72 L. LEGnMiwosj!. (J. G. Baker.) [Crotdlcma. 



25. C. llnifolla, Zinn. fil. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 128 ; leaves pblanceolate obtuse 

 rarely linear, racemes elongated laxly 6-20-flowered, calyx shortly silky, upper 

 teeth connate, pod smaU ovoid-ohlong sessile glabrous as long as calyx. S,oxh. 

 Fl. Irid. ii. 266 ; Dm Prodr. 241 ; Wall. Cat. 6400 in paH ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 

 190 {excl. syn.) ; Dalz. §• Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 56. 0. caespitosa, Roxh. Fl. Ind. 

 iii. 269. 0. montana, Heyne in Roth Nov. Sp. 335 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 126, mt of 

 jRoxb. 0. sobolifera, Orah. in Wall. Cat. 6420 A. 0. stenophylla, Vogd m 

 Nova Acta Nat. Our. xix. Suppl. 7. 0. saxatilis, Zolling. in Flora, 1847, 694. 

 0. melanocarpa. Wall. Cat. 5882. 



Teopicai eeqion : Sikkim, alt. 1-4000 ft. 'Westeen- Penih-siji,a, Cetlon, Biema, 

 Pegtj. — ^DisTEiB. Malay Isles, China, Philippines, N. Australia. 



Annual, ^-2 ft. high, with copious slender iSrm terete branches clothed with short ; 

 adpressed silky hairs. Leaves shcrt-stalked, moderately firm, shortly silky, base sub- ; 

 cuneate ; stipules 0. Bacemes usually terminal only, reaching J-l ft. long ; bracts and 

 braeteoles subulate, very minute. Calyx ^-^ in. long, deeply bilabiate, densely 

 shortly brown-silky ; teeth of upper lip very short, of lower deep linear. Corolla pale 

 yeUow, glabrous, scarcely exserted. Pod S-lO-seeded, black when mature. 



26. C. tecta, Roth ; DC. Prodr. ii. 126 ; sufiruticose, thinly shortly sUky, 

 leaves obtuse obovate-oblong, racemes lax terminal only, calyx middle-sized, up- 

 per teeth subconnate, pod oblong as long as calyx. Benth. in Hooh. Lond. Joum. 

 ii. 569. 0. viminea. Wall. Cat. 6397 ; W. 8r A. Prodr. 189. 0. linifolia var. 

 Wall. Cat. 5400 B. 0. punctata var. Wall. Cat. 5401 B. 



"Westeen Peninstila, in the Concan, Nilghihies, Ptonet Mts. 



A low undershrub with numerous stiff terete erecto-patent branches, clothed with 

 short grey silky hairs. Leaves firm, ^1^ in., cuneate in lower half, retuse or 

 emarginate at apex, glabrescent above, thinly silky below; stipules 0. Bacemes 6-12- 

 flowered, ;|— ^ ft. long, usually distinctly stalked ; bracts and braeteoles linear, very mi- 

 nute. Cah/x |-^ in. long, shortly velvety, lower teeth linear. Corolla pale yellow, 

 glabrous, equalling the calyx. Fod sessile, glabrous, 9-12-seeded. 



27. C. occulta, GroA. in Wall. Cat. 5360 ; suflfruticose, shortly silky, leaves 

 oblanceolate-oblong usually acute, flowers in lax terminal racemes and often 

 solitary from leafy nodes, calyx middle-sized shortly silky, teeth all long, upper 

 broad rather obtuse, pod oHong included. Benth. in Sooh. Land. Joum. ii. 565. 

 0. rhizophylla, Ch-ah. in Wall. Cat. 5431. 



Khasia Mts. and Silhet, alt. 3-5000 ft. 



Stems 2-3 ft. high, annual ?, simple or with few or many virgate ascending branches 

 clothed with short adpressed silky hairs. Leaves firm, 2-3 in., subcuneate at base, 

 glabrous above, glaucous and obscurely silky beneath ; stipules setaceous very 

 minute. Terminal racemes e-20-flow6red, J-J ft. long ; bracts linear, minute. Cah/x 

 |-| in. deejp, densely clothed with short brown silky hairs ; upper teeth oblong-spath- 

 iilate, \-^ in. broad. Corolla glabrous, deep violet-blue, as long as the calyx. Pod 

 glabrous, sessile, 10-15-S6eded. 



28. C. calycina, SchranJe; DC. Prodr. ii. 129 ; annual, shortly silky, leaves 

 linear or lanceolate acute or rather obtuse, flowers few in lax racemes and solitary 

 from leafy nodes, calyx large densely clothed vrith long silky hairs, teeth aU 

 long, upper broad rather obtuse, pod linear-oblong included. 0. stricta, Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. iii. 265 Tiotof Roth. 0. Roxburghiana, DC. I^odr. ii. 129. 0. anthylloides, 

 Drni Prodr. 241 ; Wall. Cat. 5366 A. ex parte ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 181 ; Dah. ^ 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 54, not of Lam. 0. linearis. Herb. Madr. in Wall. Cat. 5370. 

 0. crinita, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5408. 0. salicifolia var. ? Wall. Cat. 6359 B. 



Teopicai, hegiok, from the Himalayas to Ceylon, ascending to 6,500 ft. in Ku- 

 MAOif. — DiSTMB. Tropical Africa, Malay Isles, China, N. Australia. 



