Crotalaria.'] LEGUMINOSAE. 295 



W. Ghats, at the foot of the Pulney Hills (Bourne), 

 Nagarcoil in Travancore, plains of Tinnevelly. 

 A low uiidershrub. 



33. CROTALARIA HIRTA, Willd. ; F. B. I. ii. 70; W. & A. 182. 



N. Circars, in Godavari; Salem District in Carnatic ; at 



low levels. 



A low small straggling uiidershrub. 



34. CROTALARIA MYSORENSIS, Roth; F. B. I. ii. 70; W. & A. 

 182. 



Deccaii and Carnatic, in hilly country, up to 4,000 ft. ; W. 

 Ghats, in the Nilgiris, Anarnalais, Pulneys and Hills of 

 Travancore, up to 4,000 ft. 



An erect densely silky plant, the hairs at first silvery, 

 turning brown in drying. 



35. CROTALARIA ALBIDA, Heyne ; F. B. I ii. 71 ; Fyson Hillt. 

 Fl. 105, t. 78. 0. montana, Roxb. ; W. & A. 182. 



N. Circars, in the Hills of Ganjain and Vizagapatam up to 

 4,500 ft. ; W. Ghats, in the Nilgiri and Pulney Hills up to 

 7,000 ft. 



A bushy twiggy uiidershrub with pale yellow flowers and 

 small grey-pubescent thick leaves. 



36. CROTALARIA EPUNCTATA, Dalz. C. cdbida var. epunctata, 

 Baker in F. B. I. ii. 71. 



N. Circars, in the Hills of Ganjain up to 4,500 ft. in open 



forest ; W. Ghats, Hills of Tinnevelly. 



An erect slender branching undershrub, with membranous 



leaves. 



37. CROTALARIA CALYCINA, Schrank ; F. B. I. ii. 72. C. anthyl- 

 loides, W. A. 181. 



Almost all Districts in hilly country, among grass and in 

 open forest lands. 



An annual plant reaching 2 ft. or even more in height at 

 low levels, but at high levels reduced to about 6 in. The 

 flowers and fruit are constant, but the leaves are very 

 variable and form 4 fairly well-marked groups : 



Group 1 (anthylloides) . Tall plants, leaves linear, 2-6 in. 

 long, *2-'4 in. broad, usually glabrous above. 

 Group 2 (Roxburghiana). Tall plants, leaves elliptic- 

 lanceolate, 1-2 in. long, '6-' 7 in. broad, usually glabrous 

 above. 



