Crotalaria.'] L. LEGTJMINOS.E. (J. G. Baker.) 69 



0. dichotoma, Roth Nov. Sp. 340. 0. rubiginosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 269, non 

 Willd. 0. bifaria, Wall Cat. 5399, in part. 0. triflora, Heyne in Wall. Cat. 

 5387. 



Tropical region, CENTRAL HIMALAYA, Boyle, Edgeworth, Thomson ; BUNDELCUND, 

 Edgeworth ; WESTERN PENINSULA, Heyne, Wight. 



Very near the last. Leaves more membranous, always acute, 1-2 in. Peduncles 

 shorter, more slender, often leafy, densely clothed with short spreading silky hairs. 

 Calyx \ in., densely pubescent. Corolla yellow, distinctly exserted. Pod just the 

 same in shape and size. 



15. C. b if aria, Linn. Suppl. 322 ; inconspicuously pubescent, stipules 

 linear minute, leaves round-oblong obtuse slightly oblique, racemes 1-2-flowered, 

 bracts small lanceolate, corolla middle-sidf 1 ., pod oblong finely downy 10-12- 

 seeded. DC. Prodr. ii. 127 ; W. $ A. &odr. 188 (excl. syn.) ; Wt. Ic. t. 30; 

 Wall. Cat. 5399, ex parts j Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 55. 



Tropical regions of the WESTERN PENINSULA attl CEYLON. 



Habit of the two last, but pubescence short and inconspicuous. Leaves short- 

 stalked, moderately firm, |-1| in., upper casually narrow, but all obtuse. Peduncles 

 stoutish, usually exceeding the leaves ; bracts reflexed, persistent. Calyx f-| in., ob- 

 scurely pubescent : teeth linear-lanceolate, long. Corolla yellow, slightly exserted. 

 Pod short-stalked, f -1 \ in. long, very turgid, glabrescent before it splits. 



16. C. multiflora, Benth. in Hook. Land. Journ. ii. 478 ; shortly silky, 

 stipules linear minute, leaves ovate acute, racemes 2-6-flowered, bracts linear, 

 coroUa large, pod oblong 10-12-seeded. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 328. C. bifaria, 

 var. multiflora, Arn. in Nova Act. Nat. Cur. xviii. 329. 



CEYLON, alt. 3-5000 ft., Gardner, Thwaites, &c. 



The most robust and showy species of the section. Leaves distinctly stalked, sub- 

 coriaceous, dark green, glandular, punctate, usually 1-2 in., but reaching in a narrow- 

 leaved form 45 in. Peduncles ^--| foot, stout, arcuate, densely clothed like the 

 stem with short spreading brown hairs ; pedicels cernuous, in. ; bracts reflexed, 

 persistent. Calyx f -1 in., inconspicuously downy ; teeth lanceolate, very long. Corolla 

 yellowish, equalling the calyx ; standard nearly 1 in. broad, veined with dark purple. 

 Pod short-stalked, l;j 2 in. long, densely clothed with dark brown silky hairs. 



SECT. III. Alatae, Benth. Diffuse or suberect pubescent perennials. Leaves 

 simple. Stipules decurrent as a persistent wing to the branches. Racemes all 

 lateral, leaf-opposed 1-3-fl.owered. Pod stipitate linear-oblong glabrous. 



17. C. alata, Hamilt. ex Roxb. in Don. Prodr. 241 ; suberect, stipular 

 wing broad, leaves thin oblong obtuse or subacute, peduncle elongated often leafy, 

 pod long-stalked. Roxb. Hort. Beng. 98 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 274 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 124 ; 



Wall. Cat. 5356 ; Benth. in Hook. Land. Journ. ii. 478. 0. sagitticaulis, Wall. 

 Cat. 5357. 0. bialata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 274. 



KUMAON to ASSAM and the KHASIA MTS. ascending to 6500 ft. ; AVA, Wallich ; 

 MISHMI, Griffith ; PEGU, McLelland. DISTRIB. Java. 



A suberect under-shrub 1-2 ft. high. Stem and leaves below clothed with short 

 silky pubescence. Leaves subsessile, much thinner than in C. rubiginosa, varying from 

 obovate to ovate-oblong, reaching 2-3 in. ; stipule forming a wing from one node 

 nearly to the next, its point lanceolate-deltoid. Racemes 2-3-flowered ; bracts small, 

 persistent, ovate, acuminate. Calyx f in., densely silky ; tube campanulate ; bracteoles 

 inserted above the base. Corolla pale, not exserted. Pod linear-oblong, glabrous, 

 in. long, 30-40-seeded. 



18. C. rubiglnosa, Willd. Sp. PI. iii. 973 ; diffuse, stipular wing narrow, 

 leaves small round-obovate obtuse coriaceous, peduncle short not leafy, pod short- 



