On the occurrence of Crotalaria uncinella subsp. elliptica (Fabaceae) in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India Author Nandikar, Mayur D. Naoroji Godrej Centre for Plant Research (NGCPR), 431 Lawkim Campus, Shindewadi, Shirwal, Satara, Maharashtra, INDIA 412801 Author Kishor, K. C. Naoroji Godrej Centre for Plant Research (NGCPR), 431 Lawkim Campus, Shindewadi, Shirwal, Satara, Maharashtra, INDIA 412801 Author Malpure, Nilesh V. Department of Botany, S. S. G. M. College, Kopargaon, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, INDIA 423601 text Phytotaxa 2018 2018-11-27 379 1 73 77 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.379.1.7 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.379.1.7 1179-3163 13724651 Crotalaria uncinella Lam. subsp . elliptica (Roxb.) Polhill (1971: 284) = Crotalaria elliptica Roxb. ( Roxburgh 1832: 284 ) Fig. 1 , 2 Lectotype (designated here) :—[icon] “ Crotalaria elliptica ” in Icones Roxburghianae No. 1888 ( K !) [http://apps.kew.org/floraindica/ searchOptions.do;jsessionid= 0CA8CCD9783AA26738D6936CE62548B5 ] FIGURE 1. Crotalaria uncinella subsp. elliptica : A . habitat from Saddle Peak National Park, B . inflorescence, C . infructescence (Photographs: Mayur Nandikar). FIGURE 2 . Crotalaria uncinella subsp. elliptica : A . flowering twig B . calyx, C . standard, D . alae, E . keel, F . legume, G . stamens, H . pistil (Illustration: Mayur Nandikar). Erect, suffrutescent, annual herb, up to 1 m high. Stems terete, fractiflex, young branches straminaceous, puberulous, old branches glabrous; internodes 0.5 × 6 cm long. Stipules inconspicuous, deciduous, triangular–ovate, ca. 1 × 1 mm , sericeous to pubescent without, glabrous within. Leaves trifoliate, alternate; petiole 1–2.8 cm long, pubescent; leaflets stalked, stalk 1–2 mm long, pubescent; lamina obovate, 1.5–2.5 × 1.0– 1.4 cm ; base acute, apex retuse with small mucronate projection; margin entire; veins, alternate, 3–4, brochidodromous; abaxial surface characteristically white, velutinous, adaxial glabrous. Inflorescence a terminal and axillary raceme of 20 to 30 flowers on 5–10 (–12) cm long, pubescent peduncule. Flowers bracteate, bract ovate-lanceolate, ca. 1 × 1 mm , pubescent without, glabrous within; pedicel ca. 4 mm long, pubescent, reflexed downwards; calyx 5–lobed, bi-lipped, upper lip with two lobes, lower with three sepal lobes; sepal lobes ovate, 2.5 mm long, except lower, medial one (lanceolate, acuminate, 3 mm long), basally connate, apex-acute, pubescent without, glabrous within at base; corolla exerted from the calyx; standard orbicular, ca. 5 × 5 mm , venulose, lemon yellow to ochre-yellow, claw inconspicuous, with ca. 2 mm long, paired callosities; alae oblong, ca. 6 × 3 mm , venulose, claw 2 mm , lemon-yellow; keel cucullate, conduplicate, ca. 6 × 5 mm , apex attenuate, strongly rounded on lower part, claw ciliate, ca. 1 mm continued in a small alae like 1 mm projections, half of the upper margin ciliate, otherwise glabrous; staminal sheath ca. 7 mm long; filaments 3.5–4 mm long; anthers dimorphic, shorter globular, longer ellipsoid; ovary stalked, ellipsoid to globular, pilose; style ca. 5 mm long, geniculate, sparsely pilose; stigma incospicuous; ovule 2 per fruit. Pods globular-ellipsoid to oblate, ca. 8 × 5 mm , densely to sparsely sericeous, apiculate; seeds two, ellipsoid to slightly obreniform, ca. 1.5 × 1 mm . ( Figure 1 & 2 ).