78 L. LE6UMIN0S2B. (J. G. Baker.) 'XGrotalaria) 



downy; teeth lanceolate, twice tube. Corolla twice calyx, yellow, white and blue. 

 Pod finely pubescent, 1-1^ in. long, 10-12-seeded. 



60. C. semperflorens, Vent. ; DC. Pi-odr. ii. 125 ; brandies terete, 

 stipules foliaceous ^-lunate, leaves oblong rounded at base acute or obtuse, 

 racemes lateral and terminal not panicled, pod stalked obscurely downy 4-5 

 times tbe calyx. Wall. Cat. 6391. 0. WaUicbiana, W. ^ A. Prodr. 187; 

 Wt. Ic. t. 982. 0. Amottiana, Bemth. in Hook. Land. Jown. ii. 660. 



Teopicai. eesion; Nilghiris. — Disteib. Java. 



More shrubby than C. vemwosa. Branches solcate and puberulent when young, 

 soon glabrescent and terete. Leaves 2-4 in., moderately firm, green and glabrous 

 above, pale and shortly downy below, distinctly petiolate. Inflorescence like that of 

 C. verrucosa ; bracts minute, subulate ; pedicels \—^ in., finely downy. Calyx |-J in., 

 more or less densely puberulent ; teeth linear, twice the campanulate tube. CoroUa 

 |— f in., bright yellow. Fod 1^-2 in. long, finely downy, 10-12-seeded. 



Vae. 1. Walkeri ; stipules mostly subulate minut«, leaves firmer smaller more 

 acute nearly or quite glabrescent beneath. C. Walkeri, Jmott in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. 

 xviii. 3&8. C. semperflorens, Benth. in Hook. Land. Journ. ii. 560. Ceylon, 4-7000 

 feet. — Looks generally quite distinct, but Gardner's No. 660 connects it with the type. 



51. C. Heyneana, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5414 ; brancbes terete, stipules 

 small ^lunate, leaves oblong acute narrowed at base, racemes lateral and 

 terminal not panicled, pod subsessile obscurely downy 3-4 times the calyx, 

 W. 8f A. Prodr. 187 ; Senth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 660 : Bot. Mag. t. 

 6974. 



Western Peninsula ; Mysore, Travancor, and Canara. 



General habit of C. semperflorens, of which it is most likely a mere variety. Branches 

 woody, slender, soon glabrescent. Leaves membranous, distinctly petioled, 3—4 in., 

 narrowed at both ends, hardly at all puberulent ; stipules smaller. Inflorescence and 

 bracts identical; pedicels ^-^ in., slender, faintly puberulent. Calyx | in.; teeth 

 lanceolate, very deep. Corolla slightly exserted. Pod lj-1^ in. long, clothed with 

 deciduous fine pubescence, 10-12-seeded. 



62. C. leptostachya, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 662 ; branches 

 angfular, stipules or minute subulate, leaves lanceolate acuminate, racemes 

 lateral and terminal not panicled, pod oblong sessile densely velvety 2-3 times 

 the calyx. 



Western Pbninsxila ; Concan, Jacguemont, Stocks, Law. 



A stiflT erect shrub with the habit and slender snlcate thinly silky branches of 

 C. juncea and tetragona. Leaves 4-6 in., membranous, green, thinly clothed on both 

 sides with shining brown silky hairs, rather rounded at the base. Racemes laxly 12-20- 

 flowered, reaching | ft. long ; bracts lanceolate very minute. Calyx i in., densely 

 BUky ; teeth linear, very deep. Corolla yellow, not exserted. Pod 5-6-seeded, 4-| in. 

 long. 



63. C. tetrag-ona, Roxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 263 ; brancbes angular, stipules 

 or minute subulate, leaves large Unear or lanceolate acuminate, racemes lateral 

 and terminal not panicled, pod linear-oblong short-stalked rarely 2-3 times the 

 calyx. Amh: Bot. Rep. t. 593 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 128 ; Wall. Cat. 5367 A-0. ; 

 W. Sf A. Prodr. 185. 0. grandiflora, Zolling. in Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 333. 



KcMAON (up to 3500 ft.), and along the Himalayas to Sikkim and Assam. Peou, 

 McClelland. — Disteib. Java. 



A stiff shrub, reaching 6 ft. Hgh, with snlcate thinly silky slender erecto-patent 

 branches. Leaves short-stalked, distent, membranous, both sides thinly silky or 

 glabrescent, reaching ^1 ft. Bacemes laxly 6-10-flowered, half a foot or more long • 



