78 L. LEGUMINOS^I. (J. Gr. Baker.) [[Crotalaria. 



downy; teeth lanceolate, twice tube. Corolla twice calyx, yellow, white and blue. 

 Pod finely pubescent, 1-1^ in. long, 10-12-seeded. 



50. C. semperflorens, V&nt. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 125 ; branches terete, 

 stipules foliaceous ^-lunate, leaves oblong rounded at base acute or obtuse, 

 racemes lateral and terminal not panicled, pod stalked obscurely downy 45 

 times the calyx. Wall Cut. 5391. 0. Wallichiana, W. $ A. Prodr. 187 ; 

 Wt. Ic. t. 982." 0. Arnottiana, Benth. in Hook. Land. Journ. ii. 560. 



TROPICAL REGION; Nilghiris. DISTRIB. Java. 



More shrubby than C. verrucosa. Branches sulcate and puberulent when young, 

 soon glabrescent and terete. Leaves 24 in., moderately firm, green and glabrous 

 above, pale and shortly downy below, distinctly petiolate. Inflorescence like that of 

 C. verrucosa ; bracts minute, subulate ; pedicels | in., finely downy. Calyx f-^ in., 

 more or less densely puberulent ; teeth linear, twice the campanulate tube. Corolla 

 $-% in., bright yellow. Pod l- 2 in. long, finely downy, 10-12-seeded. 



VAR. 1. Walkeri ; stipules mostly subulate minute, leaves firmer smaller more 

 acute nearly or quite glabrescent beneath. C. Walkeri, Arnott in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. 

 xviii. 308. C. semperflorens, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 560. Ceylon, 4-7000 

 feet. Looks generally quite distinct, but Gardner's No. 560 connects it with the type. 



51. C. Heyneana, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5414 ; branches terete, stipules 

 small ^-lunate, leaves oblong acute narrowed at base, racemes lateral and 

 terminal not panicled, pod subsessile obscurely downy 3-4 times the calyx. 

 W. $ A. Prodr. 187 ; BentJt. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 560 ; Bot. Mag. t. 

 5974. 



PENINSULA ; Mysore, Travancor, and Canara. 

 General habit of C. semperflorens, of which it is most likely a mere variety. Branches 

 woody, slender, soon glabrescent. - Leaves membranous, distinctly petioled, 3-4 in., 

 narrowed at both ends, hardly at all puberulent ; stipules smaller. Inflorescence and 

 bracts identical ; pedicels ^-\ in., slender, faintly puberulent. Calyx f in. ; teeth 

 lanceolate, very deep. Corolla slightly exserted. Pod 1^ 1 in. long, clothed with 

 deciduous fine pubescence, 10-12-seeded. 



52. C. leptostachya, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 562 ; branches 

 angular, stipules or minute subulate, leaves lanceolate acuminate, racemes 

 lateral and terminal not panicled, pod oblong sessile densely velvety 2-3 times 

 the calyx. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; Concan, Jacquemont, Stocks, Law. 



A stiff erect shrub with the habit and slender sulcate thinly silky branches of 

 C. juncea and tetragona. Leaves 4-6 in., membranous, green, thinly clothed on both 

 sides with shining brown silky hairs, rather rounded a* the base. Racemes laxly 12-20- 

 flowered, reaching ft. long ; bracts lanceolate verjk minute. Calyx ^ in., densely 

 silky ; teeth linear, very deep. Corolla yellow, not exlerted. Pod 5-6-seeded, |-f in. 

 long. 



53. C. t-3tra?Otta 5 Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 263; branches angular, stipules 

 or minute subulate, leaves large linear or lanceolate acuminate, racemes lateral 

 and terminal not panicled, pod linear-oblong short-? talked rarely 2-3 times the 

 calyx. Andr. Sot. Hep. t. 503 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 128 ; Wall. Cat. 5367, A-0. ; 

 W. # A> Prodr. 185. C. grandiflora, Zolling. in Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 333. 



KUMAON (up to 3500 ft.), and along the Himalayas to SIKKIM and ASSAM. PEGU, 

 McClelland. DISTRIB. Java. 



A stiff shrub, reaching 6 ft. high, with sulcate thinly silky slender erecto-patent 

 branches. Leaves short-stalked, distant, membranous, both sides thinly silky or 

 glabrescent, reaching -1 ft. Racemes laxly 6-10-flowered, half a foot or more long ; 



