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LEGUMINOS^. XLVIL Crotalaria. 



Bertero^s Crotalaria. 



May 



Lin, mant. 273. This species differs from the preceding in tlie 



S4 C. NoViE-HoLLA'NDiiE (D. C. prod. 2. p. 127.) stipulas 

 wanting ; leaves elliptic-obovate, tapering to the base, obtuse at 

 the apex, clothed beneath with adpressed silky pubescence, as 

 well as the petioles and branches ; racemes terminal. It . G. 

 Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast. Branches terete. 



legumes being globose, not oblong. 

 Two-Jlowered Crotalaria. Fl. 



Corolla yellow. 

 July, Aug. Clt. 1790, E 



prostrate. 



43 C, GLAu'cA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 974.) stem glabrous, erect; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, glabrous ; peduncles opposite the leaves, 



Petioles nodose and articulated at the apex ; hence its affinity to usually 3-flowered, rather shorter than the leaves, filiform. Q. 

 the trifoliate species of the genus. The flowers purplish in the S. Native of Guinea. Flowers yellow. 



dried state, and middle-sized. 



New I. 

 to 2 feet. 



May 



Clt. 1823. PL 1 



ing; 



So C. Paulina (Schrank, pi. rar. mon. t. 88.) stipulas want- 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, attenuated at the base, bluntish, 



mucronulate, hoary and sericeous beneath ; racemes terminal 

 bracteas linear, much shorter than the pedicel. 1/ . S. Native 

 of Brazil, at the town of St. Paulo. Link. enum. 2. p. 227. 



G^awcow^ Crotalaria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. PI lto2ft. 



44 C. PUsiLLA (Roth. nov. spec. 3"65.) plant exstipulate, 

 clothed with greyish hairs ; leaves linear, obtuse, rather mucro- 

 nate, petiolate; stem much branched from the base, filiform ; 

 branches approximate ; racemes terminal, rather secund ; legume 



" " S. Native of 



oblong-oval, obtusely-mucronate, hairy. 

 the East Indies- Flowers small. 

 Small Crotalaria. PI. \ foot. 



0.? 



45 C. pu'mila (Schrank, acad. mun. 6. p. 188.) plant tomen* 

 Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1823. PL 1 to 2 ft. tosely hairy ; leaves linear-lanceolate, almost sessile; stems 



Flowers yellow, about the size of those o^Spdrtiumjunceum. 

 St. Panto Crotalaria. 



36 C. ereviflora (D. C. prod. 2. p. 127.) stipulas wanting ; nearly simple, decumbent; flowers axillary, disposed in a ter- 



leaves elliptic, attenuated at both ends, acute and mucronate, minal few-flowered raceme. 0.?S. Native of ? Legume ovatej 



pubescent on both surfaces, palest beneath, the nerves and erect, minute, tomentose. 

 branches silky-villous; racemes terminal ; bracteas linear, about " "" ' ' 



equal in length to the pedicels. 1/.? S. Native of Brazil. 



Clt. 1816. 



Sh. I foot. 



Very like the preceding species, but the corolla is very much late, pubescent ; 



Z)n^ar/ Crotalaria. Fl. July, Aug. 



46 C. tetragoVa (Andr. hot. rep. 593.) leaves long, lanceo- 



" : raceme terminal ; legume 



stem tetragonal 



smaller, hardly exceeding the calyx in length. 



-flowered 



PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



37 C. bifa'ria (Lin. fil. suppl. 422.) stipulas reflexed ; lower 

 leaves orbicular, superior ones oblong; peduncles terminal, 1- 

 flowered ; stems diffuse, pubescent. Tj . ? S. Native of the 

 East Indies, where it is cultivated in gardens. The stipulas, 

 according to Linnaeus the younger, are ovate-subulate, and the 

 legume oblong and hispid or pubescent. Corolla large, bluish. 



Bifi 



38 ' 



tipulas 



villous. ^ . S. 

 ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 271. 

 deciduous. 



Native of the East Indies. Ait. hort. kew. 



Stipulas lanceolate, horizontally deflexed, 



vexilluni 



«^ Flowers pubescent, large, yellow ; the 



dotted with black outside, and lined on the inside. Ovary and 



Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1806. 



style villous. 



Tetragonal-^temvcxedL Crotalaria. 

 PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



^. ^ ^., ^.^..... 47 C. LiNiFOLiA(Lin. fil. suppl. 328.) leaves linear, oblorj. 



Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1817. Sh. 1 to 3 ft. obtuse, mucronate, nearly sessile, pilose beneath, as wellastlie 



,) stem ; raceme terminal 



glabrous, hardly larger than the calyx. ©. S. 



stem somewhat striated, erect ; leguij^ 



Native of tie 



rather scabrous, petiolate, superior ones lanceolate ; stem erect, East Indies and Nipaul, ex D. Don, prod. p. 241. 

 dichotomous ; peduncles opposite the leaves, usually 2-flowered; yellow, in long racemes, secund. Willd. spec. 4. p. QT^- 

 flowers nodding ; legumes ovate, pilose. Tj . ? 

 the East Indies. Like C 



Flowers 



Stents 



S. Native of diffuse, simple, and branched. Stipulas and bracteas 



small' 



Dichotomous-siemmed Crotalaria. 



Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



ifoot. 



39 C. Rothia'na (D. C. prod. 2. p. 127.) plant exstipulate, 

 pilose ; leaves ovate, obtuse, rather mucronate, distich, petio- 

 late ; stems prostrate ; peduncles opposite the leaves, 2-flowered ; 

 legume subglobose, hairy. T2 . ? S. Native of the East Indies. 



lowish. 



Far. (3,ferruginea (D. C. 1. c.) plani 

 ing, rusty pili. 



Roth's Crotalaria. Shrub prostrate. 



Willd. Flowers yel- calyx, 1-2-seeded. Tj 



Calyx silky. 



Flax-leaved Cxoi^\^x\2i. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1820. Ph 

 48 C. PELLiTA (Bert. ined. ex D. C. prod. 2. p. 128.)lea^J 

 oblong-linear, mucronate, young ones hairy ; stem terete, } 

 much branched ; racemes terminal ; bracteas and calycine 

 callous, somewhat revolute ; legume ovate, villous, l^^^o . 



? S. Native of Jamaica, in gard^ 

 Peduncles, pedicels, and tube of calyx hispid. Bracteas 



40 C. DiFFu'sA (Link, enum. 2. p. 228.) leaves lanceolate, 



calycine lobes partly callous and glabrous. ^^ 



Clad Crotalaria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PL 1 to 2 ^^ 

 49 C. GENisToiDEs (Lam. diet. 2. p. 196.) leaves ^^^^^^'y^ 



ceolate, mucronate, glabrous, scattered, sessile ; racemes s ^ 

 obtuse, hairy, on short petioles ; flowers terminal ; calyx pilose, few-flowered ; branches filiform, twiggy, glabrous ; ^^ y^tTppe. 



" ~ legumes hairy. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good ri r 



The racemes are said to be both axillary and lateral. 



about equal in length to the corolla. ©. S. Native of? Flowers 



yellow. 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. PI. diffuse. 



Genista-like Crotalaria. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



ulatf! 



41 C. na'na (Burm. fl. ind. 156. t. 48. f. 2.) leaves oblong, 50 C. yirgulta'lis (Burch. cat. no. 1752.) plant ^''^^'P^.^fj 



o^lir coccilo rrl^Tir/^ito riKtnco miiornnntA • RfpTYis Hiffiisp • r^p- Ipavps nV»lnnnr-1inp;:»r_ Tnnprnnafp. stalked. VOUUff OnCS, / . 



nearly sessile, glabrous, obtuse, mucronate ; stems diffuse ; pe- leaves oblong-linear, mucronate, stalked, young 



calyx 



legume 



o. s. 



racei'*^ 



oblong, obtuse, hardly twice the length of the calyx. 

 Native of Malabar. Flowers yellow. Lam. diet. 2. p. 196. 



foot. 



C. biflora^ Lin. mant. 



Flowers yellow. 

 C. Malab^rica, Garcin, in herb. Burm. 



Dn'a?/ Crotalaria. PI. ^ 



42 C. biflo'ra (Lin. mant. 570.) stem prostrate, herbaceous ; 

 leaves oval-oblong, obtuse or suborbicular, pilose ; peduncles 

 opposite the leaves, and terminal, and longer than the stem, 2-8- 

 flowered ; legume tumid, globose, rather villous. ©. S. Native 

 of the East Indies. Pet. ^az. t. 30. f. 10. Astragalus biflorus, 



and branches clothed with adpressed silky pubescence ; ' ^^ 

 opposite the leaves, elongated ; flowers erect ; legume F^^^ 

 lous, young ones clothed with adpressed villi. ^ • ^' r^^. 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers resembling those ot >^r 



tium junceum, but a little smaller. 



Twiggy Crotalaria. Shrub. . . ^^, 



51 C. AcuMiNA^TA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 128.) stipules «^ 



lanceolate, shorter than the petioles, acuminated ; leaves ^ ^ 



linear, mucronately-acuminated, silky pubescent ^^^^ l ' eSj ^' 



as the calyxes and branches ; peduncles opposite the le 



