Crotalaria.'] l. legtiminosj!. (J. G. Baker.) 75 



NiXQHiBis, at about 4000 ft. elevation, Wight, Seddome. 



General hatit of C. pedtmoularis. Leaves narrow-linear, short-stalked, reaching 5-6 

 in. Baceme laxly 12-20-flowered, finally a foot long ; lower pedicels |-1 in. long ; 

 tracts reflexed, shorter than the pedicels. Cab/x f in. ; teeth one-tljird the tube! 

 Corolla smaller than in the last ; standard the same shape and colour. Pod li-2 in. 

 long ; gynophore finally exceeding the calyx. 



Sect. VI. XSrectae, Benth. Erect herbs or shrubs, the foliage more or less 

 siliy or pubescent. Stymies 0, or small, not decurrent. Racemes rarely other 

 than terminal. Pods glabrous, several times longer than the calyx. 



38. C. retusa, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 126 ; branches and calyx subglabrous, 

 stipules subulata very minute, leaves obtuse glabrous above puberulent below, 

 bracts subulate, corolla much exserted. Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 272 ; Bot. Mag. t. 

 2661 ; Bot. Reg. t. 263 ; Wall. Cat. 6405 ; W. S^ A. Prodr. 187 ; Bah. ^ Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 66. Lupinus cochinchinensis, Lour. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 410 — Rheede 

 Mai. ix. t. 25. 



Tropical region ; HraAXAYAs to CinaoN and Malacca, but often cultivated. 

 DisTKEB. China, Malaya, N. Australia, Trop. Africa and America, in both the last 

 doubtfully wUd. 



A robust undershrub 3-4 ft. high, with stout striated branches. Leaves short 

 stalked, oblanceolate-oblong, moderately firm, cuneate at the base, 11-3 in. Racemes 

 laxly 12-20-fiowered; pedicels shorter than calyx. Cah/x |-| in. ; teeth lanceolate, 

 twice campanulate tube. Corolla nearly twice calyx, yellow tinged with purple. 

 Fod linear-oblong, 1-1 J in. long, distinctly stalked, 16-26-seeded. 



39. C. sericea, Retz.; DC. Prodr. ii. 126 ; branches and calyx subglabrous, 

 stipules leafy persistent, leaves subacute or obtuse glabrous above finely silky 

 beneath, bracts ovate foliaceous, corolla much exserted. W. ^ A. Prodr, 

 186 ; WM. Cat. 5406 ; Roxb. Fl. Lnd. iii. 273, not of Burm. ; Dah. Sf Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 55. 0. spectabUis, Roth. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 126. 0. macrophyUa, 

 Weinm. Syll. ii. 26. 0. cuneifolia, Schrank Syll. ii. 78. 



Tropical region ; through India proper, ascending to 3000 ft. in Ktjmaon. 

 Malacca, Griffith. Pegu, McClelland. 



Habit and branches of C. retusa. Leaves oblanceolate-oblong, moderately firm in 

 texture, 3-6 in., cuneate at the base. Racemes laxer, 20-40-flower6d, often a 

 foot long ; bracts persistent, reflexed ; pedicels exceeding calyx. Calyx ^ in. ; teeth 

 lanceolate, twice campanulate tube. Corolla half as long again as calyx, generally 

 purplish. Pod 1-2 in. long, distirctly stalked, }-| in. broad. 



40. C. assamica, Benth. in Sooh. Land. Jown. ii. 481 ; branches and 

 calyx silky, stipiUes minute subulate, leaves acute glabrous above finely silky 

 below, bracts linear-lanceolate minute, corolla much exserted. 0. Burmanni, 

 DC. Prodr. ii. 126 ? 0. sericea, Bv/rm. Fl. Ind. t. 48, fig. 1 ? 



Ehasia Mts., alt. 3-4000 ft., HooJc. jU. ^ Thomson, Lobb ; Assam, Mrs. Mack. — 

 DiSTRiB. Philippines, Cumimg, 1886. 



General habit just that of the two preceding, to which it is allied closely. Leaves 

 oblanceolate-oblong;, short-stalked, moderately firm, 2-4 in. long, cuneate at the base. 

 Racemes laxly 20-30-flowered reaching a foot long ; lower pedicels equalling calyx. 

 Calyx J-^ in. ; teeth lanceolate, tyrice campanulate tube. Corolla J in. deep, golden- 

 yellow. Pod lJ-2 in. long, distinctly stalked. 



41. C. Kurzll, Balim- ; branches and calyx silky, stipules minute subulate, 

 leaves acute glabrous above finely silky belovr, bracts linear-lanceolate minute, 

 coroUa not exserted. Kurz in Jov/m. Asiat. Soe. Beng. vol. xlii. pt. 2, p. 229. 



Pbotj, Kurz, Ko. 1664. 

 '' Closely allied to C.assamica, from which it differs mainly in calyx and corolla, the 



