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Crotalaria Hossei, Craib, floribus leguminibusque C. albidac, 

 Heyne, foliis C. linifoliae, Linn., similis, ab ambabus habitu 

 distincta. 



Rhizoma lignosum, ad 26 cm. longum. Cauhs solitarii, 

 plerumque usque ad inflorescentiam simplices, 30-70 cm. alti, albo- 

 strigillosi. Folia linearia vel lineari-oblanceolata, apice subacuta 

 vel rotundata, mucronata, basi obtusa, 1-2 cm. longa, 2-4*5 mm. 

 lata, brevissime petiolata, margine integro, subcoriacea, supra fere 

 glabra, subtus indumento ut caule, costa supra subconspicua subtus 

 prominente, nervis obscuris. Inflorescentiae rami 4-8, corymbosim 

 dispositi. Racemi circiter 8 cm. longi, laxiusculi ; bracteae parvae, 

 persistentes ; pedicelli 3 mm. vix attingentes. Calyx bilabiatus, 

 extra adpresse flavo-hirsutus ; labium superius e lobis duobus 

 oblongo-lanceolatis acutis 3*5 mm. longis 2*5 mm. latis, inferius e 

 lobis tribus lanceolatis acutis 4*5 mm. longis 1 mm. latis. Corolla 

 lutea (ex Kerr) ; vexillum reflexum, oblongum, apice emarginatum, 

 5'5 mm. longum, 5 mm. latum, basi squamis duabus 1 mm. longis et 

 latis margine subintegro instructum, extra superne parce fulvo- 

 hirsutum, ungui brevi albo-piloso-ciliato suffultum ; alae oblongae, 

 5 mm. longae, 2 mm. latae, glabrae, foveolatae, ungui 1 mm. longo • 

 carina 4*5 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata, marginibus liberis albo-piloso- 

 ciliatis, ungui 1 mm. longo. Stamina generis ; tubus circiter 2 mm. 

 longus, filamentis longioribus subaequalis. Ovarium subsessile, 

 3 mm. altum, glabrum, 8-ovulatum ; stylus 4*5 mm. longus, parce 

 pilosus. Legumen oblongum, sessile, 1 cm. longum, 4 mm. latum, 

 apice truncatum, calyce stylique basi persistentibus. — Craib, Kew 

 Bull. 1911, p. 34 ; Hosseus, ii. p. 394. 



Wang Djao, Hosseus, 59 ; Chiengmai, in eng jungle on Doi 

 Sootep, 300-600 m., Kerr, 839. (Herb. Kew ! Mus. Brit. ! et 

 Calcutta !) 



Crotalaria juncea, Linn. — F.B.I., ii. p. 79 ; Hosseus, i. p. 484 et 

 ii. p. 394. 



Paknampo, banks of Meh Ping, 30 m. (ex Hosseus). 



Distr. India, Burma, Assam, S. Yunnan, Hainan, Java, 

 Mauritius. 



Crotalaria medicaginea, Lamk. — F.B.I., ii. p. 81. 

 Meh Ping Rapids, Ban Kaw, 180 m., Kerr, 908 ; Cape Liant, 

 Murton, 36. 



Distr. India, China. 



Crotalaria neriifolia, Wall— F.B.I., ii. p. 74; Coll. et Hemsl., 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, xxviii. p. 39 ; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., 

 lxvi. p. 352 ; Hosseus, ii. p. 395. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300-700 m., Kerr, 829, Hosseus, 287. 



Distr. Burma. 



Crotalaria peguana, Benth. ex Baker, F.B.I., ii. p. 77 ; Hosseus, 

 ii. p. 395. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 1350-1560 m., Kerr, 784, 1391, Hosseus, 

 209. 



Distr. Upper Burma. 



Closely allied to, and possibly indentical with, C. Kurzii, Baker. 



