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XLVII. LEGUMINOS^. 
[i Crotalaria. 
Leaves compound, trifoliate; flowers all yellow. 
Procumbent herb; pods sub-globose pubescent 
2-seeded ....... 
Erect stout shrubs; pods cylindric, 20 to 30 
seeds. 
Pods hairy ....... 
Pods glabrous cylindric, sub-sessile 
Pods glabrous, swollen oblong, stalked . 
Leaves 5-foliate or more ..... 
(10) C. uncinella 
(11) C. incana 
(12) C. Saltiana 
(13) C. laburnifolia 
(14) C. quinquefolia 
(1) C. alata Ham. Roxb. Hori. Beng. 98; Baker in Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. ii. 69; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 36. 
Shrubby herb, 1 to 2 ft. tall. Stem and leaves beneath silky. 
Leaves simple oblong-ovate sub-acute, membranous, 1 to 3 in. 
long, -5 to 1 in. wide. Stipules with a triangular point, forming a 
wing to the stem below for the whole length. Flowers 2 to 3 on 
peduncles lateral about 2 in. long, with often one or two ovate 
leaves on it. Calyx -35 in. long silky; tube campanulate. Corolla 
as long, yellow. Pod stalked, linear-oblong, 1-25 to 175 in. long. 
Seeds 30 to 40. Hab. Sandy places. Singapore, near Serangoon; 
Changi. Johor, Sungei Tebrau. Distrib. Indo-Malaya. Native 
name : Kachang Hantu Darat. 
(2) C. sessiliflora Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1004; Baker, in Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. ii. 73; Prain, lx. 36. 
Annual 1 to 2 ft. tall, simple or little branched. Stem and 
leaves beneath silky. Leaves simple linear-lanceolate, herbaceous, 
2 to 6 in. long, -24 in. wide. Stipules setaceous, very small. 
Racemes terminal, 5- to 20-flowered, 1 to 8 in. long. Bracts long, 
setaceous. Flowers close set. Calyx silky long-haired, campanu¬ 
late with long acute teeth, *35 to - 5 in. long. Corolla as long, blue 
and white (rarely yellow). Pod sessile, '5 in. long, oblong. Seeds 
10 to 15. Hab. Rare on sandy heaths. Pahang River, Pulau 
Tawar. Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur. Distrib. Indo-Malaya, 
China and Japan. 
(3) C. chinensis Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2, p. 1003; Baker, in Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. ii. 73; Prain, l.c. 37. 
Annual 1 to 2 ft. tall, branched. Branches ascending, red-haired. 
Leaves simple, linear to lanceolate, base round, tip sub-acute, 75 
to 2*25 in. long, - i to ’5 in. across, appressed-hairy all over. Racemes 
short dense, of few flowers, 3 to 6 terminal. Bracts lanceolate 
acuminate. All appressed red-hairy. Calyx-tube short, lobes 
acute, upper lanceolate, lower linear. Corolla pale yellow as long. 
Pod sessile, glabrous, oblong 15- to 20-seeded. Hab. Rocks in 
rivers, local. Perak, Kwala Temengoh. Setul. Distrib. Indo- 
Malaya, China. 
(4) C, ferruginea Grah. in. Wall. Cat. 5398; Baker, l.c. 68; 
Prain, l.c. 37. 
Perennial branching herb, i'5 to 2 ft. tall, hairy. Leaves 
herbaceous, simple, 1*5 to 2 in. long, -5 to 75 in. across, ovate- 
