IO LegWniflOSCe. \Crotalaria. 



Annual, with many slender, ascending, hairy branches, 1. 

 sessile, \-\ in., oblong, obtuse, usually unequal and subcordate 

 at base, hairy on both sides especially beneath, without stip. ; 

 fl. small, pedicellate, in racemes of 2-4, peduncle slender, 

 divaricate, hairy, very much exceeding 1.; cal.-segm. very hairy; 

 pet. scarcely exceeding cal. ; pod small, scarcely \ in., oblong, 

 inflated, glabrous; seeds about 12, small, highly polished. 



Dry region ; rather rare ; extending into intermediate region. Uma- 

 oya ; Etampitiya ; Batticaloa ; Ekiriyankumbura. Fl. March, April ; 

 yellow. 



Also in India and Java. 



3. C. ferruginea, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5398 (1828). 



Thw. Enum. 81. C. P. 1265. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 68. 



A tall herb with long ascending branches covered with short, 

 fulvous or pale yellow hair; 1. \\-2\ in., distant, very shortly 

 stalked, oval or oblong or obovate-oval, acute at base, obtuse 

 and mucronate at apex, hairy on both surfaces, paler beneath, 

 stip. conspicuous,^ in. or more, foliaceous, acuminate, spreading, 

 persistent ; fl. rather small, on very silky ped., in lax, elongated, 

 very silky, erect, few-fld., leaf-opposed racemes, bracts very 

 acute, persistent; cal.-segm. all elongated, very acute, densely 

 silky; pet. scarcely as long as cal.; pod about 1 in., oblong, 

 inflated, tapering to base but not stalked, tipped with short, 

 stiff, recurved style, smooth, veined, black ; seeds about 30. 



Moist region, from 2000 to 4000 ft., rather rare. Near Kandy ; Ram- 

 boda ; Maturata ; Lunugala ; Ella. Fl. all the year ; pale yellow. 

 Also in E. Bengal, Burma, Java, and the Philippines. 



4. C. evolvuloides, Wight in Wall. Cat. n. 5410 (1828). 

 Am. Pag. 11. Thw. Enum. 81. C. P. 3593. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 68. 



A much-branched straggling herb, semi-woody at base, 

 branches elongated, divaricate, slightly angular, hairy- 

 pubescent ; 1. f-i| in., on very short, hairy petioles, varying 

 from rotundate to oval or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, mucronate, 

 rounded at base, glabrous above, shortly hairy beneath, stip. 

 small, linear ; fl. rather small, on short pubescent ped., laxly 

 arranged in elongated, curved, pubescent, few-fld., secund, 

 axillary racemes greatly exceeding 1., bracts small; cal.-segm. 

 acute, pubescent ; pet. rather longer than cal.; pod small, 

 scarcely f in., broadly ovoid, inflated, not stalked, tipped with 

 strong base of style, densely hairy, pale yellowish-brown ; 

 seeds about 12. 



Dry region ; rare. Uma-oya ; Seven Korales district ; Ekiriyan- 

 kumbura, Uva. Fl. Jan. -April ; yellow. 

 Also in S. India. 



