LEGUMINOSiE. XLV. Hallia. XLVL Heylandia. XLVII. Crotalaria. 



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of sandy loam and peat, but they do not requfre to be watered 



7 H. iMBRiCA^TA(Thunb. 1. c.) stems terete, striated; branches 



so freely as many other plants of this order ; for if they are villous ; stipulas ovate-oblong, acute, membranous, deflexed ; 

 watered too much over their leaves, it is certain to kill them. leaves nearly sessile, cordate, acute, complicated. If.. ? ^2. ? G, 

 The very young tops taken off and made into cuttings, and Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Sims, hot. mag. 1850. 

 planted in a pot of sand, with a bell-glass placed over them, are Hedysarum imbricatum, Lin. fil. suppl. 330. Thunb. nov. act. 

 not difficult to root, if the bell-glasses are taken off and wiped ups. 6. p. 42. t. 1. f. 2. Flowers sessile. 



regularly to prevent damp. They are all elegant plants when in Imbricate-leaived Hallia. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1812. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



flower. Cult. The species of Hallia are very pretty plants, with 



purple flowers ; they thrive well in a mixture of sandy loam and 



XLV. HA'LLIA (named after Berger Martin Hall, a pupil peat, and young cuttings strike freely in sand under a bell-glass, 

 of Linnaeus, and the student under whose name the thesis called or they may be raised from seeds, which sometimes ripen. 

 Nectaria Jlorum stands in the Amoenitates Academicse). Thunb. 

 prod, in praef. 2. fl. cap. 593. Desf. journ. bot. 3. p. 125. t. C. 

 f. 30. but not of Jaume. D. C. prod. 2. p. 122. 



LiN. SYST. Monadelphia^ Decdndria. Calyx 5-cleft, with 

 the segments about equal. Keel obtuse. Stamens monadel- 

 phous, with the sheath complete. Legume compressed, mem- 

 branous, 2-valved, 1-seeded. — Cape herbs or subshrubs, with 

 simple leaves and with the stipulas adhering to the petioles, and 

 purple flowers standing on solitary axillary pedicels. This 

 genus is allied to Psoralen or Anthyllis, not to Hedysarum. 



1 H. ala'ta (Thunb. fl. cap. 593.) stem 2-edged ; stipulas 

 rather decurrent, adnate to the petioles and longer than them ; 



XLVI. HEYLA'NDIA (in honour of M. Heyland, an artist 

 employed by De CandoUe). D. C. leg. mem. vi. prod. 2. 

 p. 123. 



Lin. syst. Monadelphia, Decdndrla. Calyx 5-cleft, with the 

 lobes about equal. Keel obliquely truncate and acuminated, as 

 in Ononis, Stamens monadelphous, witli the sheath cleft in 

 front. Style filiform, bent, almost forming a straight angle. 

 Legume compressed, 1-celled, 1-seeded. — East Indian herbs or 

 subshrubs, slender, dichotomous, and hairy, without stipulas. 

 Leaves on short petioles, cordate, roundish. Flowers axillary, 



ac.,.. .c.u.xcn., ctuua.. tu tnu peuuies aim longer uian uiemj ^^^^ nearly sessile, yellow, and small. 



leaves lanceolae or oblong, younger ones rather villous and , J' ..pi^.'.p. riS fl. Ipc. ....rv.. x 



complicated, adult ones glabrous ; flowers on short pedicels, 

 ultimate ones according to Thunberg disposed in a terminal 

 raceme, Itl 



1 H. heeeca'rpa (D. C. leg. mem. vi. t. 34.) legumes co- 

 vered with long scattered hairs ; leaves on very short stalks, 

 roundish and cordate. 



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Native of Ceylon, in the 



Cape Town, a little to the westward. 



, , T P P y interior of the country. Ovary very hairy. Leaves 4-5-lines 



Winged 



FL July, Aug. Clt. 1818. PL 1 ft. 



long. 



2 H. fla'ccida (Thunb. 1. c.) stem filiform, trigonal at the , 



apex ; stipulas ovate, acute, striated, hardly adnate to the petioles ^^9^^ t vtI 

 at the base, and rather longer than them ; leaves lanceolate, mu- 

 cronate, glabrous ; peduncles 1 -flowered, length of leaves. % . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. The stipulas according to 

 Ihunberg are reflexed, but in the specimen they are obviously 



Hairy-fruited Heylandia. FL Jul. Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 



Na- 



erect. 



