spreading yellow-brown silky hairs. Leaves nearly sessile, very obtuse, mem- 

 branous, pale, glaucous below, equal at the base, | 1 in. long. Peduncles arcuate, 

 densely silky, usually 23 times the leaves, sometimes leafy below ; pedicels cernuous, 

 lower as long as the calyx. Calyx in., densely silky ; teeth linear, very long. 

 Corolla yellowish, not exserted. Pod short-stalked, in. long. 



11. ?= ferrug-inea, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5398; finely silky or shaggy, 

 stipules lanceolate spreading, leaves obovate-oblong, racemes laxly 2-8-flowered, 

 bracts small linear, corolla middle-sized, pod linear-oblong glabrous 20-30- 

 seeded. Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 476. 0. canescens, Wall. Cat. 5415. 

 0. crassifolia, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 5416. 0. obliqua, Wall. Cat. 5388. 0. 

 leioloba, Bartl. Ind. Sem. Hort. Gott. 1837 ; Linncea xii. Littb. 80. 0. pilosis- 

 sima, Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 327. 



NIPAL to ASSAM, ascending to 5-6000 ft. ; AVA, MARTABAN, CEYLON. DISTRIB. 

 Java, Philippines, Formosa. 



More robust than all the preceding. Branches in the type finely silky. Leaves 

 short-stalked, moderately thick, pale beneath, obtuse, equal-sided, 1-2 in. long ; stipules 

 persistent, foliaceous, often deflexed. Peduncles usually 2-3 times the leaves ; racemes 

 much elongated; bracts persistent, spreading or deflexed. Calyx f-^ in., shortly 

 silky ; teeth long, upper lanceolate, lower linear. Corolla not distinctly exserted. 

 Pod short-stalked, l-l^ in. long. 



VAB. ft. pilosissima, Benth. MS8. ; leaves and flowers larger, calyx and branches 

 densely clothed with longer bright yellow-brown silky hairs. KHASIA ; 3-5000 ft., 

 Hook. fil. $ Thomson. 



12. C= aelcularis, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 5390 ; finely silky, stipules small 

 lanceolate, leaves obiong 1 oblique, racemes closely 12-20 flowered, bracts lanceo- 

 late, corolla small, pod linear-oblong glabrous 15-20 seeded. Benth. in Hook. 

 Lond. Journ. ii. 476. 0. disticha, Zolling. in Flora, 1847, 694. 



BENGAL to AVA and TENASSERIM. DISTRIB. Java, Philippines. 



Stems slender, a foot long or more, thinly clothed with spreading silky hairs. 

 Leaves nearly sessile, obtuse, glaucous-green, membranous, thinly silky, i-l| in. long, 

 rounded on the upper, cordate on the lower side at the base ; stipules persistent, re- 

 flexed. Peduncles equalling or exceeding leaves : bracts small, persistent, reflexed. 

 Calyx |- in., densely silky, teeth linear, very long. Corolla not exserted. Pod 

 sessile, -f in. long. 



13. C. evolvuloides, Wight in Wall. Cat. 5410 ; finely silky, stipules 

 linear minute, leaves round-oblong obtuse slightly oblique, racemes 3-8 flowered, 

 bracts minute lanceolate, corolla small, pod oblong finely downy 8-10-seeded. 

 W. 8f A. Prodr. 188 (excl. syn.) ; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 477. 0. 

 hirsuta, Wall. Cat. 6413 A.C. 



Tropical region, NILGHIRIS and CEYLON. 



Stems 1-2 feet long, copiously branched, clothed with fine short spreading hairs. 

 Leaves short-stalked, ~-l in. long, moderately firm in texture, always obtuse. Peduncles 

 equalling or much exceeding the / leaves ; pedicels cernuous, exceeding the bracts, 

 shorter than the calyx. Calyx in., long densely pubescent; teeth long, linear. Co- 

 rolla yellow, slightly exserted. Pod short-stalked | | in. long. The plant figured 

 underthis name in Wight's Icones t. 31 from Courtallum has much larger flowers and 

 is probably a distinct undescribed species. 



14. C. hirsuta, Willd. Sp. PL iii. 978 ; finely silky, stipules linear mi- 

 nute, leaves ovate acute slightly oblique, racemes 2-3-flowered, bracts lanceolate 

 minute, corolla middle-sized, pod oblong finely downy 8-10-seeded. Roxb. FL 

 Ind. ii. 270 $ Wall. Cat. 5413 B j DC. Prodr. ii. 126 j W. 8f A. Prodr. 188. 



