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LEGUMINOS^. XLVII. Crotalaria. 



opposite the leaves. Stems all herbaceous. decurrent ; leaves almost sessile, oval, hairy as well as the stems, 



Corolla smaller than the calyx^ or about equal in length to it. 



I C. ALA^TA (H 



which are diffuse ; racemes elongated, 4-6-flowered, opposite tk 

 leaves. 



l/.F. 



rens. 



Native of Georgia and Carolina, in pine bar- 

 Hook, hot. mag. 3006. C. sagittalis, var. ovalifolia, 

 241.) stipulas ovate, acute, rather convex on the inner side, Michx. fl. bor. amer. p. 55. Anonymos rotundif olia, Walt. no. 



278. C. rotundifolia, Poir. suppl. 2, p. 402. The leaves are 

 sometimes exstipulate, as has been noticed by Nuttall. 



Oval-leaved Crotalaria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1810. Pl.lft. 



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running down the stem a great way in a wing ; leaves oval or 

 oval-oblong, retuse, pubescent as well as the stem, which is 

 ascendent; bracteas ovate. 0. F. Native of Nipaul, 

 Suembu. Racemes few-flowered. Bracteas and bracteoles 

 ovate. Calycine lobes acuminated. Flowers pale-yellow. 



?r/«^crf-stemmed Crotalaria. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1818. Pl.lft. 



2 C. sTiruLA^RiA (Desv. journ. bot. 1814. 2. p. 76.) stipulas 

 ovate, acuminated, rather cut on the inner side, ending in a long 

 broad wing ; leaves oval, obtuse, and are villous as well as the 

 steni, which is erect; bracteas linear, acuminated. ©.? S. 

 Native of Cayenne. Legume smooth, an inch long. 



Var.ft.serpylUfdUa (D. C. prod. 2. p. 124.) leaves oval- 

 oblong, smaller than those of the species. ©. ? S. Native of? 

 C. scrpyllifoh'a, herb. Lamb. 



St'tpular Crotalaria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. PI. 1 foot. 



lie. RUBiGiNosA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 973.) stipulas linear, 

 acuminated, upper ones decurrent ; leaves oval-lanceolate, mu- 

 cronate, villous, as well as the stem, which is branched and 

 diffuse ; racemes usually 3-flowered and elongated. G« S. 

 Native of the East Indies. This is very like the preceding 

 species. 



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Rusty Crotalaria. Fl. July. Clt. 1807. 



PI. \ to 1 foot. 



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Stipulas not decurrent^ and sometimes wanting altogetJier, 

 Flowers disposed in racemes, which are either terminal or oppositt 

 the leaves. 



8 C. geniste'lla(H. B. et Kunth,nov. gen. amer. G. p. 398.) 12 C. verrucosa (Lin. spec. 1005.) stipulas lunate, declinate; 



plant covered with strigose silky hairs, herbaceous, erect ; stipu- 



las short, decurrent, acute ; leaves lanceolate, acute, silvery 



leaves oval, obtuse ; branches acutely tetragonal ; racemes ter- 



Native of the East Indies. 



beneath; racemes axillary and terminal, many-flowered, pani- Andr. bot. 

 cled; legume many-seeded, smooth. 1/ . S. Native on the 

 Andes, about Popayan. 



Genista-like Crotalaria. PI. 1 foot. 



4 C, tterocau'la (Desf. 1. c.) stipulas obtuse, decurrent; 



leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 legume oblong, smooth. 

 fVingcd-stexnmcd Crc 



acute, silky from adpressed hairs ; 

 O. ? S. Native of South America. 

 laria. PI. 1 foot. 



minal ; ovaries villous. Q. S. 



rep. t. 308. Lindl. bot. reg. 1137. Hook, bot 

 mag. 3034. C. cooriilea, Jacq. icon. rar. t. 144. C. angulosif 

 Lam. diet. 2. p. 195. Cav. icon. 4. t. 321. Corolla with Ae 

 vexillum greenish-white, streaked with pale-blue inside andwitk 

 the wings obovate, yellowish white at the base, the rest blue, 

 and with the keel whitish, but yellowish at the point. Anthen 

 yellow. 



JVarted Crotalaria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1731. PI. 1 to 2 fl. 

 5 C. platyca'rpa (Link. enum. 2. p. 227.) branches winged 13 C. acuminata; stipulas lunate, declinate; leaves ovate, 



above, from the decurrent stipulas, lower leaves oblong, upper but rather hastate at the base, and acuminated at the apex; 

 ones lanceolate, acute, hairy ; racemes lateral, bracteoles linear. branches tetragonal; racemes terminal ; ovaries villous? Q-f* 

 0. II. Native of North America. Corolla yellow, but with Native of the Mauritius and the islands in the East Indies. 



the vexillum brownish. 



