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CROTALARIA verrucosa 



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Warted Crotalaria. 



DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



NaU ord. Leguminos^e. § Lotece. '^ 



CROTALARIA L. Calyx 5-lobus sub-bilabiatus, labio superiore bi-, 

 i inferiore 3-fido. CotoUcr vexillum cordatum 



minat^. Filamenta 



magnum 



_ ^ erne fissa. Stylus 



lateraliter barbato-pubescens. Legumen turgidum valvis ventricosis inflatum, 



saepiils polyspermum pedicellatum. Herbae aut frutices. Folia sim- 



plicia aut palmatim compositay 3- aut rarissimi S-foliolata. Flores scBpiis 

 jflavL Bracteolae mininuB secus pedicellum aut ad basin calycis. Dec. 

 prodr. 2. 124. 



§ Foliis simplicibus. 

 * Stipulis non decurrentibus, interdUm millis, florihus racemosis, 

 racemis terminalibus aut oppositifoliis. Dec. 

 C. verrucosa ; stipulis lunatis declinatis, foliis ovatis, ramis acute tetragonis, 



racemis terminalibus, ovariis villosis, Dec. L c.p. 125. 

 C. verrucosa. Ltn7i. sp, pL 1005. - ■ 



C. cserulea. Jacq. ic. rar, t. 144. 

 C angulosa. Lam, diet. 2. p. 197. Cav. ic. 4. /. 321. 



Caulis annuus,^ quadrangulariSf suh-glaherj ramosus. Folia simpliciay 

 ovatay apiculataj glabra^ petiolis pubescentibus^ nunc acttfa, nunc ootusa; 

 stipulfie semi'OvatcBy lunatce^ refiexaz. Racemi terminaleSy multifloriy rachi, 

 pedicelliSy calycibusque pubescentibuSy apice scspiils steriles. Bractese minimis, 

 subulatcB. Corolla Cfsritlea. Legumen oblongumy injlatumy pilosum. 



A tender stove annual, native of many parts of the 

 East Indies, and varying extremely in the size and form of 

 its leaves, which are sometimes acute, as in the accom- 

 panying figure, sometimes retuse at the apex, and some- 

 times even ^hastate. Our drawing was made many years 

 ago, at the Nursery of Mr. ColvilL 



Stem erect, succulent, branched, angular, nearly smooth, 

 about 2 feet high. Leaves simple, ovate, apiculate, smooth, 

 with pubescent petioles, either acute or obtuse; stipules 

 half-ovate, lunate, reflexed. Racemes terminal, many- 

 fiowered, with the rachis, pedicels, and calyces pubescent, 

 usually sterile at the top. Bractea very small, subulate- 

 Coro//a blue. Pod oblong, inflated, pilose. 



