350 D. Prain — Some additional Legurninosae. [No. 2, 



A spreading shrub with stems 6-12 in. long densely grey velvety. Leaves 

 sessile orbicular £ in. across densely velvety especially beneath, stipules forming a 

 broad wing for the whole extent of an internode, their points lanceolate-deltoid. 

 Racemes 2-3-fld. and flowers often solitary, bracts small persistent ovate-acuminate. 

 Calyx % in. densely silky, tube campanulate. Pod oblong 1 in. long, glabrous, its 

 stalk i in., 20-30-seeded. 



This plant, which has exactly the facies of Crotalaria scabrella W. & A. 

 differs from that Southern Indian plant in having peduncles and stipular wings 

 exactly like those of G. alata. On this acconnt Sir H. Collett and Mr. Hemsley 

 unite it with G. alata, which they can find no character to distinguish as a species 

 from G. rubiginosa Willd. the plant to which Mr. Baker has referred 0. scabrella. 

 With this view the author cannot altogether agree though it is true that if we 

 accept the treatment of the remaining forms in the Flora of British India 

 it is logically necessary. After an examination, however, of 20 specimens, (seven 

 gatherings), of Crotalaria rubiginosa and of 34 specimens, (ten gatherings), of 

 Crotalaria . scabrella the writer is convinced that the union of the two as varieties 

 of one species, except on the comprehensive principle advocated by Collett and 

 Hemsley which would recognise but one species with wing-like stipules, cannot 

 be sustained. There are no intermediates between the two plants which, though 

 not dissimilar in size, differ in habit, tomentum, shape and venation of leaves, size 

 and shape of stipules, and above all in size and shape of pods — those of C. rubiginosa 

 being \ shorter and nearly £ narrower than those of G. scabrella and being quite 

 sessile while those of G. scabrella are stalked. As this character alone will quite 

 sufficiently enable members to distinguish the two species in the field a detailed 

 description of G. scabrella is not here given. It is otherwise however with C. 

 Wightiana, also reduced by Mr. Baker to C. rubiginosa, which differs so widely that 

 it is essential, in restoring it to the specific rank that it deserves, to provide a 

 description. 



18c. Crotalakia Wightiana Grah. in Wall. Cat. n. 5358; tall 

 erect branched, stipular wing broad triangular-ovate much expanded 

 at apex; leaves thin elliptic-obovate obtuse mucronate, peduncles usually 

 very long, pod long-stalked. W. Sf A. Prodr. i. 181. C. rubiginosa 

 VAR. Wightiana Bah. in Flor. Brit. Ind. ii. 69. 



Sooth India; Dindygul Hills, Wight (Cat. n. 693 ! Wall. Cat. n. 

 5358! Kew Dist. n. 587 !) Coonoor, 6000 feet elev., Gamble n. 13256! 

 Ceylon ; Kandy, Thwaites ! Watson ! Pedrotalla, T. Thomson ! 



A shrub, 3-4 feet high, fastigiatcly branched. Stem and leaves beneath closely 

 adpresscd rusty-tomentose. Leaves very short-petioled 2 in. long, 175 in. across, 

 stipule }j in. wide or more at top forming a wing for whole length of internode. 

 Racemes 2-5-fld., bracts large persistent ovate-acute. Calyx £ in. densely silky, 

 tube short campanulate bracteoles inserted above the base, teeth lanceolate. Corolla 

 pale-yellow slightly exserted, standard 1 in. long. Pod oblong, glabrous 2 in. long 

 (including stalk | in.) § in. diam., 30-40-seeded. 



A very distinct species. 



22. Crotalaria triquetra Balz. 



Add to localities of F. B. I. : — Rajpotaha ; Mt. Abu, common, 

 King ! 



