Crotalaria.~] L. LEGUMINOS.E. (J. G. Baker.) 83 



68. CJ. orixensis, Rottl. ; DC. Pi-odr. ii. 131 ; herbaceous, diffuse, thinly 

 hairy, leaflets obovate-oblong obtuse, racemes very lax, bracts foliaceous per- 

 sistent, corolla small scarcely exserted, pod oblong- glabrous long-stalked. Roxb. 

 Sort. Seng. 98; Fl. Ind."m. 276; Wall. Cat. 5426; W. # A. Prodr. 193 j 

 Dalz. 8f Cribs. Bomb. Fl. 57. C. macropoda, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 157. 



Plains throughout the WESTERN PENINSULA. DISTRIB. Abyssinia. , 



Perennial, with spreading slender copiously-branched stems, 11 -V ft. long, clothed 

 with short spreading brown hairs, which are bulbous at the base. Stipules linear, 

 persistent ; petiole ^-1 in. ; leaflets 1-H in. long, moderately firm, glabrous above, 

 thinly clothed with long hairs below. Lateral racemes numerous, 3-1 2 -flowered ; 

 bracts large, ovate-acuminate, reflexed ; pedicels filiform, 3-4 times the calyx. Calyx 

 in. long.; teeth linear, long. Pod ^ | in. long, 8-10-seeded, with a stalk as long 

 as the calyx. The only representative of the Diffuses in the trifoliolate series. 



69. C. loevig'ata, Lamk. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 131 ; fruticose, obscurely downy, 

 leaflets obovate-oblong obtuse, racemes terminal 2-4-flowered, bracts minute 

 setaceous, corolla 2-3 times the calyx, pod oblong glabrous long-stalked. Benth. 

 in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 576. 0. stipitata, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5425, B. ; W. 

 % A. Prodr. 193. 



Plains of the WESTERN PENINSULA. 



A small shrub, with long slender terete erecto-patent branches, finely downy or 



r* ibrescent. Stipules minute, setaceous, deciduous ; petiole as long as leaves ; leaflets 

 1^- in. long, green and glabrous above, pale and obscurely silky below. Racemes 

 subcorymbose at the end of copious branchlets ; pedicels cernuous, bracteolate, thinly 

 silky. Calyx \ in. deep, thinly silky ; teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla 

 yellow, |-J in. ; keel with a very long beak. Pod \-\ in. long, 8-10-seeded, with, a 

 stalk as long as the calyx. 



70. C. incana, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 132 ; suffruticose, loosely downy, 

 leaflets obovate obtuse, racemes terminal and lateral elongated, bracts minute, 

 corolla slightly exserted, pod subsessile cylindrical loosely pubescent, Sot. Reg. 

 t. 377. 0. amnis, DC. Prodr. ii. 132. 0. Schirnperi, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 

 151. 0. herbacea, Schweig. in Schranck Syll. ii. 77. 



KUMAON; 5000 ft., Strachey and Winterlottom, Edaeworth; CEYLON, Gardner, 

 &c. Perhaps naturalised only. DISTKIB. Malay isles, Trop. Africa and America, 

 common. 



An undershrub, 2-4 ft. high, with robust terete branches, the whole plant, including 

 calyx and pod, clothed with fine spreading brown silky hairs. Stipules setaceous, 

 minute ; leaflets 1^2 in. long, very obtuse, cuneate in the lower half, membranous. 

 Eacemes closely 12-20-flowered, reaching 6-9 in. long. Calyx ^ in. long ; teeth long, 

 lanceolate. Pods deflexed, rather recurved, 1-1 ^ in. long, 20-30-seeded. 



71. G. clavata, W. # A. Prodr. 194 ; shrubby, obscurely downy, leaflets 

 obovate obtuse, racemes terminal and lateral elongated, bracts minute setaceous, 

 corolla much exserted, pod thinly silky oblong-cylindrical short-stalked. Senth. 

 in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 587. 0. cytisoides, Wight in Wall. Cat. 5424, D. 



CARNATIC ; Dindygul hills, Wight. 



A low shrub with arcuate ascending terete glabrescent branches. Stipules 

 setaceous, very minute ; petiole shorter than the leaflets ; leaflets thick, rather fleshy, 

 obtuse, cuneate in the lower half, pale, subglabrous. Eacemes 20-30-flowered, sliort- 

 peduncled, reaching ^ ft. long. Calyx campanulate, thinly silky, - in. long; teeth 

 lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla yellow, glabrous, f in. long. Pod deflexed, 

 rather recurved, 10-12-seeded. 



-72. C. bracteata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. .">7 : shrubby, obscurely downy, 

 leaflets large oblong acute, racemes terminal and lateral elongated, bracts minute 



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