•Grotalaria.] L. LEGTmiuos^. (J. G. Baker.) 85 



laxly lO-20-flowered, reaching ^ ft. long; bracts persistent, as long as the pedicels. 

 Calyx campanulate, subglabrous, ^ in. long; teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube. 

 Corolla glabrous, twice the calyx. Pod oblong, glabrous, distinctly stalked, 1^2 in. 

 by |-1 in., 30-40-seeded. — 6. heterophylla, L. DC. Prodr. ii. 131, is a trifoliolate 

 "form. 



76. C. G'rahamiana, W. ^ A. Prodr. 194 ; shrubby, branches and leaves 

 below densely clothed with adpressed silky hairs, leaflets oblanceolate, bracts 

 linear thinly silky, lower pedicels as long as the calyx. 0. digitata, Wight in 

 Wall. Cat. 6430, rwn Hook. 



Caenatic ; Pulney hills at 4000 ft. 



Branches firm, elongated, angular, persistently siliy. Stipules linear, reflexed, 

 persistent ; petiole reaching 3-4 in., silky like the branches ; leaflets thicker than in 

 C. qidnguefoUa, 2—3 in. long, often 7, glabrous above, obtiise. Sacemes closely 12-30- 

 flowered, ^— ^ ft. ; bracts ^-J in., acuminate, reflexed, persistent. Ca/yx just like that 

 •of C. qiiinquefolia. Corolla yellow, glabrous, half as long again as the calyx. Fod 

 linear-oblong, 1^2 in. long, distinctly stalked. 



77. C. digitata, Hook. Bot. Misc. ii. 854, sii^l. t. 16 (0. quinc[uefolia) ; 

 .shrubby, branches and leaves on both sides clothed with loose soft tomentum, 

 leaflets obovate-cuneate, bracts lanceolate tomentose, pedicels twice the calyx. 

 W. ^ A. Prodr. 194, more Wiffht in Wall. Cat. 5430. 



Caenatic ; Madura hills, Wight. 



A low shrub ; the whole plant, except calyx and corolla, clothed with loose 

 :soft pale brown velvety tomentum. Stipules J in. long, linear-setaceous, reflexed, 

 persistent ; petiole 2-3 in. ; leaflets 3-6, thick and soft, ouneate in the lower half, 

 very obtuse, the end one reaching 2^3 in. long, |- 1 in. broad, the outermost sometimes 

 unequal-sided. Eacerms terminal and lateral, short-peduncled, closely 12-20- 

 flowered; bracts lanceolate acuminate, densely velvety, patent, persistent. Calyx 

 .glabrous, f-f in. long ; teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla yellow, gla- 

 brous, 1 in. Jong. Pod linear-oblong, 2-2J in. long. 



C. ELLiPTiCA, Eoxb. in Wall. Cat. 5433 (C. Vaehellii, H. ^ A.), and C. vasotilosa, 

 Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5427, have no claim to rank as Indian species, having been in- 

 ;troduced to the Calcutta Garden, the former from China, and the latter from 

 Mauritius. 



9. OSVONXS, Linn. 



Undershrubs or herbs, often viscid. Leaves with pinnately 3-foliolate toothed 

 .leaflets. Caly.r-tube campanulate ; teeth long, subec[ual. Petals clawed ; 



standard roundish ; wings obovate-oblong ; keel incurved, acute. Stamens 



monadelphous, the alternate filaments dilated at the apex ; anthers dimorphous. 



Ovary in our plant subseasile, few-ovnled ; style filiform, abruptly incurved, 

 ■-stigma minute oblique. Pod oblong, tui-gid, continuous within.— Disteib. 



Species 60, mainly Mediterranean and European. 



1. O. hircina, Jacq. Sort. Vind. t. 93 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 56. 0. 

 altissima. Lam. Diet. i. 506; DC. Prodr. ii. 162. 0. zxyeosii, Linn, lierh. in 

 part. 0. procurrens, Benth. in Royle III. 197. 



Temperate "West Himalaya; Tibet and Kashmie, alt. 6-7000 ft. — Disteib. 

 Orient, West Siberia, Europe. 



An undershrub, with ascending unarmed pubescent stems. Stipules large, leafy, 

 adnate to the short petioles ; leaflets oblong, obtuse. Flowers reddish, in pairs at the 

 axils of the leaves, forming a close leafy raceme at the end of the branches. Calyx 

 ■2 in. ; teeth linear, exceeding the tube. Pod oblong, downy, not exserted, 2-3-s6eded. 



