68 L. LEGDMiNOSJi. (J. Gr. Baker.) [Grotalaria: 



Stems under a foot long, slender, flexnose, much branched, densely clothed with 

 short spreading yellow-brown silky hairs. Leaves nearly sessile, Tery obtuse, mem- 

 branous, pale, glaucous below, equal at the base, ^1 in. long. Peduncles arcuate, 

 densely silky, usually 2—3 times the leaves, sometimes leafy below ; pedicels cernuous, 

 lower as long as the calyx. Cak/x ^ in., densely silky; teeth linear, very long. 

 Corolla yellowish, not exserted. Fod short-stalked, j in. long. 



11. C. ferruginea, Orah. in Wall. Cat. 6398; finely silky or shaggy, 

 stipules lanceolate spreading, leaves obovate-oblong, racemes laxly 2-8-flo-wered, 

 bracts small linear, corolla middle-sized, pod linear-oblong glabrous 20-30- 

 seeded. Bercth. in Hooh. Lond. Jowm. ii. 476. 0. canescens. Wall. Cat. 5415. 

 0. crassifolia, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 5416. 0. obliqua, Wall. Cat. 5388. 0. 

 leioloba, Bartl. Ind. Sem. Sort. Oott. 1837 ; Linncea xii. lAttb. 80. 0. pilosis- 

 sima, Miguel Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 327. 



NiPAi to Assam, ascending to 5-6000 ft. ; Ava, Mabtaban, Cetion. — Distbib. 

 Java, Philippines, Formosa. 



More robust than all the preceding. Branches in the type finely silky. Leaves 

 short-stalked, moderately thick, pale beneath, obtuse, equal-sided, 1-2 in. long ; stipules 

 persistent, foliaceous, often deflexed. Peduncles usually 2-3 times the leaves ; racemes 

 much elongated ; bracts persistent, spreading or deflexed. Calyx . |-^ in., shortly 

 silky ; teeth long, upper lanceolate, lower linear. Corolla not distinctly exserted. 

 Pod short-stalked, 1-1^ in. long. 



Vae. p. pilosissima, Bentk. MSS. ; leaves and flowers larger, calyx and branches 

 densely clothed with longer bright yellow-brown silky hairs. — Khasia ; 3-5000 ft.. 

 Hook. fil. ^ Thomson, 



12. C. acicularis, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 6390 ; finely silky, stipules small 

 lanceolate, leaves oblong oblique, racemes closely 12-20 flowered, bracts lanceo- 

 late, corolla small, pod linear-oblong glabrous 15-20 seeded. Benth. in Hook. 

 Land. Journ. ii. 476. 0. disticha, Zolling. in Flora, 1847, 694. 



Bengal to Ava and Tenasseeim. — Disteib. Java, Philippines. 



Stems slender, a foot long or more, thinly clothed with spreading silky hairs. 

 Leaves nearly sessile, obtuse, glaucous-green, membranous, thinly silky, i-]i in. long, 

 rounded on .the upper, cordate on the lower side at the base ; stipules persistent, re- 

 flexed. Peduncles equalling or exceeding leaves : bracts small, persistent, reflexed. 

 Calyx |-^ in., densely silky, teeth linear, very long. Corolla not exserted. Pod 

 sessile, ^ in. long. 



IS. C. evolvuloides, Wight in Wall. Cat. 6410; finely silky, stipules 

 linear minute, leaves round-oblong obtuse slightly oblique, racemes 3-8 flowered, 

 bracts minute lanceolate, corolla small, pod oblong finely downy 8-10-seeded. 

 W. ^ A. Prodr. 188 {excl. syn.) ; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Jmirn. ii. 477. C. 

 hirsuta, Wall. Cat. 5413 A.C. 



Tropical region, NrLOHiEis and Ceylon. 



Stems 1-2 feet long, copiously branched, clothed with fine short spreading hairs. 

 Leaves short-stalked, j-1 in. long, moderately firm ia texture, always obtuse. Pedimcles 

 equalling or much exceeding the leaves ; pedicels cernuous, exceeding the bracts, 

 shorter than the calyx. ' Calyx ^ in., long densely pubescent; teeth long, linear. Co- 

 rolla yellow, slightly exserted. Pod short-stalked l-| in. long.— The plant figured 

 under this name in Wight's loones t. 31 from CourtaUum has much larger flowers and 

 is probably a distinct undescribed species. 



14. C. hirsuta, Willd. Sp. PI. iii. 978; finely silky, stipules linear mi-' 

 nute, leaves ovate acute slightly oblique, racemes 2-3-flowered, bracts lanceolate' 

 minute, corolift middle-sized, pod oblong finely downy 8-10-seeded Roxh Fl 

 Ind. ii. 270; Wall. Cat. 5413 B ; DC. Prodr. ii. 126; W. ^ A. P,-odr.' 18S. 



