LEGUMINOS^. XLVII. Crotalaeia. 



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LeschenauWs Crotalaria, PL 8 to 9 feet. 



racemes usually terminal, simple. O- S. Native of the East 



17 C, specta'bilis (Roth. nov. spec. 341.) stipulas lanceolate, Indies. C. serzcea, Burm, ind. 15G. t, 48. f. 1. but not of Retz. 



cordate, somewhat sagittate ; leaves cuneate, mucronate, clothed 

 with hoary tomentum beneath, full of pellucid dots ; lower 

 leaves obovate and obtuse, middle ones .oblong-elliptic, superior 

 ones nearly linear ; stem obtuse-angled ; ovaries glabrous. ©.S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Flowers of a dusky-purple colour. 



Flowers yellow, one half smaller than those of C. juncea, pu- 

 bescent on the outside. 



Burmann's Crotalaria. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1800. PL 1 to 2 ft. 



26 C. hirsu'ta (Willd. spec. 3. p. 978.) stipulas subulate, 

 reflexed ; leaves ovate, acute, glabrous above and pubescent 



Jl Allied to C. re^M^rt, but differs in the stipulas being dilated at beneath; stem hairy ; raceme subterminal ; legume hairy. ©. S. 



the base, not setaceous. 



Shewy Crotalaria. FL June, Aug. 



Clt. 1820. PL 1 toll ft. 



18 C. i'ulche''rrima (Roxb. cat. calc. 54. ex Sims, bot. mag. 



Native of the East Indies, near Hydrabad. Flowers yellow. 

 Hairy Crotalaria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. PL 1 to 2 ft. 

 27 C. Mysore'nsis (Roth. nov. spec. 338.) plant hairy; 



g 2027.) ^^aves cuneate-obovate, clothed with silky pubescence on stipulas linear-lanceolate; leaves oblong, obtuse, stalked; ra- 

 both surfaces ; bracteas and calyxes coloured ; legume sessile, cemes terminal, elongated ; bracteas length of calyx ; legumes 



few-seeded, covered by the permanent calyx ; stem shrubby, 

 with the branches terete. ^ . S.* Native of Mysore. Flowers 

 yellow, very like those of Spdrthimjiuiceum. 



Fairest Crotalaria. FL June, July. Clt. 1814. Sh. 1 to 3 ft. 



19 C. Bengale'nsis (Lam. diet. 2. p. 196.) leaves lanceolate, 

 mucronate, almost sessile, pubescent ; stem twiggy ; racemes 

 loose, elono^ated, terminal 



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villi. 



0.S. 



legume clothed with rufous tomen- Roth, 1. c. 



ovate, glabrous. 0, S. Native of Mysore, in the East Indies. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Var. /3, paucijlora (D. C. prod. 2. p. 12G.) stems slenderer, 

 having a few long hairs as well as the leaves. Roth, 1. c. 



Var. 7, angustifblia (D. C. prod. 2. p. 126.) leaves narrower, 

 and are as well as the stem densely clothed with rusty silky hairs. 



Native of Bengal. 



Pluk. aim. t. 169. 



Mysore Crotalaria. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



28 C. monta'na (Roth, 1. c.) plant exstipulate, covered with 



silky brown strigae ; leaves oblong, obtuse, almost sessile ; stem 



Bengal Croi^XsiXXdi, Fl. June, July. Clt. 1806. PL 2 to 3 ft. terete; racemes terminal; legume nearly globose, dotted, gla- 



Allied to Cjuncea^ and perhaps the C tenuifblia of Horn. cat. 

 hort. hafn. suppL 151. Flow^ers yellow. 



20 C. ju'ncea (Lin. spec. 1004.) stipulas setaceous, almost 

 wanting ; leaves cuneately lanceolate, on short petioles, clothed 

 with adpressed pubescence, as well as the furrow^ed stems ; ra- 

 cemes terminal : leo-ume clothed with villous tomentum. 0. S. 



2. t. 193. Andr. bot. 



Corolla length 



cor. 

 Rheed. mal. 



brous, one half shorter than the style, which is pilose at the 

 apex. ©.? S. Native of the East Indies, 

 of calyx. 



Mountain Crotalaria. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



29 C. a'lbida (Roth. 1. c.) plant exstipulate; leaves oblong- 

 9. t. 26. Flowers obtuse, mucronate, petiolate, clothed with hoary tomentum be- 



Native of the East Indies. Roxb. 



rep. 422. — Burm. ind, 155. 



yellow, resembling those of Genista juncea. Legume pendulous, neath ; stem terete ; racemes elongated ; calyx strigose ; legume 



12-15 lines long and 6 broad, 6-10-seeded. This plant is cul- 

 tivated in India for its fibre, as a substitute for hemp ; it is 

 prepared in the same w^ay. It is also very nourishing food for 

 cows, when young. 



