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colic and flatulency ; the juice from the leaves is used as a drink in 

 fevers, said to purify the blood, and a decoction is used in cases of 

 chronic fever (Moloney, For. W. Afr. p. 307). The juice of the 

 leaves and tender stalks is prescribed in India, by the Tamool 

 doctors in cases of scabies and impetigo (Dymock, Pharmacog. Indica. 

 i. p. 400 and Diet. Econ. Prod. India). 



Found growing 2-3 ft. high in a cultivated patch of Henna 

 (Laivsonia alba) in S. Persia, altitude 1500 ft. (James, Herb. 

 Kew) ; on waste ground about 200 ft. above sea level, Freetown, 

 Sierra Leone (Johnston, Herb. Kew) ; in sandy rocky situations on 

 the Victoria River, and Sea Range, Andrew's Land, N. Australia 

 (Bentham Fl. Austral, ii. p. 181). For particulars of cultivation see 

 G. juncea. 



Crotalaria striata, DC; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 38. 



.Z7Z.— Andrews, Rep. t. 648 (O. Saltiana) ; Rchb. Ic. Bot. Exot, 

 t. 232 (G. Brownei) ; Bot. Mag. t. 3200 ; Wright, Cocoa, p. 173. 



Vemac. name, — Biye-rama (Katagum, Dalziel). 



Jeba ; Katagum. Found in the Malay Islands, and spread through 

 Tropical America and Africa. 



Cultivated by the Santals, Chutia Nagpur, India, mainly for its 

 fibre (Diet. Econ. Prod. India). 



The plant is useful as a green manure in cocoa, coffee, rubber 

 plantations, &c. 



The composition of the plant in the fresh state has been given by 

 Wright (Cocoa, p. 173) as follows: — Nitrogen per cent. 0*7 to I'O; 

 Potash per cent. 0*47 ; Phosphoric acid, per cent. 0*154 ; Lime per 

 cent. 0*210. It is recommended to be buried with lime or basic slag 

 around the trees (I.e.). The nitrogen content of the plant in the 

 green state has also been recorded as 0*73 to 0*99 per cent., and a 

 crop of 14,000 lbs. is considered equivalent, so far as nitrogen is 

 concerned to 1700 lbs. of castor cake, or 700 lbs. of sodium nitrate 

 (Bull. Imp. Inst. 1906, p. 124). 



The time between sowing and uprooting has been given at 

 10 months (Wright I.e.) ; twice a year (Bull. Imp. Inst. I.e.). The 

 right time to bury the plants in, however, will depend largely on 

 local conditions, it is important to see that they are not left growing 

 so long as to become woody. Cultivated on some tea plots at 

 Peradeniya, Ceylon, it was found that plants sown in July, and 

 pruned or uprooted after 4 months growth yielded 3061 lbs. of 

 original matter ; 5 months, 10,128 lbs.; 9 months, 7054 lbs., and after 

 14 months, 583 lbs.; or a total of: 20,826 lbs. (Ceylon Adm. Rep. Roy. 

 Bot. Gardens, 1905, p. C 30). 



Crotalaria verrucosa, Linn,; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 14. 



///.— Rheede, Hort. Mai. ix. t, 29 ; Burman, Thes. Zeylan. t. 3J ; 

 Jacq. Ic. PI. Rar. t. 144 (C. coerulea) ; Cav. Ic. iv. t. 321 (0. angulosa) ; 

 Andrews, Rep. v. t. 308 ; Bot. Reg. (1828), 1. 1137 ; Bot. Mag. t.3034 ; 

 Wight, Ic. PI. Ind. or. i. t. 200 ; Paxton, Mag. xiii. t, 223 ; Annates 

 de Gand, Hi. 1847, t. 118 ; Banks & Solander, Bot, Cook's Voy. i. t, 52. 



Vemac. name. — Nilandana hiriya (Ceylon, Mas. Kew). — Waited 

 Crotalaria, 



Found in Tropical Africa, Asia and America, uses as under 

 C, retusa. 



