204 LEG UMIN08M, [Oeotalaeia. 



amall, lanceolate. Calyx ^ in., densely pubescent. Corolla yellow with 

 purple spots, exserted. Fod sessile, oblong, downy, 8-lC-seeded. 

 Merwara, Bundelkhand. Distrib. : Oater Himalaya at low elevations, 

 Behar, S. India, Burma. 



8. C. linifolia, Linn, f, Suppi,, 322; Boxh. Fl. Ind. Hi, 266 s Don 

 Prod 241 ; W. ^ A. Prod. 190 {excl. syn.,; D. Sf G. Bomh. Fl. 56 ; F.BJ. n, 

 72. 0. caespitosa, Boxh. I. c. 669. 



A perennial diffuse or erect herb. Branches many, slender, firm, terete, 

 clothed with short appressed silky hairs. Leaves shortly stalked, oblan- 

 ceolate, obtuse, rarely linear, base subcuneate ; stipules 0. Bacemes 

 elongate, usually terminal, laxly flowered ; bracts subulate, minute. 

 Calyx ^-i in., 2 lipped, silky; upper teeth connate, lower linear. 

 Corolla pale yellow, glabrous scarcely exserted. Pod sessile, ovoid- 

 oblong, as long as the calyx, glabrous, black when ripe. 



Dehra Dun (Gamble), Saugor iJerdon). Distbib. : Sikkim, ascending 

 to 4,000 ft., Ohota Nagpur, C. and S. India and in Ceylon ; also in the 

 Malay Archipelago, China, the Philippines and in N. Australia. 



9. C. calycina. Schranh ; PI. Bar. Hort. t. 12 ; F. B. I. ii, 72. 0. 



stricta, Bo.sb. Fl. Ind. in, 265 {not of Both). 0. anthylloides, Bon; W. 

 ^ A. Prod. 181 ; Boyle III. 191 ;B.Sf G. Bomb. Fl. 54 (not ofLamTc). 



An erect herb. Branches clothed with short appressed silky hairs. Leaves 

 2-6 in. long, subsessile, linear and acute or lanceolate and rather ob- 

 tuse, obscurely silky beneath ; stipules very minute, deciduous. Flowers 

 few, in lax racemes, also solitary from leafy nodes ; bracts and bracteoles 

 large, lanceolate. Calyx f-1 in. long, densely clothed with long silky 

 hairs ; teeth all long, the lower lanceolate and acuminate, the upper 

 broader and subobtuse. Corolla shorter than the calyx, pale yellow, 

 glabrous. Pod sessile, linear- oblong, included, glabrous, dark brown. 



Siwalik range and in N. Oudh, Distrib. : Outer Himalaya up to 6,500 

 ft. in Kumaon, Bengal, Chittagong, Upper Burma and Shan Hills. 



10. C. sessiliflora, Linn. 8p. PI, ed. ii, 1004; F. B. I. it, 73. 



An erect annual, 1-2 ft. high. Stents simple or branched, clothed with 

 short silky hairs. Leaves 2-6 in. long, linear or lanceolate, narrowed to 

 both ends, thickly herbaceous, glabrous above; stip 'ties setaceous, very 

 small. Flowers crowed in elongated racemes, or occasionally solitary in 

 the axils of the upper leaves, deflexed ; bracts long, setaceous, persistent. 

 Calyx up to | in. long, densely clothed with long silky hairs ; tube shortly 

 campanulate ; teeth all long, acute, the upper lanceolate and narrow. 

 Corolla blue and white, rarely yellow, glabrous, not exserted. Pod 

 sessile ^ in. long, not exserted, oblong, glabrous. 



Eohilkhand & N. Oudh, Disteib. : Outer Himalaya eastward to Assam ; 

 Punjab, C. India, Behar, Malay Penins., Mcobars, Java, China, Japan and 

 in the Philippines. 



11. C. mysorensis. Both Nov. PI. 338; W. ^ A.Prod. 182 ; F. B. I. ii, 70, 

 C. Btipulacea, Boxh. Fl. Ind. Hi, 284. 



