286 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Crotalaria. 



Pods equal to or shorter than the calyx: 



Flowers large, in terminal racemes, the calyx '7-1 in. 

 long; leaves very variable, with minute subulate 

 stipules ; standard obovate, rounded or emarginate, 

 with a tuft of hairs at the back, otherwise glabrous ; 

 pod 20-30-seeded ; whole plant densely apprassed- 



silky 37. calycina . 



Flowers moderately large, in terminal heads, the 

 calyx '5 in. long : 



Standard glabrous at the back except for a tuft 

 of hairs near the top ; stipules ; pod about equal 

 to the calyx : 



Standard apiculate j leaves linear-oblanceolate, 

 up to 2 in. long, clothed like the branches with 

 long pale brown silky hairs ; erect plants 



38. chinensis. 



Standard emarginate ; leaves suborbicular-obo- 

 vate, 'o-'Gin. long, silky-brown-hairy like the 

 branches ; low trailing plants, nearly black 



when dry 39. priestleyoides. 



Standard and keel densely golden-silky-hairy at the 



back, like the flowers, leaves and branches; stipules 



minute ; heads densely capitate ; leaves 1-1 '5 in. 



long, oblong, obtuse ; pod very small, much shorter 



than the calyx ; plant sub-shrubby ...40. speciosa. 



Flowers small, in oblong dense terminal heads, the 



calyx '25 in. long; standard oblong, emarginate, 



glabrous at the back except for a few hairs ; stipules 



minute ; pod "25 in. long by *15 in., 6-8-seeded ; leaves 



membranous, obovate, cuneate, 2-3 in. long, 1-1*5 in. 



broad; erect annuals 1-2 ft. high ...41. dubia. 



Pod hairy (except No. 46, lanata) Eriocarpeae. 



Flowers in single racemes, terminal or terminal and lateral : 

 Annual ; very small plants, scarcely 6 in. high ; calyx ] in. 

 long, the corolla slightly larger ; pod *2 in. long, oblong, 

 silky-villous ; leaves linear, oblong, up to '75 in. long, '1 in. 



broad ; stipules 42. pusilla. 



Slender uudershrubs up to about 2 ft. high, the branches 

 3-4-angled ; stipules present, ovate or lanceolate : 



Branches 3-angled, very slender ; racemes 2-3 -flowered, 

 the flowers under '5 in. long ; leaves membranous ; pod 

 '6-'8 in. long, appressed-silky-villous 43. triquetro. 



