■Grotalaria.'] i: leguminosj!. . (J. G. Baker.) 69 



0. diohotoma, Soth Nov. 8p. 840. 0. rubigmoBa/ JloiJ. Ft.'Ind. iii. 369, non 

 Willd. 0. bifaria, Wall. Cat. 6399, in part. O.triflora, llei/ne in Wall Cat 

 6387. 



Tropical region, Centkal Himalata, Bot/le, Edgeworth, Thomson; Bundblctind, 

 Edgeworth ; Western Peninsula, Heyne, Wight. ' 



Veiy near the last, leaves more membranous, always acute, 1-2 in. Peduncles 

 shorter, more slender, often leafy, densely clothed with short spreading silky hairs. 

 Calyx ^ in., densely pubescent. Corolla yellow, distinctly exserted. Pod just the 

 same in shape and size. 



15. C. bifaria, Linn, Swppl. 322; inconspicuously pubescent, stipules 

 linear minute, leaves round-oblong obtuse sligbtly oblique, racemes 1-2-flowered, 

 bracts small lanceolate, corolla middle-sized, pod oblong finely downy 10-12- 

 seeded. JDC. Prodr. ii. 127 ; W. 8r A. Prodr. 188 (exol. syn.) : Wt. Ic. t. 80 : 

 Wall. Cat. 6399, ex parte ; Bah. ^ Cfibs. Bomb. Fl. 55. 



Tropical iiegions of the Wbstekn Peninsula and Ceylon. 



Habit of the two last, but pubescence short' and inconspicuous. Leaves short- 

 stalked, moderately firm, |-1| in., upper casually narrow, but aU obtuse. Peduncles 

 Btoutish, usually exceediM; the leaves ; bracts reflexed, persistent. ■ Calfyx |-l in., ob- 

 scurely pubescent : teethMMear-lanceolate, long.^^ Corolla yellow, slightly exserted. 

 Pod short-stalked, |-]^ in. loW. very, turgid, ^sflabrescent before it splits. 



16. C. multiflora, Befnih^h\H6oh. Lond. Joum. ii. 478 ; shortly silky, 

 stipules linear minute, leaves ovate/acute, racemes 2-6-flowered, bracks linear, 

 corolla large, pod oblong 10-12-seed3d. Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 828. 0. bifaria, 

 var. multiflora. Ami. in Nova Act. /Not. Our. xviii. 329. ' 



Ceylon, alt. 3-5000 ft., Gardneik Thwaites, &c. ; 



The most robust and showy specijes of the section. Leaves distinctly stalked, sub- 

 coriaceous, dark green, glandular, pVinctate, usually 1-2 in., but reaching iii a narrow- 

 leaved form 4-6 in. Peduncles :J-il foot, stout, arcuate, densely clothed like the 

 stem with short gpreading^rowp/' hairs ; pedicels cernuous, ^ in.; bracts reflexed, 

 persistent. Calyx |-i in., inconspicuoaslv downy ; teeth lanceolate, very loiffi. Corolla 

 yellowish, equalling the calyx ; standardTij arly'Li n. broad, veined with dSk purple. 

 Pod short-stalked, 1|— 2 in. long, densely clothea witttvdp(|jkbrown^ilky..hajrs. 



Sect. III. Alatae, Benth. Difiiise or suberect pubescent perennials. Leaves 

 simple. Stiputes decurrent as a petsistent wing to -^be branches. Racemes aU 

 lateral, leaf-opposed 1-3-flowered. Pod stipitate linear-oblong glabrous. 



17. C. alata, Hamilt. ex Boxh. in Don. Prodr. 241 ; suberect, stipular 

 'Wing broad, leaives thin oblong obtuse or subacute, peduncle elongated often leafy, 

 'pod long-stalked. Roxb. Hart. Beng. 98 ; Fl. Lnd. iii. 274 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 124 ; 



Wall. Cat. 6356 ; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Jowm. ii. 478. 0. sagitticaulis, Wall. 

 Cat., 6367. 0. bia,lata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 274. 



KuMAON to Assam and the Khasia Mis. ascending to 5600 ft. ; A\A, WalUch; 

 ■MisHMi, Griffith; Peru, McLelland. — Disteib. Java. 



.. A suberect under-shrub 1-2 ft. high. Stem and leaves below clothed with short 

 silky pubescence. Leaves subsessile, much thinner than in C. rubiginosa, varying from 

 obovate to ovate-oblong, reaching 2-3 in. ; stipule forming a wing from one node 

 nearly to the next, its point lanceolate-deltoid. Bacemes 2-3-flowered ; bracts small, 

 persistent, ovate, acuminate. Calyx | in., densely silky ; tube oampanulate ; bracteoles 

 inserted above the base. Corolla pale, not exserted. Pod linear-oblong, glabrous, 

 l^lf in. long, 30-40-seeded. 



18. C. rublg'lnosa, Willd. S^. PI. iii. 973; difiuse, stipular wing narrow, 

 leaves small round-oboyate obtuse coriaceous, peduncle short not leafy, pod short- 



