72 L. LEGUMINOS^E. (J. G. Baker.) [Crotalaria. 



25. C. linifolla, Linn. fil. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 128 ; leaves oblanceolate obtuse 

 rarely linear, racemes elongated laxly 6-20-flowered, calyx shortly silky, upper 

 teeth connate, pod small ovoid-oblong sessile glabrous as long as calyx. Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 266 ; Don Prodr. 241 ; Wall. Cat. 5400 in part ; W. $ A. Prodr. 

 190 (excl. syn.} ; Dalz. # Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 56. 0. ctespitosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 iii. 269. 0. montana, Heyne in Roth Nov. Sp. 335 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 126, not of 

 Roxb. C. spbolifera, Grab, in Wall. Cat. 5420 A. 0. stenophylla, Vogel in 

 Nova Acta Nat. Cur. xix. Suppl. 7. 0. saxatilis, Zolling. in Flora, 1847, 694. 

 C. melanocarpa, Watt. Cat. 5382. 



TROPICAL REGION: SIKKIM, alt. 1-4000 ft. "WESTERN PENINSULA, CEYLON, BIRMA, 

 PEGU. DISTRIB. Malay Isles, China, Philippines, N. Australia. 



Annual, -2 ft. high, with copious slender firm terete branches clothed with short 

 adpressed silky hairs. Leaves short-stalked, moderately firm, shortly silky, base sub- 

 cuneate ; stipules 0. Racemes usually terminal only, reaching -1 ft. long ; bracts and 

 bracteoles subulate, very minute. Calyx ^-- in. long, deeply bilabiate, densely 

 shortly brown-silky ; teeth of upper lip very short, of lower deep linear. Corolla pale 

 yellow, glabrous, scarcely exserted. Pod 8-10-seeded, black when mature. 



26. C. tecta, Roth; DC. Prodr. ii. 126 ; suflruticose, thinly shortly silky, 

 leaves obtuse obovate-oblong, racemes lax terminal only, calyx middle-sized, up- 

 per teeth subconnate, pod oblong as long as calvx. Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 

 ii. 569. 0. viminea, Wall. Cat. 5397 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 189. C. limfolia var. 

 Watt. Cat. 5400 B. 0. punctata var. Watt. Cat. 5401 B. 



WESTERN PENINSULA, in the CONCAN, NILGHIRIES, PULNEY 



A low undershrub with numerous stiff terete erecto-patent branches, clothed with 

 short grey silky hairs. Leaves firm, ^ 1^ in., cuneate in lower half, retuse or 

 emarginate at apex, glabrescent above, thinly silky below; stipules 0. Racemes 6-12- 

 flowered,5 ^ ft. long, usually distinctly stalked ; bracts and bracteoles linear, very mi- 

 nute. Calyx |- in. long, shortly velvety, lower teeth "linear. Corolla pale yellow, 

 glabrous, equalling the calyx. Pod sessile, glabrous, 9-12-seeded. 



27. C. occult a, Grah. in Watt. Cat. 5360 ; sufiruticose, shortly silky, leaves 

 oblanceolate-oblong usually acute, flowers in lax terminal racemes and often 

 solitary from leafy nodes, calyx middle-sized shortly silky, teeth all long, upper 

 broad rather obtuse, pod oblong included. Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 565. 

 C. rhizophylla, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5431. 



KHASIA MTS. and SILHET, alt. 3-5000 ft. 



Stems 23 ft. high, annual ?, simple or with few or many virgate ascending branches 

 clothed with short adpressed silky hairs. Leaves firm, 2-3 in., subcuneate at base, 

 glabrous above, glaucous and obscurely silky beneath ; stipules setaceous very 

 minute. Terminal racemes 6-20-flowered, ^^ ft. long ; bracts linear, minute. Calyx 

 i_| jn. deep, densely clothed with short brown silky hairs ; upper teeth oblong-spath- 

 nlate, .3 ^'i 11 - broad. Corolla glabrous, deep violet-blue, as long as the calyx. Pod 

 glabrous, sessile, 10-15-seeded. 



.28. C. calycina, Schrank ; DC. Prodr. ii. 129 ; annual, shortly silky, leaves 

 linear or lanceolate acute or rather obtuse, flowers few in lax racemes and solitary 

 from leafy nodes, calyx large densely clothed with long silky hairs, teeth all 

 long, upper broad rather obtuse, pod linear-oblong included. 0. stricta, Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. iii, 265 not of Roth. 0. Roxburghiana, DC. Prodr. ii. 129. C. anthylloides, 

 Don Prodr. 241 ; Watt. Cat. 5366 A. ex parte; W. $ A. Prodr. 181 ; Dalz. $ 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 54, not of Lam. C. linearis, Herb. Madr. in Watt. Cat. 5370. 

 C. crinita, Grah. in Watt. Cat. 5408. C. salicifolia var. ? Watt. Cat. 5359 B. 



TROPICAL REGION, from the HIMALAYAS to CEYLON, ascending to 5,500 ft. in Ku- 

 MAON. DISTRIB. Tropical Africa, Malay Isles, China, N. Australia. 



