Crotalaria.'] L. LEGUMINOSJE. (J. G. Baker.) 75 



NILGHIRIS, at about 4000 ft. elevation, Wight, Beddome. 



General habit of C. peduncularis. ieaw.smarrow-linear, short-stalked, reaching 5-6 

 in. Baceme laxly 12-20-flowered, finally a foot long; lower pedicels |-1 in. long ; 

 bracts reflexed, shorter than the pedicels. Calyx f in. ; teeth one-third the tube. 

 Corolla smaller than in the last ; standard the same shape and colour. Pod 1^-2 in. 

 long ; gynophore finally exceeding the calyx. 



SECT. VI. Erect ee, Benth. Erect herbs or shrubs, the foliage more or less 

 silky or pubescent. Stipules 0, or small, not decurrent. Racemes rarely other 

 than terminal. Pods glabrous, several times longer than the calyx. 



> . C. retusa, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 125 ; branches and calyx subglabrous, 

 stipules subulate very minute, leaves obtuse glabrous above puberulent below, 

 bracts subulate, corolla much exserted. Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 272 ;' Hot. Mag. t. 

 2561 ; Sot. Reg. t. 253 ; Wall. Cat. 5405 ; W. 8f A. Prodr. 187 ; Dak. $ Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 55. Lupinus cochincliinensis, Lour. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 410 Rheede. 

 Mai. ix. t. 25. 



Tropical region ; HIMALAYAS to CEYLON and MALACCA, but often cultivated. 

 DISTRIB. China, Malaya, N. Australia, Trop. Africa and America, in both the last 

 doubtfully wild. 



A robust undershrub 3-4 ft. high, with stout striated branches. Leaves short 

 stalked, oblanceolate-oblong, moderately firm, cuneate at the base, 1^-3 in. Racemes 

 laxly 12-20-flowered; pedicels shorter than calyx. Calyx f-^ in. ; teeth lanceolate, 

 twice campanulate tube. Corolla nearly twice calyx, yellow tinged with purple. 

 Pod linear-oblong-, l-l in. long, distinctly stalked, 15-20-seeded. 



39. C. serieea, Retz.-, DC. Prodr. ii. 126 ; branches and calyx subglabrous, 

 stipules lea I 1 ' peisistont, leaves subacute or obtuse glabrous above finely silky 

 beneath, braoia ovate foliaceous, corolla much exserted. W. $ A. Prodr. 

 186 ; Wall. Cat. MGo ; Eo.rb. Ft. Ind. iii. 273, not of Burm. ; Dais. $ Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 55. 0. spectabilis, Roth. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 125. C. macrophylla, 

 Weinm. Syll. ii. 26. 0. cuneifolia, Schrank Syll. ii. 78. 



Tropical region ; through India proper, ascending to 3000 ft. in KUMAON. 

 MALACCA, Griffith. PEGU, McClelland. 



Habit and branches of C. retusa. Leaves oblaneeolate-oblong, moderately firm in 

 texture, 3-6 in., cuneate at the base. Racemes laxer, 20-40-flowered, often a 

 foot long ; bracts persistent, reflexed ; pedicels exceeding calyx. Calyx ^ in. ; teeth 

 lanceolate, twice campanulate tube. Corolla half as long again as calyx, generally 

 purplish. Pod 1-2 in. long, distinctly stalked, |-| in. broad. 



40. C. assamica, Benth. in Hook. Land. Journ. ii. 481 ; branches and 

 calyx silky, stipules minute subulate, leaves acute glabrous above finely silky 

 below, bracts linear-lanceolate minute, corolla much exserted. C. Burmanni, 

 DC. Prodr. ii. 126 ? 0. sericea, Burm. Fl. Ind. t. 48, fig. 1 ? 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 3-4000 ft., Hook. fil. $ Thomson, Lobb ; ASSAM, Mrs. Mack. 

 DISTRIB. Philippines, Cuming, 1886. 



General habit just that of the two preceding, to which it is allied closely. Leaves 

 oblanceolate-oblong, short-stalked, moderately firm, 2-4 in. long, cuneate at the base. 

 Racemes laxly 2 0-30 -flowered reaching a foot long ; lower pedicels equalling calyx. 

 Calyx | in. ; teeth lanceolate, twice campanulate tube. Corolla f in. deep, golden- 

 yellow. Pod 1^-2 in. long, distinctly stalked. 



41. C. X&urzii, Bake?" ; branches and calyx silky, stipules minute subulate, 

 leaves acute glabrous above finely silky below, bracts linear-lanceolate minute, 

 corolla not exserted. Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. vol. xlii. pt. 2, p. 229. 



PEGU, Kurz, No. 1664. 



Closely allied to C. assamica, from which it differs mainly in calyx and corolla, the 



