80 L LEGUMINOS&. (J. G. Baker.) [Crotalaria. 



calyx-teeth narrow, corolla twice calyx, pod many-seeded much exserted. 

 W, $ A. Prodr. 184 ; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 563. 



CARNATIC ; Dindygul hills alt. 2000 ft., Wight. 



General habit and inflorescence just as in C. madurensis, to which it is closely 

 allied. Leaves thinner, narrowed to a point, less rounded at the base, 2-4 in. long. 

 ferdnches densely clothed with short spreading silky hairs ; bracts sometimes opposite, 

 ^ in. long, densely silky on the back. Calyx 5 | in. deep, finely silky ; teeth lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, with reflexed borders. Corolla | ^ in. ; standard rather pointed, silky 

 on the back. Pod oblong, stalked, twice the calyx, with 12 or more seeds. 



. /, flilva, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 266 ; leaves oblanceolate closely silky, 

 stipules or minute subulate, racemes panicled, bracts ovate cuspidate, calyx- 



teeth broad foliaceous, corolla slightly exserted, pod oblong 2-seeded included. 

 Wall. Cat. 5375; W. $ A. Prodr. 183; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 54. 0. 

 pulchra, DC. Prodr. ii. 126, not of Andrews. 0. grandis, Hort. Calcutt. 



MAISOB, the CONCAN, NILGHIBIS, and CEYLON. DISTKIB. Java, Sumatra, and 

 naturalised in the Seychelles and Mauritius. 



A stiff erect shrub 3-5 feet, copiously paniculately branched. Branches densely 

 clothed with short brown silky hairs. Leaves nearly sessile, subcoriaceous, 3-4 in. 

 long, obtuse or subacute, cuneate at the base, shining on both sides, with a silky lustre 

 from minute hairs. Branches elongated with several bracts flowerless. Calyx i |- in. 

 deep, densely silky, with a pair of conspicuous bracteoles ; upper teeth oblong, lower 

 lanceolate. Corolla f-1 in. ; standard rather pointed, densely silky on the back, 

 Pod thinly silky, sessile, about as long as the calyx. 



59. C. pulcherrima, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 267 ; leaves oblanceolate-oblong 

 closely silky, stipules 0, racemes panicled, bracts copious ovate-acuminate 

 reflexed, upper calyx-teeth broad foliaceous, corolla scarcely exserted, pod 

 oblong included 5-6-seeded. Bot. Mag. t. 2027 ; Wall. Cat. 5374 ; DC. Prodr. 

 ii. 125 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 184 ; Wt. Ic. t. 481. C. pulchra, Andr. Bot. Rep., 

 t. 601, not of DC. 



NlLGHIRIS. 



A stiff erect shrub 3-4 ft. high, copiously paniculately branched. Leaves nearly 

 sessile, subcoriaceous, obtuse or subacute, cuneate at the base, 3-4 in. long, shining on 

 both sides with dense short close brown silky hairs. Flowers few, near the top of the 

 branches ; bracts numerous, large, reflexed, persistent ; pedicels short, densely silky. 

 Calyx |-f in. long ; upper segments 'oblong, lower lanceolate ; standard silky on the 



back. Pod oblong, bright brown, sessile, as long as the calyx. 



60. C. lunulata, Heyne in Watt. Cat. 5378 ; leaves oblanceolate acute 

 loosely silky, stipules small obtuse, racemes panicled, bracts copious persistent 

 like the stipules, calyx-teeth narrow, corolla twice the calyx, pod oblong 

 1-seeded scarcely exserted. W. $ A. Prodr. 183 ; Wight Ic. t. 480 ; Benth. in 

 Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 564. 



Tanjore, in the CARNATIC ; CEYLON. 



A stiff erect undershrub, copiously paniculately branched, clothed with dense 

 spreading brown silky hairs. Leaves short- petioled, moderately firm, densely silky, 

 cuneate at the base, usually 1-2 in. Branches elongated, with numerous am- 

 plexicaul reflexed small bracts below the flowers. Calyx densely silky, f- in. long ; 

 teeth long, all linear, the edges slightly recurved. Corolla |-| in. ; standard rather 

 pointed, thinly silky on the back. Pod sessile, finely silky, as long as the calyx. 



61. C. ramosissima, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 268 ; leaves small oblanceolate 

 densely silky., stipules 0, racemes panicled, bracts lanceolate persistent, calyx- 

 teeth narrow, corolla little exserted, pod 1-seeded scarcely exserted. W. fy A. 



