LEGUMINOS^. XLVII. Crotalaria. 



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2-fTovvered ; ovaries glabrous. T2 . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Burch. cat. afr. aust. no. 2327> Flowers smaller 

 than in the preceding species. 



//ct(w?ma/ec/-leaved Crotalaria. Shrub. 



52 C. sPARTioiDEs (D. C. prod. 2. p. 128.) plant exstipu- 



May 



Clt. 1823. PI. pr. 



60 C. nummula'ria (Willd. spec. 3. p. 979.) procumbent; 

 leaves roundish-ovate or lanceolate, obtuse, pilose beneath ; pe- 

 duncles axillary, I-2-flowered, hairy, 4 times longer than the 

 leaves. Fj . ? S. Native of the East Indies. Legume roundish, 



late ; leaves linear-subvUate, acute, distant, the young ones and ovate. 



branches pubescent, the adult ones glabrous ; branches twiggy, Money'WortAetiyQd Crotalaria. PI. procumbent. 



Striated ; racemes terminal ; ovaries pubescent, fj . G, Native 



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C. lana'ta (Thunb. fl. cap. 571.) leaves ovate, sessile. 



^^ of tlie Cape of Good Hope. Burch. cat. no. 2336, Flowers acute, woolly ; flowers axillary, nearly sessile ; legume ovate, 

 yellow, about the size of those of Spdrtium junceum. Brae- acute. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



teoles 2, small, deciduous at the base of the calyx. 



Spartmm-Uke Crotalaria. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



53 C» Perrotte'tii (D. C. prod. 2. p. 128.) plant exstipu- 

 late ; leaves linear-subulate, very few ; branches and calyxes 



villously-hairy ; stems much branched, twiggy, at length smooth China. Flowers blue. 



Woolly Crotalaria. Shrub. 



62 C. sEssiLiFLORA (Lin. spec. 1004.) erect, herbaceous; 

 leaves lanceolate, almost sessile, glabrous above, and pilose be- 

 neath ; flowers sessile, axillary or lateral. ©. G. Native of 



and leafless ; racemes crowded ; corolla length of calyx ; legume 



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PI. 1 foot. 



3-4-seeded, ovate, somewhat compressed, villous. T2 • S. Native 63 C. tuberosa (Hamilt. in D. Don, prod, fl, nep. 241.) 



;l of Senegal. C. tomentosa, Perr. but not of Thunb. Stamens root tuberous; stem branched, villous; leaves lanceolate-linear, 

 10, 5 alternate ones sterile. Style thick at the base, bent acute, very villous at the base and beneath; pedicels axillary, 



abruptly. Perhaps a distinct genus between lleylandia and 

 Crotalaria. 



PcrroiteVs Crotalaria. Shrub 2 feet. 



54 C. ThebaV'A (D. C. prod. 2. p. 128.) plant exstipulate, Pi. decumbent. 



I -flowered, adpressed to the stem ; legume compressed, villous. 

 l/.G. Native of Nipaul. Flowers bluish-purple in a dried state. 

 Tuber ous-rooied Crotalaria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1821. 



pubescent, much branched ; old branches spiny ; leaves oval or 

 oblono-, villous, undulated ; flowers few at the tops of the 

 branches, distant, disposed in something like a spike ; legume 



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ovate, pubescent, 1-2-seeded. f? . G. Native of the island of lobes or set^ments ninf^ -formed. 



Stipulas not decurrent or Tvannng. Flankers lateral 

 and termmaL Calyx 5-parted, very hispid, with two of ike 



Phila, by way sides, and about Theba. Flowers yellow, lined 



with brown. Spartium Thebaicum, Del. fl. egypt. p. 107. t. 

 ; 37. f. 1. 



64 C. ANTHYLLoiDES (Lam. diet. 2. p. 195.) leaves linear, 

 acute, clothed with adpressed villi beneath ; flowers subsessile. 



Theba Crotalaria. Fl. May, July. Clt. 181S. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. disposed in a short terminal raceme ; pedicels and calyxes rusty, 



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Stipulas not decurrent^ or wanting. Flowers disposed ^ T^^^j^!f^^ u i' 



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Native of Java. Leaves 2-lines 



m terminal heads. 



broad, and 2 inches long. Sepals of calyx unequal in breadth, 

 the 2 superior ones broadest, obtuse, and mucronate. Legume 



55 C. speci(/sa (Roth. nov. spec. 336,) plant exstipulate, glabrous, many-seeded, length of caly^. 



clothed with silky rusty villi ; leaves oblong, obtuse, nearly ses- 

 sile ; heads of flowers dense, ovate,, roundish ; bracteas broad- 



Anthyllis-Uke Crotalaria. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1789. PL 1 ft. 

