LEGUMIV 171 



Crotalaria calycina SCHRANK DC. Prodr. n. p. 129: BEXTH. Fl. 

 Hongk. p. 74 ; BAKER in HOOK. f. Fl. Brit, Intl. II. p. 72 ; FORBES et 

 HEMSL. Lid. Fl. Sin. I. p. 151 ; HENRY List Fl. Forinos. p. 30 ; MATSOL et 

 HAYATA Euum. Fl. Formos. p. 102. 



HAB. 



DKTRIB. Tropical Asia, Africa and Australia. 



Crotalaria elliptica KOXB.; MATSUM. et HAYATA Euum. PI. Formes, p. 

 130 ; HAYATA Materials for a Flora of Formosa p. 72. Scandent, pubescent, 

 branched, flexuose. Leaves trifoliolate, pubesceut, petiolate, petioles 3 cm. 

 long, longer tliau leaflets, leaflets subsessile, terminal oue louger than the 

 lateral oues, obloug or obovate, retused or miuutely mucrouate, 3 cm. loug, 

 2 cm. broad. Spikes axillary on the upper branchlets, 7-8 cm. loug, pedun- 

 culate. Flowers G mm. long, pedicellate, pedicels 3 mm. long. Calyx base 

 minutely 2 bracteate, (bracts subulate), campauulate 3 mm. long, 5-lobate, 

 loljes as long as the tube, triangular, acute, 1-i mm. long, 1 mm. broad, pubes- 

 ceut. Standard orbicular, clawed, (blade 5 mm. long, carinate outside at the 

 middle, claws 1] mm. long'i villose inside, strongly reflexed above the claw, 

 2-callose ; wings obovate, 6 mm. long ; keel incurved 7 mm. long, rostrate. 

 Ovary stipitate, (stalk 1-1 mm. long), 2-ovuLite, villose, style abruptly in- 

 flexed at the middle, more or less longitudinally barbate inside on the upper 

 portion. Stamens connate. Legumeu pedicellate, nodding, pressiugly villose, 

 ol>ovate or gloljose 6 mm. long, 4 mm. broad, obliquely inflated at the apex, 

 (style rostrate), 2 seeded. 



HAB. Ako : Kotansho. 



Near C. Trifolic&krum AN ILLI>. ; l>ut diflei-s in having much larger obovate 

 folioles and larger flowere. 



Crotalaria furruginea GKAH. ; BAKER in HOOK. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. H. 

 p. 68 ; HANCE in Joum. Bot. (1882) p. 4 ; FORBES et HEMSL. Iiid. Fl. Sin. 

 I. p. 151; HENRY List PI. Formos. p. 30: MATSUM. et HAYATA Euum. PI. 

 Formos. p. 103. 



HAB. Pachina, Shint-iku, Ta-ito, Suibi. 



