82 L. leguminoSjE. (J. G. Baker.) \_Grotalaria. 



branches often stiff clothed with short fine down, petiole*shorter than the small 

 ohlanceolate leaflets, racemes 3-6-flowered, corolla thrice the calyx. W. §■ A. 

 Prodi: 191 ; Benth. m Sook. Zand. Journ. ii. 579. 0. spartioides, Spremj. ; WaLl. 

 Cat. 5435. 0. genistoides, WUld. Sp. PI. iii. 987, non Lamh. 



Western PENiNsin:.A. 



Perennicd, reaching 2-3 ft. high, with very numerous ascending elongated branches. 

 Stipules small, setaceous, persistent; leaflets f— J in. long, firm, obtuse, emarginato, 

 silky on both sides. Baeemes copious, terminal and lateral ; bracts minute, linear- 

 setaceous, persistent. Calyx ^ in. long, finely downy; teeth linear, exceeding the 

 tube. Corolla yellow ; keel with a narrower and longer beak than in the last. Pod 

 pubescent, ^ in. long. 



65. C. trifollastrum, fVilld. Sp. PI. iii. 983; herbaceous, branches elong- 

 ated ascending finely downy, petioles exceeding the oboyate-oblong leaflets, 

 racemes elongated 12-40-flowered, corolla thiice the calyx. Hoxb. Fl. Ind. 

 iii. 277 ; Wall. Cat. 5432, excl. Q. H.; W. %■ A. Prodr. 191 ; Wight Ic. t. 421. 

 C. -virgata, Roxh. in E. I. C. Mm. tab. 373. 0. medicaginea, DC. Prodr. ii. 133. 

 C stricfa, Roth. ; DC. P-odr. ii. 133. Lupinus trifoliatus, Rottl. in Noo. Act. 

 Per. iv. 223, t. 5. 0. stipitata, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 6425, A. 



Assam and Western Peninsdia. 



An erect perennial 2-3 ft. high, with numerous erecto-patent slender branches. 

 Petioles an inch or more ; stipules minute, setaceous ; leaflets membranous, ^1 in. 

 long, glabrous above, obscurely silky below, obtuse at the point, often deeply emar- 

 ginate. Baeemes copious, both terminal and lateral, short-peduncled, reaching 4-6 in. 

 long ; bracts minute, setaceous. Calyx ^ in. long, finely silky ; teeth linear, twice the 

 length of the tube. Corolla yellow, glabrous. Pod subquadrangular, sessile, thinly 

 silky, ^ in. long. 



66. C. ITotonii, W. Sr A. P-odr. 192 ; shrubby, branchlets elongated ob- 

 scurely silky, leaflets middle-sized obovate-oblong, racemes closely 12-20- 

 flowered, corolla 2-3 times the calyx. Wight Ic. t. 752. 0. trifoliastrum, Wall. 

 Cat. 5432, G. 0. rostrata, W. ^ A. R-odr. 191. 



NiLGHiEis and PraNisr Mountains. 



Branches firm, ascending, terete, clothed with minute grey silky hairs. Stipules 

 setaceous, persistent, ^ in. ; petioles shorter than the leaflets ; leaflets cuneate in the 

 lower half reaching 1-li in. long, green and glabrous above, thinly silky below. 

 Racemes copious, short-peduncled lateral and terminal, 1-3 in. long ; bracts small, 

 setaceous. Calyx thinly silky, i in. long ; teeth lanceolate, equaUing the tube. 

 Corolla yellow ; keel with a very long beak. Pod A in. long, subquadrangular, thinly 

 silky. 



67. C. rlgida, Seyne; DC. Prodr. ii. 133; shrubby, branChlets short stiff 

 obscurely sUky, leaflets minute obcordate, racemes 2-6-flowered corolla, 2-3 

 times the calyx. W. ^ A. Prodr. 191. 



Caenatic, Heyne, G. Thomson. 



A low shrub with very numerous woody subpatent branches, the old ones glabre- 

 scent, the copious branchlets almost spiny in old plants. Stipules setaceous, very 

 minute ; petiole very short ; leaflets pale green, thick, obscurely silky, not more than 

 A m. long. Racetnes copious, close, all terminal ; bracts linear, very minute Cahix 

 ^ m. long, thinly silky ; teeth lanceolate, equaUing the tube. Corolla yellow, glabrous; 

 beak of keel long and narrow. Pod ^ in. long, thinly silky. 



Geoot 9. Trifoliolatae Folyspermae. Leaves 3-foliolate. Pod ob- 

 long or cylmdncal, stalked or sessile, glabrous or pubescent, many-seeded Herbs 

 or shrubs. 



