Crotalaria.'] LEGUMINOSAE. 2H<> 



Pods '8 in. long, longer than the '5 in. calyx ; leaves lanceo- 

 late, long- villous, 2'5-3 in. long by '5 in. broad; stipules 

 minute or ; bracts and bracteoles subcordate, acuminate, 



recurved; seeds 5-7 57. sandoorensis. 



Pods short, scarcely, if at all, longer than the calyx : 

 Leaves obovate or oblanceolate, densely shining silky, 

 3-4 in. long by 1-1-5 in. broad ; stipules subulate small, 

 or ; erect shrubs : 



Bracts and bracteoles ovate, erect ; upper calyx-lobes 

 obtuse; pods ovoid, '4 in. long with recurved persistent 



styles, seeds 2 58. fulva . 



Bracts and bracteoles ovate, cuspidate, recurved ; 

 upper calyx-lobes acuminate; pods oblong, '6-'7 in. 

 long with erect persistent styles, seeds 7-8 



59. pvlcherrima. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, mucronate, 

 fulvous-villous, 2-3 in. long by '5 to 1 in. broad ; stipules 

 like the bracts ; erect undershrubs : 



Bracts and bracteoles lunulate, recurved ; pods ovoid, 

 4 in. long with curved persistent styles, 1-2-seeded 



60. lunulate. 



Bracts and bracteoles very many, conspicuous, linear 

 with reflexed margins, curved; pods ovoid, '4 in. long 



with recurved styles, 1-2-seeded 61. paniculata. 



Leaves linear-cuneate, obtuse, densely soft fulvous 

 villous, up to 1*5 in. long, '25 in. broad; stipules linear, 

 usually ; bracts and bracteoles ovate, recurved ; pods 

 3 in. long, ovoid, 1-seeded; woody herb... 62. ramosissima. 



Leaves trif oliolate, the petiole articulate Trif oliolatae. 



Seeds 2, the pod obliquely subglobose, small, sessile, beaked : 

 Low diffuse perennial herbs, the branches trailing or (in some 

 forms) somewhat ascending ; racemes short, few-flowered ; leaflets 

 small, obtuse, emarginate, scarcely up to '5 in. long, on very short 

 petioles ; corolla '2 in. long ; pod '2 in. in diam....63. medicaginea. 

 Erect herbaceous or shrubby perennials : 



Racemes long, 6-10 in., many-flowered ; leaflets obovate, emar- 

 ginate, up to 1 in. long on petioles up to 1'5 in.; stipules 



minute; corolla '4 in.; pod '2 in. in diam 64. trifoliastru'm. 



Racemes short, rarely to 6 in. long ; stipules linear : 



Branches and leaves softly grey-pubescent ; leaflets oblanceo- 

 late, obtuse at apex, up to *75 in. long ; flowers *3 in. long ; 

 pods -2 in. in diam 65. Willdenouriana. 