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C. verrucosa, var- 



Leaves 



j4ciimi7iated-leeived Crotalaria. Fl. June, July. Clt. l?'!- 



Broad-podded Crotalaria. Fl. July. Clt. 1823. PI. 1 foot. a, acuminata, D. C. prod. 2. p. 125.— Burm. zeyl. t. 34 

 6 C. PuRsmi (D. C. prod. 2. p. 124.) stipulas lanceolate, acute at both ends. Flowers bluish. 



acuminated, decurrent ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, glabrous ; stem 



erect, simple, clothed with adpressed villi ; racemes usually 3- 



flowered. G). H. " ' 



Carolina, 

 of Lam, 



PI. 1 feet. 



Native of North America, in Virginia and 14 C. semperflorens (Vent. hort. eels. t. 17.) stipulas lu* 



C. Isevig'^ta, Pursh, fl. sept. amer. 2. p. 469. but not 

 Pluk. aim. t. 277. f. 2. 



cronate 



Pursh's Crotalaria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. PL 1 foot. clothed with adpressed pubescence, i;. ? I2 . S. 



(Roth 



short, superior ones decurrent ; leaves linear-lanceolate, very 

 hairy as well as the stem, which is erect and branched. 0. H. 

 Native of North America, from New York to Carolina. Willd. 

 spec. 3. p. 973. Pursh, 1. c. 



Small-fowered Crotalana. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1817. PI. 2 ft. 

 8 C. SAGITTA LIS (Lin. spec. 1003. var. a.) stipulas lanceolate. 



nate, nearly lanceolate, declinate ; leaves oval, eraarginate, n\^ 



siems terete, striated, sufFruticose at the base ; ^^'^^^ 



Native of thj 



East Indies. Flowers golden-yellow, crowded at the tops 

 the racemes. 



Leaves clothed with adpressed pubescence 

 neajli, and usually a little warted, as in C verrucosa. 



W«iT Crotalaria. FL Mar. Sept. Clt. 1816. 



be- 



1 to 



-/ 



2 feet. 



PL 



as the stem which is branched and erect ; racemes usually 3- 



15 C. RETu^sA (Lin. spec. 1004.) stipulas setaceous, straig^ 



leaves oblono-cuneiform, retuse, full of very minute, pell^^ 



' S. Native rf 



acuminated, decurrent; leaves oblong-lanceolate, hairy as well dots; racemes terminal ; ovaries glabrous. ©. '^. — 



the East Indies, from whence it has been introduced to the 31»^ 

 ritius and to the West India Islands. Ker. bot. reg 



flowered. ©. H. Native of North America, from Virginia to 

 Georgia, in pine barrens. Herm. lugd. bot. p. 203. icon. C. 

 bialata, Schrank. ex Raeusch. 



Arrow Crotalaria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1731. PI. 1 foot. 



9 C. EspADiLLA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) stipulas large, acu- 

 minated, triangularly falcate, decurrent; leaves lanceolate or 

 oblong, obtuse, younger ones golden-yellow, and are as well as 

 the erect stem beset with strigose silky hairs ; racemes opposite angular, acuminated, cuneate 



the leaves, fcw-flowcred ; legume many-seeded, glabrous. ©. ? 

 S. Native o{ South America, in sandy places near Caricnana, 

 where it is called Espadilla. Very like C. sagittalis. 

 Espadilla Crotalaria. PI. 1 foot. 



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Flowers yellow but with the vexillum usually purplish. Lea^^ 

 variable, more or less villous beneath, sometimes mucronate 

 the apex, with the mucrone either straight or recurved.— R^iJ^P^ 

 amb. 5. t. 96. f. 1.— Rheed. mal. 9. t. 25. Burm. ind. 15^. 

 /?6'/«5e-leaved Crotalaria. Fl. Ju. Jul. Ch. 1731. Pl'^.^^^.j! 

 16 C. Leschenau'ltii (D. C. prod. 2. p. 125.) stipulas ij 



^ , ^ .,_, ptic, mucronate, clothed ^'j' 



silky villi beneath and full of pellucid dots ; racemes terniina^ 

 ovaries glabrous. ©. "S. Native of the East Indies, on 



I Guili^guedje by ^ 



Nelligerry mountains, where it is called «».w-g— v- .. ^ 

 natives. Flowers yellow. This is an intermediate species 



10 C. oyVlis (Pursh, 1. c.) stipulas acuminated, upper ones tween C. retusa and C. spectdbilis. 



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