Crotalaria.'] LEGUMINOSAE. 301 



70. CROTALARIA CLAVATA, W. & A. 194 ; F. B. I. ii. 83. 



Carnatic, from Coimbatore southwards, on and near the 

 eastern slope of the Ghats, up to 2,000 ft. 

 A low shrub, flowers yellow. 



71. CROTALARIA STRIATA, DC. ; F.B. I. ii. 84. 



N. Circars, at Chatrapur in Ganjani ; W. Coast, in Travan- 



core. 



An erect herbaceous shrub, reaching 4 ft. in height, with 



flowers yellow striped with red. 



Yar. acutifolia, Trim, in Fl. Ceyl. ii. 19. Stems stouter, leaflets 

 larger, ovate, acute, mucronate, on long stout petioles ; racemes 

 more densely flowered. 



W. Coast in S. Caiiara (Beddome, Barber) ; Nilgiris below 



Coonoor (Fischer) ; Bangalore, in Mysore (Cameron). 



An erect shrub, reaching 5 ft. ; flowers yellow striped with 



purple. 



72. CROTALARIA LABURNIFOLIA, Linn. ; F. B. I. ii. 84 ; W. & A. 

 193. 



N. Circars and Carnatic, especially near the coast; Deccan, 

 in Mysore ; W. Coast at Quilon, Travancore. 

 An erect shrubby perennial with large yellow flowers and 

 conspicuously long-stalked pod. 



73. CROTALARIA QUINQUEFOLIA, Linn. ; F. B. I. ii. 84 ; W. & A. 

 194; Wt. Ic. t. 16. 



Carnatic, W. Coast and W. Ghats, up to 3,000 ft., chiefly 



growing in wet rice fields. 



An erect annual with fairly large yellow flowers. 



74. CROTALARIA GRAHAMIANA, W. & A. 194 ; F. B. I. ii. 85. 



W. Ghats, in the Anamalai and Pulney Hills and Hills of 



Travancore and Tinnevelly, up to 6,000 ft. 



An erect undershrub with yellow flowers and shining silky 



pubescence. 



75. CROTALARIA DIGITATA, Hook. Bot. Misc. ii. t. 16 ; F. B. I. 

 ii. 85 ; W. & A. 194. 



Carnatic, Kollaiinalai Hills of Salem District (Wight). 

 A low erect very velvety shrub with yellow flowers. 



Ulex europaeus, Linn., the "Gorse" or "Furze," has become 

 completely naturalized on the Nilgiri and Pulney Hills at high 

 levels. Two species of Cytisus C. albus, Link., the White 

 Broom, with white flowers, and C. mouspessulanus, Linn., a soft- 



