Crotalaria.] LegliminOS(2. 1 9 



oblong, cylindrical, with a very short stalk, very minutely 

 puberulous (apparently glabrous), pale cinnamon-brown ; 

 seeds about 25, dark brown. 



Var. /3, acutifolia, Trim. Cat. Ceyl. PI. 22. Thw. Enum. 410. 

 C. P. 3608. 



Lflts. large, acute; pods longer, with more numerous seeds. 



Low country in waste ground common ; var. (3, about Kandy. 

 Fl. Dec.-Feb., dull yellow, veined with purple. 

 Found throughout the Tropics. 



21. C. clavata, IV. and A. Prod. 194 (1834). 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 83. 



A small semi-shrubby herb, branches with fine adpressed 

 hair, 1. 3-foliolate, lflts. small, J-f in., obovate-oblong, tapering 

 to base, often refuse at apex, glabrous above, slightly downy 

 beneath, rather thick, pale green, stip. minute, setaceous, re- 

 curved, pubescent ; fl. rather small, on short pubescent ped., 

 in short erect racemes, bracts deflexed, setaceous ; cal. 

 pubescent, segm. narrowly triangular, acute ; pod about 1 in. 

 deflexed and somewhat curved, slightly widened at end, finely 

 silky; 10-12-seeded. 



Dry country ; very rare, only found as yet near the Giant's Tank, 

 Mannar. Fl. Feb.; yellow, not striped with red. 

 Also in S. India. 



22. C. laburnifolia, L. Sp. PI. 715 (1753). Yak-bdriya, S. 



Burm. Thes. 82. Fl. Zeyl. n. 278. Moon Cat. 52. Thw. Enum. 82. 

 C. P. 367. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 84. Burm. Thes. t. 35. Herm. Hort. Lugd.-Bat. t. 197. 



A large, erect, semi-shrubby herb, 2-4 ft, stem and branches 

 glabrous, young parts sparingly pubescent ; 1. 3-foliolate, 

 petiole \\-i\ in., glabrous, stip. o, lflts. on very short stalks, 

 ij-if in., oval, acute at base, obtuse and mucronate at apex, 

 thin, glabrous on both sides ; fl. large, on ped. \-\ in. long, 

 distantly arranged in very lax terminal racemes, bracts small, 

 acicular; cal. glabrous, segm. narrowly triangular, acuminate; 

 pet. much exserted, the keel very long-beaked ; pod about 2 

 in. on a stiff slender stalk 1 in. long, oblong, cylindrical, tipped 

 with hooked style-base, glabrous, brown ; seeds 20 or more. 



Low country, very common. Fl. Feb.-May; bright pale yellow, keel 

 tinged with purple. 



Also in S. India, Malaya, and the Philippines. 



Readily known by the very long stalk to the pod. The name " Yak- 

 b<:riya " is applied to all the species with the pods much inflated, and 

 which therefore " pop " when squeezed. 



23. C quinquefolia, L. Sp. PI. 716 (1753). 

 Thw. Enum. 82. C. V. 1272. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 84. Rhcede, Hort. Malab. ix. t. 28. 



