262 S. Kurz — -Contributions towards a [No. 4, 



Eriosema, DC. 

 1. E. tuberosum, (Grotalaria tuberosa, Ham. in Don Prod. Nap. 

 241 ; DC. Prod. II. 129 ; E. Chinense, Yog. in PI. Meyen. 31 ; Bth. Fl. 

 Austr. II. 268 ; Hf. Ind. PL II. 219). 



Hab. Frequent in the open, especially the eng-forests, all over Prome 

 and Pegu ; also Martaban, here ascending into the drier hill-forests up to 

 4000 feet elevation.— Fl. Close of ES. ; Fr. CS. 



Grotalaria, L. 

 Conspectus of Species. 



A. Simplictfollze. Leaves simple. 

 * Ovary and pods glabrous. 



+ Racemes lateral and leaf-opposed. 



x Stipules none or small, not decurrent. 



O Almost glabrous. Slender erect annuals. 



Stipules half-lunate, persistent, C. filiformis. 



Stipules very minute, deciduous, C. StocJcsii. 



Silk-hairy or pilose. 



f Prostrate or ascending small herbs ; flowers not above 

 2J lin. long. 



Bracts subulate, very minute ; stipules none ; pods 15 — 30 -seeded, C. prostrata. 



Bracts subulate, minute ; stipules minute, subulate ; pods 6 — 8-seeded, . . C. humifusa. 

 Bracts lanceolate, a line long ; stipules subulate, minute ; pods 12 — 15-seeded, 



. . C. acicularis. 

 t f Flowers \ — f in. long. Erect branched annuals. 



Tawny pilose ; stipules lanceolate, spreading ; pod 20 — 30-seeded, G. ferruginea. 



x x Stipules decurrent and forming leafy wings to the branches. 



Erect annual ; flowers middling-sized, yellow ; pods stalked, O. alata. 



+ + Racemes terminal or terminating axillary branchings. More or 

 less hairy, hirsute or appressed silk-hairy, rarely glabrous. 

 O Calyx divided to the base into lobes, of which especially the 

 2 upper ones much enlarge in fruit, 

 f Pod exserted from the calyx. 

 Flowers \ in. long, pale yellow, racemose ; bracts linear, very minute ; pods 1J — 2 times 



longer than the calyx, \ — J in. long, C. albida. 



f f Pod more or less included and shorter than the calyx. 

 (Cahjcince.) 

 IT Pod small, globular or ovoid-globose, sessile. 



Small herb ; racemes shortened and head-like O. nana. 



Erect annual of several feet ; racemes elongate, C. linifolia, 



IT 1 Pods linear-oblong to oblong. 



A Flowers yellow or pale yellow. 

 Flowers few, in short lax racemes ; fruiting calyx covered with long coppery brown 

 soft hairs ; pods an inch long ; bracts and bractlets large, lanceolate, . . C. calycina. 



Flowers in dense heads ; calyx and pod j in. long ; bracts and bractlets large, ovate, 



acuminate, C. dubia. 



Flowers ? yellow, capitate ; calyx and pods \ — \ in. long ; bracts and bractlets linea, 



C. Chinensis. 



