Crotalaria.] 



LeguminoscB. 



Stip. present. 

 Pod glabrous. 



L. oval ; stip. foliaceous 

 L. linear ; stip. small . 

 Pod hairy. 



Stem nearly cylindrical 

 Stem strongly triquetrous . 

 Stem erect, robust, often semi-shrubby. 

 Stip. large, decurrent . 

 Stip. small, not decurrent. 

 Fl. yellow. 

 Pod glabrous. 

 Plant very hairy 

 Plant nearly glabrous 

 Pod puberulous . 

 Pod densely hairy 

 Fl. purple 

 Stip. o. 

 Pod glabrous . 

 Pod hairy 

 Racemes panicled ; seed solitary 

 Leaves compound. 

 Pod small, subglobose, 1-2-seeded 

 Tod large, oblong, with many seeds, 

 Lflts. oval. 



Pod with a short stalk 

 Pod silky, 10-12-seeded . 

 Pod glabrous, 20-30-seeded 

 Pod with a very long stalk. 

 Lflts. linear-oblong 



3. C. FERRUGINEA. 



7. C. MYSORENSIS. 



4. C. EVOLVULOIDES. 



8. C. TR1QUETRA. 



6. C. RUBIGINOSA. 



13. C. CALYCINA. 



14. C. RETUSA. 



16. C. Walkeri. 



5. C. MULTIFLORA. 



15. C. VERRUCOSA. 



12. C. TECTA. 



17. C. JUNCEA. 



18. C. LUNULATA. 



19. C. MEDICAGINEA. 



20. C. CLAVATA. 

 2 1. C. STRIATA. 



22. C. LABURNI FOLIA. 



23. C. QUINQUEFOLIA. 



I. C. biflora, L. Mant. Alt. 570 (1 771). 



C. nu>nmul(iri<i Willd., Moon Cat. 52. Thw. Enum. 81 and {C.globosti) 

 410. C. P. 3325, 3736. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 66. 



Herbaceous, annual (?), with copious, trailing, very much- 

 branched, elongated, silky or hairy stems ; 1. small, \-\ in., 

 nearly sessile, simple, ovate or roundish, mucronate ; hairy 

 on both sides, without Stip.; fl. solitary or 2 together at end 

 of slender hairy pcd. twice as long as 1.; cal.-scgm. long- 

 acuminate, hairy; pet. scarcely longer than cal. ; pod about 

 h in., shortly stalked, nearly globular, pericarp soft, compres- 

 sible, set with scattered hairs ; seeds about 20, smooth, brown. 



Diy rej ion; rare. Jaffna, abundant ; Trincomalie (Olenic). Gardner's 

 sper ,: P. 3325) have no locality. FL Feb., March; yellow. 



Also ifl u India and Java. 



The trin- ('. globota^ \V. and A., lias not been ' dlected in Ceylon. 

 The Jail:. ' inlii than tlie Trim oinalic ones, and 



rather ■baggy-woolly than silky. 



C. proatrata, /:• <h. H<rt. l'cnv. 5.) 1.1 

 m. 8i. C. P. v. 

 Fl. 15. Ind. ii 67. 