Flaccid Hallia. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1789. PL 1 to 2 feet. 

 3 H. ANGUSTiFOLiA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 123.) stem filiform; 



ca'rpa (D. C. 1. c.) legumes smooth ; lea^ 

 very short petioles, roundish, and cordate. 2f . ? ^ . ? S. 

 tive of the East Indies. Hallia hirta, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1169. 

 Pluk. aim. t. 454. f. 8. Lens Madraspatana, Elatines folio, 

 Petiv. gaz. t. 30- f. 11. Hallia monophylla, Desv. in herb. 

 Desf. Leaves 2-3 lines long. 



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Fl. July, Aug, Clt. 1 820. Sh. pr. 



„.. 1 , , , ' -,-11,/., 3 H. LATEBRosA (D. C. 1. c.) legumes rather pilose ; leaves 



stipulas lanceolate, erect, adnate even to the middle of the very ^^^^j^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^t^^ ^ ^ S_ Native of the East Indies. 



snort petioles and longer than them ; leaves linear, acute, gla- 

 brous ; pedicels 1 -flowered, a little shorter than the leaves. 

 %' G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Hallia, no. 181. 

 Burch, cat. pi. afr. aust. 



Narrow-leaved Hallia. PL 1 foot. 



4 H. viRGATA (Thunb. fl. cap. L c.) stem terete; stipulas 

 lanceolate, erect ; petioles very short ; leaves lanceolate, mucro- 

 nate, glabrous ; pedicels much shorter than the leaves. % • G. 



Hedysarum latebrbsum, Lin. mant. 270. exclusive of the syno- 

 nym of Petiv. Lespedeza latebrosa, Pers. ench. Branches 

 and bracteas ciliated with long hairs. 



Latehrose Heylandia. Shrub procumbent. 



Cult. The culture and propagation of this genus is the same 

 as that recommended for Hallia^ but being stove plants require 

 heat. 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Twiggy Hallia. PL 1 foot. 



5 H. corda'ta (Thunb. 1. c.) stem filiform, trigonal, pilose; 

 stipulas lanceolate, spreading, reflexed, about equal with the 

 petioles in length ; leaves cordate, acuminated, pilose ; pedicels 

 1-flowered, 3-times longer than the petioles. l/.G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope, in grassy places. Hedysarum cor- 

 datum, Thunb. nov. act. ups. 6. p. 41. t. 1. Glycine mono- 

 phylla, Jacq. schoenbr. 3. t. 296. 



Var. /3, Burchellii (D. C. prod. 2. p. 123.) petioles twice or 

 thrice longer than the stipulas ; leaves cordate, rather obtuse, 

 mucronate. %. G. Burch. cat. no. 371. 



Corrfa/Heaved Hallia. FL Aug. Clt. 1787. PL 1 foot. 



6 H. asa'rina (Thunb. 1. c.) stem filiform, striated, pilose; 



XLVII. CROTAL.VRIA (from tcporaXov, Jcrotalon, a Cas- 

 tanet ; the pods of this genus are inflated, and the seeds rattle 

 when the pods are shaken.). Lin. gen. 862. Gaert. fruct. 2. 

 t. 148. Lara. ilL t. 67. D. C. prod. 2. p. 124. 



Lin. syst. Monadelphia^ Decdndria. Calyx 5-lobed, some- 

 what bilabiate, upper lip bifid, lower one trifid. Vexillum 

 large, cordate. Keel falcate, acuminated. Filaments all con- 

 nected with the sheath, cleft in front. Style bearded laterally, 

 pubescent. Legume turgid, with the valves ventricose, usually 

 many-seeded, pedicellate. — Herbs or subshrubs, with simple or 

 palmately compound leaves, these last have usually 3 leaflets, 

 very rarely 5 -foliate. Flowers usually yellow, with small brac- 

 teas along, the pedicels, or at the base of the calyx. The 



stipulas ovate, acute, reflexed, longer than the very short pe- greater number of the species being not suflficiently known, the 

 tioles ; leaves cordate, roundish, mucronate, villous; pedicels ' ' "' ' -c_.„i __,i„ 



V 



1-flowered, length of leaves. %. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Crotal^ria asarina. Berg. cap. 194. 



Asarum4ike Hallia. FL July, Aug. Clt. 1810. PL 1 ft. 



disposed 



§ 1 . Leaves simple 



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Stipulas decurrent. Flowers disposed in racemes ^ the ra* 



