Crotalaria.] 36. leguminoSyE. 67 



CROTALARIA, Linn. 



Herbs or shrubs. Leaves simple or 3-5-foliate. Flowers race- 

 mose, often sliowy. Corolla included or exserted ; keel incurved, 

 distinctly beaked. Pod turgid, many seeded. 



C. Burhia, Hamilt. in Wall. Cat. 5386 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 06 ; Brandis 

 For. Fl. l-i-i. Sis, sissai, Vern. Common in the plains of Sind in dry 

 sandy places. Fl. Nov.-Mch. C. retusa, L. Gcu/ri, M. C. sericea, 

 Retz. C. Leschenaultiij DC. Dj/Ii, dingala, M. C. Heyneana, Grab. 

 C, leptostachya, Benth. C. juncea, L. (Sann, taarj, Vern.) C. fulva 

 Roxb. C striata, DO. and C. laburnifolia, L., are all undershrubs 

 found in the forests of the western ghats of Bombay. C. juncea, L,, is 

 cultivated throughout North Kanara and also in the Deccan and Konkac. 



INDIGOFERA, Lmn. 



Herbs or sbrubs. Flowers in axillary racemes. Corolla cadu- 

 cous ; keel straight, spurred on each side near the base. Anthers 

 apiculate. Pod usually linear cylindrical. 



Leaflets 3-5 ... /. paucifoUcc, 



Leaflets many. Flowers small. 



Pod torulose, 3-4-seeded /. argentea. 



Pod not torulose, 8-12-seeded /. tinctoria. 



Pod torulose, tetraquetrous, 8-12-seeded ... ... J. constricta. 



Pod cylindrical stout, 8-12-seeded ... /. WirjIuU, 



Flowers large I. pulchella. 



I. paucifolia, Delile; DC. Prod. TI. 224; Fl. Br. I. 2. 97; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 59. Throughout the dry plains of the presidency and 

 in Siud. Fl. & Fr. Sept., Oct- Leaves silvery-shining. 



I. argentea, Linn.; DC. Prod. II, 224; Fl. Br. I. 2. ^S. Var. 

 ccBrulea; Dalz & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 59. Brandis For. Fl. 136. Throuo-h- 

 out the dry plains of the presidency and in Sind. Fl. June. Fr. Auo-. 

 Sept. 



I. tinctoria, Linn.; DC. Prod. II. 224 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 99 ; Dafz. & Gibs. 



Bomb. Fl. 59 ; Brandis For. Fl. 135. The indigo plant. Nil, Vern,' 

 In open places near villages throughout the Konkan and North Kanara 

 doubtfully indigenous. Cultivated in Sind. Fl. Fr. Oct. Jany. 



I. constricta, Trim. Syst. Cat. Fl. PI. Ceylon. I. fiaccida var. con- 

 stricta, Thw. Enum. 411 ; Fl, Br. L 2. 99, In the moist forests of North 

 Kanara ; common on the Supa ghats. Fl. Oct., Nov. Fr. Dec, Jany. 



I. Wightii, Grab, in Wall. Cat. 5458 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 99 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 59. Plains of the Deccan, Belgaum. 



I. pulchella, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 57 ; Fl. lud. III. 382 ; Fl. Br I 2 

 101 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb, Fl. 60 ; Bedd, Fi. Sylv. 85. Chimnati, Vem! 

 Throughout the Konkan and North Kanara from the sea-level upwards 

 usually in moist forests along the ghats. Fl. Dec. Fr, ripe Feb. 