 65 C. CALYCiNA (Schrank, pi. rar. nion. t. 12.) leaves Ian- 



lanceolate, length of flowers, and are covered with silky hairs, ceolate, "acute, canescently-pubescent' beneith'; flowers lateral, 



<• "^^ i-^tiLivc UL on sliort pedicels ; calyx rusty and very luspid. ©. b. Native 



as well as the calyxes, vexillum, and keel. 



T the East Indies. 



Shewy Crotalaria. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



5G C? REFLE^xA (Thunb. fl. cap. 571.) leaves ovate, acute, H^X' b;oai"anr2 rncVeTlJng. 



of Bengal. C. ramosissima, Roxb. hurt. bcng. p. 54. Corolla 

 sulphur-coloured, a little shorter than the calyx. Leaves 4-5 



tomentose, reflexed ; heads of flowers crowded ; branches re- 

 troflexed. T2 . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Calyx 



Large-calyxed Crotalaria. PI. 1 foot. 



- • t • 1 T 06 C. Njpaule'nsis (Link. enum. 2. p. 228.) leaves lanceo- 



Corolla purple, glabrous. Leaves imbricated down- j^^^^ j^^j^^ . Qov.-^xs almost sessile, disposed in a short terminal 



raceme ; calyx very hispid, and rusty. ©. S. Native of Ni- 



woolly, 

 wards. 



Reflexed Cxoi?A2ix\VL. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



51 C. cAPiTA^TA (Lam. diet. 2. p. 195. ill. t. 617. f. 3.) vil- 

 lous ; leaves lanceolate, scattered, crowded, sessile ; heads ter- 

 minal; ovaries villous. Tj. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. The stamens are said by Lamarck to be diadelphous, 

 and therefore the plant ought, perhaps, to be removed from 

 this genus. Flowers white or violet. 



C'aj)ifa«e-flowered Crotalaria. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



Flowers axillary^ 



paul. Corolla blue, hardly larger than the calyx. 



Nipc 



Fl. Jnne, July. Clt. 1823. PI, 1 fooU 



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Stipulas not decurrent, or wanting, 

 pedunculate or sessile. 



58 C. scA^NDENS (Lour. coch. p. 433.) stem shrubby, scan- 

 dent ; leaves oblonsr, acuminated, glabrous ; peduncles many- 

 flowered, axillary. \. ^, G. Native of Cochin-china. Flowers 

 white. Legume turgid, tapering to both ends. 



Climbing Crotalaria. Shrub cl. 



59 C. procu'mbens (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 '^od. 2. p, 129.) stems procumbent, herbaceous; leaves ovate, 

 'ther mucronate, pubescent ; peduncles axillary, 2-flowered, 



times longer than the leaves. 1/.? G. Native of Mexico. 

 blowers yellow. Legume cylindrical, 

 VOL. ir. 



67 C. Roxbuhghia'na (D. C. prod. 2. p. 129.) leaves oblongs 

 linear, acute, clothed with adpressed pubescence beneath, as 

 well as the branches; flowers lateral, on short stalks; calyx 

 and bracteas very hispid and acuminated. Tj . S. Native of 

 the East Indies and Nipaul. C. stricta, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 

 54. but not of Roth. C. anthylloides, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 

 2il. but Lamarck's plant from Java appears to be distinct. 



/2oa;6«r^A'6 Crotalaria. Fi. Ju.July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 2 feet, 



68 C. Ciiine'nsis (Lin. spec. 1003.) leaves ovate, on short 

 petioles, bluntish, rather pilose on both surfaces ; racemes few- 



flowered ; calyx hairy. Ij 



Native of China. Corolla 



yellow, length of calyx. Perhaps this and the two following 

 species are referable to the present division, but they are too 

 imperfectly known to speak with certainty. 



China Crotalaria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



69 C. hi'rta (Willd. enum. 747.) leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 pilose; peduncles subterminal, disposed in something like a 

 raceme; stem branched, diffuse, pilose. ©. S, Native of the 



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