84 L. LEGUMixosj!. (J. G. Baker.); [Grotalaria. 



setaceous, corolla mticli exserted, pod subsessile oblong-cylindrical densely 

 pubescent. Wall. Cat. 5423 ; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 586. 



BHOTAN, CHITTAGONG, BIRMA, PEGU, TENASSERIM. DISTRIB. Malay isles, Philippines. 

 A low shrub with elongated flexuoso slender finely downy or glabrescent 

 branches. Stipules setaceous, very minute ; petiole 2-3 in. ; leaflets membranous, 

 narrowed to both ends, 2-4 in. long, glabrous above, obscurely silky below. Racemes 

 short-pedur.cled, closely 12-30-flowered. Calyx % in. long, finely silky ; teeth lanceolate,, 

 as long as tube. Corolla pale yellow, f | in. long. Pods deflexed, rather recurved, 

 -hard, 8-10-seeded, densely clothed with spreading pale brown hairs. 



73. C. striata, DC. Prodr. ii. 131 ; shrubby, obscurely silky, leaflets, 

 obovate-oblong obtu; ; e or subacute, racemes terminal and lateral elongated, bracts 

 setaceous niinut. 1 ?, corolla twice the calyx, pod short-stalked glabrous cylindrical. 

 Bot. Mac/, t. 3200. 0. Brownei, Reich. Icon. Exot. t. 232 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 130. 

 O. Hookeri, Am. ->n Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. ii. 3, 248. 0. pisiforuiis, Guitt. fy Per* 

 Fl. Seneg. 162. C. Saltiana, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 648. 0. latifolia, Hort. Cole. 

 0. pallida and labiimoides, Klotzsch in Peters. Mossam. Bot. 57. 



HIMALAYAS to CEYLON and MALACCA. DISTEIB. Malay isles and spread through 

 Tropical America and Africa. 



An erect low shrub 2-4 ft. high, with robust sulcate thinly silky branches. 

 Stipules minute, setaceous, deciduous ; petiole 2-3 in. ; leaflets membranous, 3-4 in. 

 long, usually subobtuso, green and glabrous above, pale and obscurely silky below. 

 Racemes 20-50-flowered,jreaching | 1 ft. long. Calyx \ in. long, thinly silky ; teeth 

 lanceolate, as long as the tube. 'Corolla glabrous, yellow striped with red. Pods 

 deflexed, rather recurved, 1^2 in. long, 20-30-seeded. 



74. 5. Sabnrnlfolia, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 130 ; shrubby, glabrous, leaflets 

 obovate-oblong acute, racemes elongated very lax, bracts minute deciduous, 

 corolla larire much exserted, pod cylindrical glabrous long-stalked. IVcdl. Cat. 

 524:, e.rel. 1) Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii.* 275 ; W. # A. Prodr. 193; Dais. $ Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 57. 0. pendula, Bert. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 130. C. pedunculosa, Dcsv. ; 

 DC. Prodr. ii. 132. Olavulium pedunculosum, Desv. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ix. 407 ; 

 Rhecde Hort. Mai. ix. t. 27 ; Burin. Zeyl t. 35. 



WESTERN PENINSULA, CEYLON, MALACCA. DISTRIB. Philippines and Malay isles. 



A low shrub with slender elongated terete branches. Stifles ; petiole 2-3 in. ; 

 leaflets membranous, glabrous, 1-2 in. long, cuneate at the base. Racemes terminal 

 and lateral, tj- 1 ft. long ; pedicels exceeding the calyx. Calyx glabrous, turbinate, 

 J- 1 in. long ; teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla bright yellow, glabrous^ 

 1 in. deep ; keel very broad with a long incurved beak. Pod lj-2 in. long, 20-30- 

 seeded ; gynophore filiform, -1 in. long, much exceeding that of any other species. 



Giiorp 10. Xttultifoliolatfe. Leaves usually 5-, but varying from 3- to 

 7-folioiate. Pod glabrous, oblong- or linear-oblong, distinctly stalked, many- 

 seeded. Herbs or uudev-shrubs. 



75. C. quinquefolia, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 135; herbaceous, branches 

 and leaves below thinly yilky, leaflets linear, bracts linear thinly silky, lower 

 pedicels at last as long as the calyx. Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 279 ; Date, fy Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 57 ; Wall. <Jai. 542;) ; W. $ A. Prodr. 194 ; III. t. IQRheede Hort. 

 Mai. ix. t, >$. 



WESTERN PENINSULA, CEYLON, BIRMA, TENASSERIM. DISTRIB. Malay isles,. 

 Philippines. 



An erect annual 2-4 ft. high, with robust straight sulcate branches. Stipules 

 linear, subpersistent ; petioles 1-3 in. ; leaflets usually 5, rarely 3, linear, rarely 

 narrow oblanceolate, 2-4 in. long, obtuse, glabrous above, llaccm.es usually terminal, 



