284 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Crotalaria. 



Stipules and bracts minute,, filiform ; leaves obtuse 

 or retuse at apex, white-puberulous beneath ; pod 



narrowed at base 22. retusa. 



Stipules and bracts ovate-acuminate, reflexed : 

 Leaves usually acute at apex, softly grey-pubes- 

 cent beneath ; pod rounded at base and flatly 



stalked 23. sericea. 



Leaves obtuse at apex, densely ferruginous-silky- 

 pubescent beneath ; pod narrowed at base to a 



flat stalk 24. Leschenaultii. 



Woody shrub ; racemes dense, short, under 3 in. long ; 

 branches, racemes and leaves beneath densely ferrugi- 

 nous-silky ; leaves obtuse or retuse ; stipules and 



bracts lanceolate, small 25. formosa. 



Leaves villous on the upper surface : 



Racemes shortly stalked ; hairs on the branches and 

 leaves dark brown ; pod scarcely 1'5 in. long : 



Leaves oblanceolate-oblong, subacute, mucronate, 

 subcordate at base, up to 3*5 in. long, 1 in. broad, 

 thinly silky above, densely so beneath, margins 

 slightly reflexed; racemes 6-12-flowered, flowers 1 in. 



long 26. barbata. 



Leaves elliptic, obtuse, up to 1'2 in. long, *7 in. 

 broad, strigosely stiff-hairy 011 both surfaces, es- 

 pecially beneath, margins prominently reflexed ; 

 racemes 3-4-flowered, flowers '75 in. long 



27. scabra. 



Racemes few-flowered, on long stalks; hairs on the 

 branches and leaves golden-brown, shining; leaves 

 oblong or lanceolate, obtuse or acute, up to 2 in. long 

 by *7 in. broad, margin not reflexed ; pod about 2 in. 



long, very broad 28. salicifolia. 



Pods shorter or only little longer than calyx, rarely 

 twice as long ; diffuse annuals or low shrubby plants 



Calycinae. 

 Upper calyx-lobes connate except at the tip : 



Flowers very small, under '25 in. long, in terminal or 

 leaf -opposed umbels ; corolla shorter than calyx: 

 Leaves oblong, obtuse, -2--7 in. long : umbels few- 

 usually 3-flowered, mostly leaf-opposed ; pod "25 in. 



long, oblong, 10-12-seeded 29. nana. 



Leaves oblong, usually acute, up to 1'6 in. long; 



