BN—13190 
FIGurRE 14.—COrotalaria retusa lL. 
long and 14 inch wide with a prominent midvein, smooth and shiny 
above, hairy and dull beneath. The pea-shaped flowers, borne verti- 
cally along long, terminal flower stems, are about 1 inch wide and 
yellow streaked or blotched with purple. The smooth, short-beaked, 
inflated pods are about 1 inch long and ¥% inch thick and contain 
many small, kidney-shaped, hard, shiny seeds. The seeds usually 
germinate at the onset of the rainy season and produce plants that 
