38 G. King Mat eriah for a Flora of the Malayan FeninmJa. [No. ), 
laxly eilky with tuaty haira, *5 in. long, tube very short, npper teeth 
laBceolate lower linear. Corolla yellow not exeerted. Pod shortly 
stalked 1-1'25 in. long glabrous 20--30-seeded. Bentb. in Hook. Lond. 
Jonrn. 11, 476; Bak. in Mor. Brit. Ind, II, C8. G. cauesc^ns Wall. Cat. 
5415. G. crassi/olia Hain. in Wall. Cat. 5416. G. leioloha Bartl. Ind. 
Som. Hort. G-oett, 1837; Linntea XII, Litfc. 80. C. piiosmiina Miq. 
Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 327. 
Patiang ; Katepong Pekan, Eidley ! DiSTRiB, India, ludo- China, 
China; Malay Aicbipelago. 
Mr. Ridley haa kindly nont the writer for infipection, from tlio Sinpnporo 
Horbarlum, the only epecimen of tbis BpecieB liitberto collectod in tlio Mulay Peiiiii- 
Bula. Tilt) plant is, however, qaite common, in Samatra and Java and may yet be 
fuutid olaewliere in the Petiiiisula. 
5. Crotalarea retusa Linn, Sp. PI. 715. An erect robust nnder- 
sbrnb 3-4 feet high, with stout striated glabrons branches. Leaves 
15-3 in, long, simple, short- petbled, thickly herbaceous, glabrous above 
paberuloua beneath, oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse or ofteuer retnse, rare- 
ly enbttcnto at apex, cnneate at base, stipnlea subulate very small. 
Eacemes terminal elongated 6-8 in. long laxly I2-i20-fld., bracts and 
bracteoles enbnlate, pedicels shorter than calyx. Galyx almost glabrons, 
•35-' 5 in., tube short campanulate, half the length of the lanceolate 
teetb. Corolla *8 in, long, much exserted, yellow with purple tinge. 
J*od glabrous linear-oblong, 1-1' 5 iu., distinctly stalked, 15"'20-seeded. 
DC. Prodr, II, 125; Eosb. Flor. Ind. Ill, 272; Bot, Reg. t. 253; Bot. 
Mag. t. 2561; Wall. Cat, 54=05; W. & A, Prodr. 187; Miq. Flor. Ind. 
Bat, 330; Bak. in Flor. Bi-it. Ind. II, 75. Impinus cochinchinensis 
Lour. Flor. Cochiucb. 429 ; DC. Prodi'. II, 410. Tandale-cotti R-heede, 
Hort Malab. IX, t. 25. 
Malay Peninsula ; Malacca, Maingay ! Eervey ! Pabang, Eidley ! 
Anbamaks; Port Blair, very common; having been introduced as a 
plant of native gaidens, it Usts now ran wild throughout the settlement. 
- — DlSTRlB. General in the tropics. 
6. Crotalaria sericka Retz, Obs. V, 26- A robust niidershrub 
3-4 feet high with stout striated almost glabrons branches. Leaves 2-6 
in. long, simple, short petioled, thickly herbaceons, glabrous above, 
finely silky beneath, obloug-oblanceolate acute or subacute at apex, 
cnneate at base ; stipules large leafy persistent. Racemes terminal 
elongated 10-12 in. long, laxly 20-50-lld., bracts ovate leafy persistent, 
pedicels longer than calyx. Calyx almost glabi'Ous '5 in. long, tube 
short campanulate haH the length of the lanceolate teeth. Corolla "8 in. 
long, much exserted, yellow with pnrple tinge. PwZ glabrous linear- 
oblong 1-2 in. long, distinctly stalked 20-30-seeded. DC. Prodr* II, 
