82 L. LEGTJMINOSJE. (J. G. Baker.) [Crotalaria. 



"branches often stiff clothed with short fine down, petiole shorter than the small* 



oblanceolate leaflets, racemes 3-6-flowered, corolla thrice the calyx. W. # A. 



Prodr. 191 5 Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ.ii. 579. 0. spartioides/*S^m?#. ; Wall. 

 Cat. 5435. 0. genistoides, Willd. Sp. PL iii. 987, non Lamk. 



WESTERN PENINSULA. 



Perennial, reaching 2-3 ft. high, with very numerous ascending elongated branches. 

 Stipules small, setaceous, persistent; leaflets f-4 in. long, firm, obtuse, emarginate, 

 silky on both sides. Racemes copious, terminal and lateral ; bracts minute, linear- 

 setaceous, persistent. Calyx in. long, finely downy; teeth linear, exceeding the 

 tube. Corolla yellow ; keel with a narrower and longer beak than in the last. Pod 

 pubescent, % in. long. 



0.~. J. trifoliastrum, Willd. Sp. PL iii. 983 ; herbaceous, branches elong- 

 ated ascending iin^ly downy, petioles exceeding the obovate-oblong leaflets, 

 racemes elongated ].:? 40- flowered, corolla thrice the calyx. Roxb. FL Ind. 

 iii. 277 ; Wall. Cat. 5432, e,rcl. G. H. ; W. $ A. Prodr. 191 ; Wight Ic. t. 421. 

 O. virgata; Jfcu-6. in E. L ('. Mm. tab. 373. 0. medicaginea, DC. Prodr. ii. 133. 

 O. stricta, Roth. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 133. Lupinus trifoliatus, RottL in NOD. Act. 

 JBer. iv. 223, t. 5. 0. stipitata, Grah. in Watt. Cat. 5425, A. 



ASSAM and WESTERN PENINSTJLA. 



An erect perennial 2-3 ft. high, with numerous erecto-patent slender branches. 

 Petioles fin inch or more; stipules minute, setaceous ; leaflets membranous, ^1 in. 

 long, glabrous above, obscurely silky below, obtuse at the point, often deeply emar- 

 ginate. Racemes copious, both terminal and lateral, short-peduncled, reaching 4-6 in. 

 long ; bracts minute, setaceous. Calyx in. long, finely silky ; teeth linear, twice the 

 length of the tube. Corolla yellow, glabrous. Pod subquadrangular, sessile, thinly 

 silky, in. long. 



06. C. Notonii, W. $ A. Prodr. 192 ; shrubby, branchlets elongated ob- 

 scurely silky, leaflets middle-sized obovate-oblong, racemes closely 12-20- 

 flowered, corolla 2-3 times the calyx. Wight Ic. t. 752. 0. trifoliastruni, Wall. 

 Cat. 5432, G. 0. rostrata, W. $ A. Pi-odr. 191. 



NILGHIRIS and PULNKY MOUNTAINS. 



Branches firm, ascending, terete, clothed with minute grey silky hairs. Stipules 

 setaceous, persistent, in. ; petioles shorter than the leaflets ; leaflets cuneate in the 

 lower half, reaching l-l in. long, green and glabrous above, thinly silky below. 

 Racemes copious, short-peduncled lateral and terminal, 1-3 in. long ; bracts small, 

 setaceous. Calyx thinly silky, in. long ; teeth lanceolate, equalling the tube. 

 Corolla yellow ; keel with a very long beak. Pod % in- long, subquadrangular, thinly 

 silky. 



G7. C. rig-ida, Heyne-, DC. Prodr. ii. 133; shrubby, branchlets short stiff 

 obscurely silkv, leaflets minute obcordate, racemes 2-6-flowered, corolla 2-3 

 times the calyx. W. $ A. Prodr. 191. 



CARNATIC, Heyne, G. Thomson. 



A low shrub with very numerous woody subpatent branches, the old ones glabre- 

 scent, the copious branchlets almost spiny in old plants. Stipules setaceous, very 

 minute ; petiole very short ; leaflets pale green, thick, obscurely silky, not more than 

 ^ in. long. Racemes copious, close, all terminal ; bracts linear, very minute. Calyx 

 in. long, thinly silky ; teeth lanceolate, equalling the tube. Corolla yellow, glabrous ; 

 beak of keel long and narrow. Pod in. long, thinly silky. 



GROUP 9. Trif<3lio?.at33 Polyspermae. Leaves 3-foliolate. Pod ob- 

 long or cylindrical . f talked, or sessile, glabrous or pubescent, many-seeded. Herbs 

 or shrubs. 



