1 6 LeguminoSCB. \Crotalaria. 



erect, leaf-opposed (apparently terminal), slightly curved 

 racemes, bracts linear, acuminate, shorter than ped.; cal. 

 minutely pubescent, segm. narrowly triangular, acuminate, 

 the upper rather shorter; pod i^-ij in., oblong, cylindrical, 

 rather dilated at end, not stalked, hairy, nearly black ; seeds 

 about 12, yellow. 



Low country ; a common weed in open ground. Fl. all the year ; 

 bluish-purple, rarely white. 



Found throughout the Tropics. 



The white-flowered form is occasionally found ; but I have never 

 seen it with yellow fl. as given in ' Fl. B. Ind.' 



16. C. Walkeri, Am. in Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. xviii. 328 (1836.) 

 [Plate XXVI.] 



C. semfterflorens, Vent., Thw. Enum. 81. C. P. 12. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 78 (C. semperflorens var.). 



A large perennial herb, often semi-shrubby at base, stems 

 elongated, sarmentose, semi-scandent, with many spreading 

 branches, slightly striate, glabrous or nearly so, young parts 

 very finely pubescent ; 1. 2-4 in., on short, stout petioles, oval or 

 lanceolate-oval, obtuse or acute, finely mucronate, glabrous 

 above, usually puberulous beneath, thin, stip. variable, usually 

 very small, either subulate, linear, or linear-lanceolate and 

 very acute, or often falcate or semi-lunar, rarely foliaceous 

 and larger ; fl. rather large, 1 in., on rather slender, short ped., 

 4-10 in erect, loose, terminal racemes, with two minute bracts 

 immediately beneath cal.; cal. very finely puberulous, tube 

 broadly campanulate, segm. narrowly triangular, acuminate ; 

 pod 2-2 J in., tapering to distinct stalk at base, oblong, much 

 inflated, especially at truncate apex, tipped by short, broad 

 style-base, very finely puberulous ; seeds 7-10. 



Montane zone, especially at the higher elevations; rather common, 

 scrambling over bushes like a climber. Fl. all the year, especially in 

 December and January; bright golden yellow. 



Endemic (?). 



A very ornamental plant, well worth cultivation. Differs from C. 

 semperflorens,Ve.nt. (C. WalZichiana, W. and A.) of the Nilgiri Hills in its 

 much less pubescent leaves and inflorescence, and its much smaller stipules, 

 but possibly only a variety. C. Wallichiana is figured in Wight, Ic. t. 982. 

 A dwarf variety occurs on the Horton Plains patanas, with short 

 prostrate stems, small leaves, |-| in. long, and smaller pods less inflated 

 at the ends. 



17. C. juncea, L. Sfi. PI. 714 (1753). Kama, S. 



Burm. Thes. 82. Moon Cat. 52. Thw. Enum. 81. C. P. 1264. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 79. Roxb. Cor. t. 193. Duthie Field-crops, t. 21. 



An erect annual, 2-4 ft. or more, branches numerous, stiff, 



