•Crotalaria.'] l. LEGUMiNOSai. (J. G. Baker.) 83 



68. C orlxensis, Jflottl.; DC. Prodr. ii. 131; herbaoeoiis, difiiise, thinly 

 liairy, leaflets otovate-oblong obtuse, racemes very lax, bracts foliaceous per- 

 sistent, corolla small scarcely exserted, pod oblong glabrous long-stalked. JRoxb. 

 Sort. Beng. 98 ; Fl. Ind. ill. 276 ; Wall. Cat. 6426 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 103 ; 

 Dds. ^ Oibs. Bomb. Fl. 57. 0. macropoda, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 167. 



Plains tkcougliout the Westben Peninsula. — Distkib. Abyssinia. 



Perennial, with spreading slender copiously-branched stems, 1-1^ ft. long, clothed 

 ■with short spreading brown hairs, which are bulbous at the base. Stipules linear, 

 persistent ; petiole ^1 in. ; leaflets 1-1^ in. long, moderately firm, glabrous above, 

 thinly clothed with long hairs, below. Lateral racemes numerous, 3-12-flowered; 

 bracts large, OYate-aeiiminate, reflexed ; pedicels filiform, 3-4 times the calyx. Cali/x 

 ■^ in. long ; teeth linear, long. Pod ^-f in. long, 8-10-seeded, with a stalk; as long 

 as the calyx. — The only representative of the Douses in the trifoliolate series. 



69. C. laevigata, LamJc. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 131 ; fruticose, obscurely downy, 

 leaflets obovate-oblong obtuse, racemes terminal 2-4-flowered, bracts minute 

 setaceous, coroUa 2-3 times the calyx, pod oblong glabrous long-stalked. Benth. 

 in Hook. Land. Journ. ii. 676. 0. stipitata, Orah. in Wall. Cat. 6426, B. ; W. 

 ^ A. Prodr. 193. 



Plains of the Westeen Peninsula. 



A small shrub, with long slender terete erecto-patent branches, finely downy or 

 glahrescent. Stipules minute, setaceous, deciduous ; petiole as long as leaves ; leaflets 

 ^1|- in. long, green and glabrous above, pale and obscurely silky below. Bacemes 

 subcorymbose at the end of copious brancblets ; pedicels cernuous, bracteolate, thinly 

 sUky. Calt/x J in. deep, thinly silky ; teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla 

 yellow, |-| in. ; keel with a very long heak. Pod J-| in. long, 8-10-seeded, with a 

 stalk as long as the calyx. 



70. C. incana, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 132 ; sufiiniticose, loosely downy, 

 leaflets obovate obtuse, racemes terminal and lateral elongated, bracts minute, 

 corolla slightly exserted, pod subsessUe cylindrical loosely pubescent. Bot. Beg. 

 t. 377. 0. affinis, DC. Prodr. ii. 132. 0. Schimperi, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 

 161. 0. herbacea, Sohweig. in Schranck Syll. ii. 77. 



Kumaon ; 5000 ft, Straehey and Winterbottom, Edgeworth ; Ceylon, Gardner, 

 &c. Perhaps naturalised only. — Disteib. Malay isles, Trop. Africa and America, 

 common. 



An undershrub, 2-4 ft. high, with robust terete branches, the whole plant, including 

 calyx and pod, clothed with fine spreading brown silky hairs. Stipules setaceous, 

 minute ; leaflets 1^2 in. long, very obtuse, cuneate in the lower half, membranous. 

 Bacemes closely 1 2-20-flowered, reaching 6-9 in. long. Calyx \ in. long ; teeth long, 

 lanceolate. Pods deflexed, rather recurved, 1-1^ in. long, 20-30-seeded. 



71. C clavata, W. §• A. Prodr. 194 ; shrubby, obscurely downy, leaflets 

 obovate obtuse, racemes terminal and lateral elongated, bracts minute setaceous, 

 corolla much exserted, pod thinly silky oblong-cylindrical short-stalked. Benth. 

 in Hooh. Land. Journ. ii. 687. 0. cytisoides, Wight in Wall. Cat. 6424, D. 



Caenatic ; Dindygul hills, Wight. 



A low shmb with arcuate ascending terete glabrescent branches. Stipules 

 setaceous, very minute ; petiole shorter than the leaflets ; leaflets thick, rather fleshy, 

 obtuse, cuneate in the lower half, pale, subglabrous. Bacetiies 20-30-flowered, short- 

 peduncled, reaching ^ ft. long. Calyx campanulate, thinly silky, ^^-^ in. long ; teetli 

 lanceolate, as long as the tube. CoroUa yellow, glabrous, f in. long. Pod deflexed, 

 rather recurved, 10-12-seeded. 



72. C. bracteata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 378 ; shrubby, obscurely downy, 

 leaflets large oblong acute, racemes terminal and lateral elongated, bracts minute 



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