Crotalaria.'] L. LEGUMINOSJE. (J. G. Baker.) 71 



Copiously branched, 1-2 ft. high,'the stems clothed with long dense erecto-patent 

 brown silky hairs. Leaves membranous, short-stalked, 1-3 in. long, rounded at both 

 ends, thinly silky. Racemes stalked, reaching 6-9 in. long. Calyx -| in. deep, 

 densely clothed with long silky hairs ; teeth all long, acuminate, upper lanceolate, 

 lower linear. Corolla ysllow, not exserted. Pod oblong, 1-lj in. long, 20-30- 

 seeded. 



22. C . trifjuetra, Dalzell in Hook. Kew Journ. ii. 34 ; suffruticose, branches 

 'triquetrous obscurely pubescent, stipules lanceolate minute, leaves lanceolate- 

 oblong obtuse, racemes lateral and terminal laxly 2-3-flowered, pod silky short- 

 stalked 3-4 times the calyx. Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Flora, 56. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; CONCAN and MALWAN, Dalzell, Stocks, Law ; CEYLON, 

 Thwaites. 



Suffruticose, 12 ft. high with copious very slender ascending branches angled down 

 to the base. Leaves, membranous, pale green, glabrescent, 1-2 in. long,, broadly rounded 

 at the base. Racemes long-stalked, very lax ; bracts minute, lanceolate. Calyx |-^ in. 

 deep, thinly silky ; teeth long all linear, acuminate. Corolla pale yellow, ^ in. 

 long ; standard ovate, pointed. Pod oblong- cylindrical, f; in. long, thinly coated with 

 short yellow-brown silky hairs, 15-20-seeded. 



23. C. alMda, Heyne ; DC. Prodr. ii. 126 ; suffruticose, branches terete 

 minutely silky, stipules 0, leaves linear or oblanceolate obtuse, racemes mostly ter- 

 minal laxly G-20-flowered, bracts linear very minute, pods glabrous sessile 1^ or 

 twice the calyx. W. $ A. Prodr. 189. 0. montana, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 265 j W. 

 8f A. Prodr. 182. C. scoparia, Wall Cat. 5418. 0. parva, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 

 5402. 0. punctata, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5401 A. $ C. C. tenuis, Wall Cat. 

 5403. 



TROPICAL REGION through India proper and CEYLON, ascending to 5500 ft. in KUMAON, 

 and to 6-7000 in the WEST HIMALAYAS. BIRMA, Wallich. PEGU, McClelland. 

 TENASSERIM, Heifer. DISTRIB. Malay Isles, China, and Philippines. 



A shrub 1-2 ft. high,, with very numerous firm slender, obscurely silky branches. 

 Leaves short-stalked, firm, 1-2 in., thinly silky beneath, pellucido-punctate, glabres- 

 cent above. Racemes 2-4 in. long, rarely lateral. Calyx turbinate, % in., finally 

 | in. long, thinly silky ; teeth long, 3 lower linear acuminate, upper broader often 

 subobtuse. Corolla pale yellow, glabrous, scarcely exserted. Pod oblong-cylindrical, 

 | in. long, 6-12-seeded. 



VAR. 1. epunctata ; leaves membranous pubescent not dotted, racemes very lax 

 3-6-flowered, calyx teeth all linear acuminate. C. epunctata, Dalz. in Kew Journ. iii. 

 210 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Flora, 56. SOUTHERN CONCAN, Dalzell 



** Pod included or very slightly exserted. 



24. C. nana, Sunn. FL Ind. 156, t. 48, fig. 2 ; leaves oblanceolate obtuse, 

 racemes capitate 6-12-flowered, calyx densely silky, upper teeth connate, pod 

 ovoid small glabrous sessile slightly exserted. DC. Prodr. ii. 127 ; W. fy A. 

 Prodr. 191 ; Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. Fl 56. 0. umbellate, Wight in Wall Cat. 

 5383 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 191 ; Dalz. # Gibs. Bomb. Fl 56. C. biflora, Herb. 

 Madr. in Wall Cat. 5381, not of Linn. 0. sobolifera, Grah. in Wall Cat. 

 5420 B. 



WESTERN PENINSULA and CEYZON, ascending to 6000 ft. 



An annual 1 ft. or less high, with copious slender terete ascending or spreading 

 branches clothed with short silky hairs. Leaves ^-1 in., moderately firm, thinly silky 

 above, densely so below, base subcuneate, stipules 0. Bracts and bracteoles minute, 

 subulate ; upper flowers often quasi-umbellate. Calyx - in. long, densely clothed with 

 long silky hairs ; teeth of lower lip narrow, acuminate. Corolla pale, not exserted. Pod 

 6-8-seeded, black when mature. 



VAR.. 1. patula ; leaves narrow linear, calyx more shortly silky. C. patula, Grah. 

 in Wall. Cat. 5371. BIRMA, Wallich, Griffith^ 



