Crofalarza.] LeglllllinOSCE. 1 7 



ascending, slender, striate, finely pubescent ; 1. 1J-4 in., dis- 

 tant, on very short, thickened petioles, lanceolate-oblong or 

 linear, acute at base, subacute, apiculate at apex, pubescent on 

 both sides with adpressed silvery hair, stip. none or very 

 minute; fl. large, if in. or more, on stout, curved, pubescent 

 ped., 3-8 in erect, lax, terminal racemes, bracts very small, 

 2 on cal.-tube ; cal. nearly 1 in., shining with white hair, segm. 

 very deep, lanceolate-linear, acuminate; pod 1-I5 in., oblong, 

 cylindrical, not stalked, tipped with short, nearly straight 

 style-base, brown, densely covered with short, stiff white hair; 

 seeds about 12. 



Low country, principally in the dry region ; rather common. Doubt- 

 fully native in the moist region. Fl. Aug.-Oct. ; brilliant yellow. 



Found in E. Tropics generally, but much cultivated. 



This affords the San or Sun Hemp of commerce ; it is grown in small 

 quantity by the Sinhalese as about Chilaw, and by the Tamils at Jaffna. 

 It is generally known here simply as ' Hemp.' 



C. fulva, Roxb., is given for Ceylon in Fl. B. Ind. on the faith of 

 specimens in Kew Herbarium (Gardner, 199, and G. Thomson from 

 Kandy). They may have been cultivated in the Gardens. 



18. C. lunulata, Heyne in Wall. Cat. n. 5378 (1828). 



Thw. Enum. 8j. C. P. 1270. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 80. Wight, Ic. t. 480. 



An erect, stiff herb, 1-2 ft. high, branched in upper part, 

 stem and branches copiously clothed with soft, spreading 

 white hairs (becoming brown when dried) ; 1. closely placed, 

 h-2h in., on very short petioles, oval or obovate-oblong, sub- 

 acute at base, obtuse or rarely acute, apiculate, densely clothed 

 with silky hair on both surfaces, stip. small, broadly oval, 

 obtuse, amplexicaul, recurved, glabrous and shining (often 

 absent) ; fl. rather small, § in., numerous, on rather long, 

 slender, hairy ped., arranged in drooping racemes which 

 terminate divaricate or spreading branches, the whole forming 

 a large paniculate inflor., bracts numerous, conspicuous, 

 rotundate-cordate, acute, reflexed, hairy beneath, glabrous and 

 shining (like the stip.) above, many on the lower part of the 

 racemes often empty ; cal. very deeply cut, segm. about \ in., 

 equal, linear, very acuminate, hairy outside, glabrous within ; 

 pet. slightly longer; pod small, not exceeding cal, fin., not 

 stalked, oval-oblong, compressed, tipped by very long style- 



e, sparingly clothed with long hair; seed solitary. 



Dry region ; rare. Jaffna; Batticaloa; a few miles N. of Kurune- 



: Kantalai. II. Aug.-Oct., Feb.-March; yellow. 

 Also id S. India. 

 Very unlike our other species. 



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