Crotalaria.~\ L. LEGUMINOSJ;. (J. G. Baker.) 77 



46. C. peg-liana, Benth. MSS. ; shrubby, stipules 0, leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate both sides obscurely silky, racemes prolonged into the axils of 

 numerous leaves, bracts subulate very minute, pod sessile. 



PEGU ; near Kangoon, McClelland. 



Branches slender, terete, finely puberulent or glabrescent. Leaves nearly sessile, 

 3-4 in., narrowed to both ends, firm and thinly silky on both sides in exposure, 

 but membranous and glabrous above in a shade form ; lower pedicels as long as 

 the calyx. Flowers beside the lax terminal racemes springing solitary or in pairs 

 from many of the leaf-bearing nodes. Calyx f in. ; teeth long, linear-lanceolate. 

 Corolla scarcely exserted. Pod cylindrical, f in. long, 10-12-seeded. 



47. C. salicifolia, Heyne in Wall Cat. 5359 A. ; herbaceous, stipules 0, 

 leaves oblong or lanceolate acute both sides shortly silky, racemes long-stalked 

 simple few-flowered, bracts minute lanceolate, pedicels as long as calyx, pod 

 stalked. W. $ A. Prodr. 182 ; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 482. 



WESTERN PENINSULA, Heyne. 



Stem stiff, sparingly branched, densely clothed with short ascending ferruginous 

 silky hairs. Leaves ceasing a space below the inflorescence, lower oblong or 

 oblanceolate-oblong, upper linear-lanceolate reaching 3-4 in., both sides clothed 

 with hairs like those of the stem. Flowers near the end of long branches. 

 Calyx \ in. deep, densely coated with bright brown velvety hairs ; teeth linear, all 

 very long. Corolla bright yellow, not exserted. Pod lg-2 in. long, half as broad. 



48. C. lanata, Bedd. in Madr. Journ. iii. 178 ; Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 105 ; 

 shrubby, stipules foliaceous ^-lunate, leaves large oblong, racemes not panicled, 

 bracts minute lanceolate, pedicels short, pod stalked. 



WESTERN PENINSULA; Anamallay and Pulney Mts., alt. 3-4000 ft., Bcddome. 



A shrub 12-15 feet high, with the habit, stipules and inflorescence of C. semper- 

 florens. Branches stout, densely clothed with short brown pubescence. Leaves dis- 

 tinctly stalked, membranous, very large, green and glabrous above, thinly matted 

 beneath. Calyx | f in. long, densely silky ; teeth linear-lanceolate, twice the tube. 

 Corolla yellow, much exserted. Pod 'glabrous ' (Beddome) oblong, 1| 1| in. long. 



SECT. VII. "Eriocarpse, Benth. Erect shrubs, the foliage more or less silky 

 or pubescent. Leaves simple, stipules not decurrent. Racemes terminal only or 

 both terminal and lateral, in one group copiously panicled. Pods silky or 

 velvety, many or few-seeded exserted or included. 



*Fl6wers racemed. 



49. C. verrucosa, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 125 ; branches acutely angled, 

 stipules foliaceous ^-lunate, leaves ovate the base deltoid usually obtuse, racemes 

 lateral and terminal not panicled, pod stalked obscurely downy 4-6 times the 

 calyx. Bot. Mag. t. 3034 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 187 ; Wt. Ic. t. 200 ; Dalz. $ 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 55. 0. angulosa, Lamk. ; Roxb. Fl Ind. iii. 273. 0. ccerulea, 

 Jacq. Ic. 1. 144. C. acuminata, G. Don. Gard. Diet. ii. 134. Rheede Hort. Mai. 

 ix. t. 29. 



TROPICAL REGION ; HIMALAYAS to CEYLON (reaching 2000 ft. in SIKKIM) ; BIRMA, 

 Wallich; PEGU, McClelland; MALACCA, Griffith. DISTRLB. China, Malaya, Trop. 

 Africa, Mauritius, Trop. America. 



Copiously branched, scarcely shrubby, 2-3 feet high. Branches at first puberulent, 

 soon glabrescent. Leaves thin, obscurely downy beneath, reaching 4-6 in., casually 

 acute. Racemes moderately close, 12-20-flowered, ^ foot or more long; bracts linear, 

 very minute; pedicels equalling or shorter than calyx. Calyx in., obscurely 



