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branches acutely tetragonal, racemes terminal, ovaries 
villous. 
Pee-tandale-cotti, Bheed. Med. IX. 53. t. 29.— Crotalaria 
angulosa, Lam. Encycl. II. 196 — C. verrucosa. Linn. Sp. 1005. 
— Hooker, Bot. Mag. 3034. 
HAB. Common, especially in Cane pieces. 
Herbaceous, a foot or more in height, with spreading acutely 
quadrangular branches. Leaves more or less attenuated at the 
base into a short petiole, rounded and in general retuse with an 
awn at the apex, entire, pubescent. Stipules falcato-lanceolate, 
deflected. Racemes terminal, of about 7 rather large and 
handsome blue flowers. Calyx somewhat 2-lipped, 5 -fid. 
Standard bent back, of a pale blue streaked with deep purple 
veins, with two squamose callosities at the base : wings obo- 
vate : keel whitish, tinged with yellow at the apex. Stamens 
monadelphous, alternately short and long : the former with ob- 
long, the latter with round orange-coloured .anthers. Ovary 
subterete, linear, hairy : style geniculated, pubescent on the 
under surface towards the stigma. 
This species is a native of the East Indies. It has become 
naturalized in this Island, and is to be met with in almost every 
cane-piece interval, and by every road-side. The flowers re- 
semble those of some species of Lupin, and are by no means 
unornamental. The figure in the Botanical Magazine is very 
good, except that the standard is of deeper blue than what is 
there represented. 
2. Crotalaria retusa. Wedge-leaved Hattle-wort. 
Stipules short setaceo-subulate straight, leaves ob- 
long wedge-shaped retuse very minutely pellucido- 
punctate, raceme terminal, ovary glabrous. 
Tandale-Cotti, Rheed. Mol. IX. t. 25. — Crotalaria major, 
Rwnph. Arab. V. t. 96. f. 1 — C. retusa, Linn. Sp. 1004. — Bot. 
Beg. 253. 
HAB. Common. 
FL. Principally towards the end of the year. 
This is a native of the East Indies. It has, however, become 
very common, and may be met with in every part of the Island. 
The flowers are of a yellow colour, large, and showy, and, 
were it not that the plant is so common, would be thought 
beautiful. The standard is internally striated with purple, and 
externally of a brownish tinge approaching to tawny. The 
leaves are puberulous with appressed hairs beneath ; and the 
awn at the apex is in general retuse. 
Crotalaria Leschenaultij, with leaves and flowers very 
much resembling those of the present species, but larger, grows 
wild in the neighbourhood of the Botanic Garden, St Andrew s : 
