80 L LEGUMiNOSj;. (J. G. Baker.) {Crotalaria., 



calyx-teeth narrow, corolla twice calyx, pod many-seeded much exserted. 

 W. Sf A. Prodr. 184 ; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Joum. ii. 663. 



Carnatic ; Dindygul hills alt. 2000 ft., Wight. 



General habit and inflorescence just as in C. madurmsis, to which it is closely 

 allied. Leaves thinner, narrowed to a point, less rounded at the base, 2-4 in. long. 

 Branches densely clothed with short spreading silky hairs ; bracts sometimes opposite, 

 ^ in. long, densely silky on the back. CaXyx ^— | in. deep, finely silky ; teeth lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, with reflexed borders. Corolla ^| in. ; standard rather pointed, silky 

 on the back. Fod oblong, stalked, twice the calyx, with 12 or more seeds. 



58. C. fUlva, Roxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 266 ; leaves ohlanceolate closely silky, 

 stiptdea or minute subulate, racemes panicled, bracts ovate cuspidate, calyx- 

 teeth broad foliaceous, corolla slightly exserted, pod oblong 2-seeded included. 

 Wall. Cat. 5375; W. %■ A. Bt-odr. 183; Balr.. ^ Gibs. BorrA. Fl. 64. 0. 

 pulchra, DC. Prodr. ii. 126, Tiot of Andrews. 0. grandis, Hort. Calcutt. 



Maisok, the CoNCAN, Nilghikis, and Cetloii. — Disteib. Java, Sumatra, and 

 naturalised in the SeycheEes and Mauritius. 



A stiff erect shrub 3-5 feet, copiously paniculately branched. Branches densely 

 clothed with short brown silky hairs. Leaves nearly sessile, subcoriaceous, 3-4 in. 

 long, obtuse or subacute, cuneate at the base, shining on both sides, with a silky lustre 

 from minute hairs. Branches elongated with several bracts flowerless. Calyx ^-^ in. 

 deep, densely silky, with a pair of conspicuous bracteoles ; upper teeth oblong, lower 

 lanceolate. Corolla J-1 in. ; standard rather pointed, densely silky on the back. 

 Fod thinly silky, sessile, about as long as the calyx. 



59. C. pulcherrima, Poxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 267 ; leaves oblanceolate-oblon" 

 closely silky, stipules 0, racemes panicled, bracts copious ovate-acuminate 

 reflexed, upper calyx-teeth broad foliaceous, corolla scarcely exserted, pod 

 oblong included 5-6-seeded. Bot. Mag. t. 2027 ; Wall. Cat. 5374 ; DC. Prodr 

 ii. 125 ; W. 8f A. P-odr. 184 ; Wt. Ic. t. 481. 0. pulchra, Andr. Bot. Rep., 

 t. 601, not of DC. 



NiLGHIRIS. 



A Stiff erect shrub 3-4 ft. high, copiously paniculately branched. Leaves nearly 

 sessile, subcoriaceous, obtuse or subacute, cuneate at the base, 3-4 in. long, shining on 

 both sides with dense short close brown silky hairs. Flowers few, near the top of the 

 branches ; bracts numerous, large, reflexed, persistent ; pedicels short, densely silky. 

 Calyx |-J in. long ; upper segments oblong, lower lanceolate ; standard silky on the 

 back. Fod oblong, bright brown, sessile, as long as the calyx. 



60. C. lunulata, Seyn^ in Wall. Cat. 6378 ; leaves ohlanceolate acute 

 loosely silky, stipules small obtuse, racemes panicled, bracts copious persistent 

 like the stipules, calyx-teeth narrow, corolla twice the calyx, pod oblong 

 1-seeded scarcely exserted. W. ^ A. Prodr. 183 ; Wight Ic. t. 480 ; Bemth. in 

 Hook. Lond. Jawm. ii. 564. 



Tanjore, in the Cahnatio ; Ceyxok. 



A stiff erect undershrub, copiously paniculately branched, clothed with dense 

 spreading brown silky hairs. Leaves short-petioled, moderately firm, densely silky, 

 cuneate at the base, usually 1-2 in. Branches elongated, with numerous am- 

 plexioaul reflexed small bracts below the flowers. Calyx densely silky, 4-i in. long • 

 teeth long, all linear, the edges slightly recurved. Corolla f-J in.; standard rather 

 pointed, thinly silky on the back. Fod sessile, finely silky, as long as the calyx. 



61. C. ramoslsslma, Roxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 268 ; leaves smaU ohlanceolate 

 densely silky, stipules 0, racemes panicled, bracts lanceolate persistent, calyx- 

 teeth narrow, corolla little exserted, pod 1-seeded scarcely exserted. W. ^ A. 