Var, /3, punctulata (D. C. prod. 2. p. 126.) vexillum and wings 

 marked at the apex with black lines and dots. 



oblong-ovate, longer than the pilose style, 

 the East Indies. 



O. ? S. Native of 



Corolla white, a little smaller than the calyx. 

 White-Rowered Crotalaria. PL 1 to 2 feeU ^ 



SO C. panicula'ta (Willd. spec. 3. p. d82.) stipulas and brac- 

 teas linear-subulate, reflexed ; leaves oblong, obtuse, mucro- 



Native 



Rushy Crotalaria. FL June, July. Clt. 1700. PL 4 to 8 ft. of Malabar, Java, and China. 



21 C. TENuiFOLiA (Roxb. hort. 



beng. 



nate, silky-villous ; panicle terminal, bracteate. ^ • S. 



C. Chinensis, Lam. diet. 2. p. 



Keel acu- 



54.) leaves linear, 195. but not of Lin. Vexillum silky on the outside. 



acute, clothed with silky pubescence ; stem twiggy, simple ; minated. Style plicate, the upper plait deciduous. Legume 

 raceme loose, elongated, terminal ; calyxes and ovaries silky. 

 ^ . S. Native of Coromandel. Ker. bot. reg. 982. Flowers 



ovate, villous, length of calyx. 



yellow. Allied to C Bengalensis and C. acuminata. 



Fine-leaved Crotalaria. Fl. Ju. JuL Clt. 1816. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



22 C. FENiSTRA^TA (Sims, bot. mag. 1933.) stipulas setaceous; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, silky beneath and ciliated ; stems pu- 

 bescent, furrowed ; vexillum rather orbicular, acuminated. . 

 S. Native of the East Indies. Lower segments of the calyx 

 cohering at the apex. 



Windowed Crotalaria. 



FL June, JuL Clt. 1815. PL 1 to 2 ft. 



23 C. SERiCEA (Retz. obs. 3. p. 26.) stipulas semi-cordate ; 



leaves lanceolate, acute, silky beneath as w ell as the legumes ; 



stem furrowed ; racemes terminal, elongated. 0. S. Native 



le' of the East Indies. 



Allied to C. juncea. Flowers yellow. 

 Silky Crotalaria. FL June, July. CL 1807. PL 1 to 2 h. 

 24 C. te'cta (Roth, nov. spec. 334.) plant exstipulate, clothed flowered; legume many-seeded, glabrous. ^- S. 



Panic/erf Crotalaria. FL June, July. Clt. 1820. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



31 C. pu'lchra (Andr. bot. rep. t. 601. Ait. hort. kew. 4. 

 p. 272.) stipulas setaceous, erect; leaves oval-oblong, acute, 

 silky on both surfaces, as well as the calyxes and vexillum ; 

 racemes terminal, bracteate. ^2, S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Flowers large, yellow. Legume, according to Andrews, length 

 of calyx, and 4-seeded, and hence perhaps the same as C. tetra- 

 spermaj Dietr. Ovary villous. Vexillum acuminated. Bracteas 



2, ovate. 



Fair Crotalaria. FL March, May. Clt. 1807. Sh. 2 feet. 



32 C. ni'tens (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 399.) 

 sufFruticose, silky ; branches rather angular ; leaves oblong, ob- 

 tuse, cuneated at the base, younger ones clothed with golden 

 rusty down ; racemes terminal or opposite the leaves, many- 

 Native of 



^ With silky pubescence ; leaves oblong, mucronate, approximate, New Granada, near Mariquita and Honda. The plant from 



^i sessile, lower ones obovate, superior ones linear ; stem straight, 

 5i divided at the apex; legumes and styles glabrous. ©. ? S. 

 !»' Native of the East Indies. Flowers about the size of those of 

 )ij C. parvijldray yellow and striped with blackish-brown. 



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Covered Crotalaria. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



^ 25 C. Burma'nni (D, C. prod. 2. p. 126.) stipulas and brac- 

 teas setaceous ; branches and leaves villous or clothed with silky 



ubescence beneath ; lower leaves obovate, emarginate, superior ovate, acute. 

 )f ones oblong, mucronate ; stem straight, divided at the apex ; length of calyx. 



Honda is more densely pilose, the bracteas smaller, and the 

 flowers larger than those of the plant from Mariquita. 



Shining Crotalaria. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



33 C. BerteriaVa (D. C. prod. 2. p. 127.) stipulas subu- 

 late, small ; leaves elliptic, obtuse, mucronate, clothed on both 

 surfaces with shining silky villi ; racemes terminal. Tj . S. 

 Native of Guadaloupe, in gardens. Branches villous. Bracteas 



Flowers yellow. Legume pubescent, 3-4-seeded, 



