FLORA OF THE SUNDRIBUNS, 
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Flowers yellow, in terminal racemes only ; leaves oblanceolate- 
oblon^ t •••••• fstusa , 
Leaves 3-foliolate ; flowers yellow, mostly in long terminal 
racemes . . • • • . * Salftana , 
42. Crotalaria verrucosa Linn.; F. B. I. ii. 77. angulosa F. I. 
iii. 273. E. D. C 2164. 
Frequent in northern clearings, Calcutta Garden Collectors ! 
Prain ! also on the coast at Tiger Point, Heinig ! 
Vernac. Ban Qan, 
A shrubby herb ; properties unimportant. '' 
Distrib. — Trop. Asia, Africa and America. 
43. Crotalaria retusa Linn,; F. I. iii. 273; F. B. 1 . ii. 75. E. D. 
C2155. 
Coast, at Tiger Point, Heinig \ 
Vernac. Chotka ; Bhil Jhanjhan, 
A robust shrubby herb ; yields a tolerable fibre. 
Distrib. — Trop. Asia ; introd. in Trop. Africa and America. 
Seeds almost certainly washed down by the rivers. 
44. Crotalaria Saltiaiia Andr, C. striata F. B. 1 . ii. 84 partly. 
E. D. c 2159. 
Sea-face, ! Northern clearings, G.Thomson\ Calcutta Gar- 
den Collectors ! 
An erect shrubby herb ; gives a fair fibre. 
Distrib. — Trop. America and Africa j S.-E. Asia. 
37 . Cyamopsis DC. 
45. '^Cyamopsis psoraloides DC. ; F. B. I. ii. 92. Dolichos fahse- 
formis F. 1 . iii. 316. E. D. C 2514. 
Sundribuns, cultivated, Calcutta Garden Collectors ! 
Vernac. Guar, 
An annual crop ; plants erect, stoutish, 2-3 feet high, with thick straight 
fleshy pods. Probably only occasionally cultivated in Sundribun clearings, as 
it has not been reported from these since 1845. 
Distrib. — India generally, in the drier regions ; and Afghanistan. 
38 . Sesbania Pers. 
46. *Sesbania graiidiflora Pers.; F. B. I. ii. 115. ^schynomene 
grandiflora F. I. iii. 331. E. D. S. 1186. 
Planted at almost every clearing. 
Vernac. Bok-phul ; Agati. 
A soft-wooded, quick-growing, short-lived tree, planted to support climbing 
vegetables ; also leaves and flowers eaten. 
Distrib.'— Mascarenes to Malaya and N. Australia, 
