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LEGUMINOS^. XLVIL Crotalaria. 



East Indies. C. pllosa, Roxb. Rottl. nov. act. nat. cur. 1808. late-oblong, acute, mucronate, cuneated at the base, clothed 



C. hirta, Mart. acad. mun. 6. p. 156. t. F. Calyx densely beneath with adpressed pubescence, younger ones with silb 

 clothed with rusty villi, hardly shorter than the corolla. i -i n ^ . , , . 



Clt. 1816. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



Fl. Ju. Aug. 



Hairy Crotalaria. 



70 C. prostra'ta (Rottl. in Willd. enum. 747.) leaves eUip- 

 tic-lanceolate, obtuse, pubescent beneath ; racemes opposite the 



brown pubescence ; racemes many-flowered, opposite the leaves; 



legumes many-seeded, and are, as well as the calyxes, pubescenL 



Native of Caraccas. Allied to C. arhorescens. 



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AnagyruS'Uke Crotalaria. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1823. Sh, 611 



leaves on long peduncles, few-flowered ; stem prostrate, pubes- 79 C. Brownei (Bert. ined. D. C. prod. 2. p. 130.) stipulas 



cent. 0^S. ^Native of the East Indies. Mart. acad. mun. 6. deciduous or wanting; leaflets oval, attenuated at both ends, 



apiculately mucronate, adult ones glabrous ; racemes terminal, 

 opposite the leaves; legume pendulous, cylindrical, glabrous, | 

 on a very short stipe. "^ . S. Native of Jamaica, on the sidw 



p. 155. t. F. Calyx tomentose, about the length of the corolla, 

 which is white. Legume glabrous, sessile. Perhaps C. pros- 

 trata of D. Don, in prod. fl. nep. 241. is the same plant. 

 Prostrate Crotalaria. ~ 



Fl. July. Clt. 1801. PI. prostrate. of rivulets frequent. Leaflets and young legumes clothed witk 



§ 2. Leaves composed of S-7 Icajlets, 



trifc 



leafy 



Racemes terminal or opposite the leaves. 



71 C. arbore'scens (Lam. diet. 2. p. 199.) stipulas on short 

 petioles, obovate, emarginate, deciduous ; leaflets obovate ; pe- 

 tioles and branchlets canescent ; legume pedicellate, fp . S. 



shining, silky, appressed pubescence. Flowers yellowish-brown, 

 striated. 



Browne's Crotalaria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. Shrub 4(1 



80 C. bractea'ta (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 54.) stipulas wanl^ 



ing ; leaflets oval, tapering to the base, and acuminated at the 



apex, smooth above, but clothed with very minute pubescence 



beneath : racemes opposite the leaves : legumes pendulous, 



G. Native of 



almost sessile, densely clothed with hairs. Tj 

 Native of the Mauritius and of the Cape of Good Hope. C. in- ^^^^ East Indies and Chittagong. Flowers smaller than in t!» 



canescens, Lin. fil. suppl. C. Capensis, Thunb. fl.cap. 572. 

 Jacq. hort. vind. t. 64. 

 of Col idea. 



Flowers yellow, about the size of those 



two preceding species, but the bracteas are reflexed as in tneni. 



Jrhorescent Crotalaria. Fl. Ju. Oct. Clt. 1774. Sh. 6 to 10 ft, 

 72 C. LUNARis (Lin. spec. 1005.) stipulas semi-cordate, 

 lunate ; leaflets ovate, acuminated, clothed beneath with white 



Perhaps C. hracteata of Fischer is the same. 



^rac<ea/ec? Crotalaria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt, 1820. Sh. 2 to 4 it 



C. cYTisoiDEs (Roxb. hort. beng. 54.) stipulas subulatt, 



deciduous : leaflets elliptic, acuminated at both ends, glabrotf 



^B ^ ^ A ^ ^^ _> 



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villi ; flowers terminal, solitary, girded by a 3-leaved involucre. 

 '' ^ Native of Africa. Lin. hort. cliff". S57. C. lunaris. 



0.? G. 



Burm. cap. prod. 21. 

 3/oow-shaned-stinu 



PI. 



above, but clothed with fine pubescence beneath ; racemes op- 

 ovary pubescent, on a verj 



C. psoraleoides, D. 



This species comes very near to C 



posite the leaves, nearly terminal ; 

 short 



stipe 



T? . G. Native of Nipaul. 



Don, prod. fl. nep. 242. 



hracteata, but the ovarium is pubescent, not as in that speciff 



bose. 



h. S, Native of? 



73 C. tu'rgida (Delaum. herb, amat. t. 238 ) stipulas round- densely hairy. 

 ish ; leaflets ovate, i^labrous ; flowers terminal, somewhat corym- Cytisiis-like Crotalaria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1826. Sbml 



2 to 4 feet. 



82 C. cajanifu'lia (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. } 

 405.) stipulas? leaflets oblong, obtuse, mucronate, cuneatea* 

 the base, glabrous above, 'puberulous beneath and canescent; 

 racemes many-flowered, almost terminal; legumes many-seeded, 

 and are, as well as the calyxes, clothed with appressed pubes* 

 " , G. Native of Mexico, on the declivity of nious^ 



Turgid Crotalaria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



* * Leaves trifoliate. Racemes opposite the leaves^ rarely 

 terminaL Stipulas setaceous or wanting. 



74 C. obovaVa ; suffi'uticose, branched ; leaflets obovate, en- 

 tire, somewhat emarginate at the apex, and rather pilose be- 

 neath ; racemes terminal, spike-formed ; legume hairy. V^ • S. 

 Native of Guinea. Flowers yellow. 



Oftorafc-leafletted Crotalaria. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



75 C. ocHROLEu'cA ; shrubby, erect, branched ; leaflets 

 linear-lanceolate, entire, acuminated, clothed beneath with silky 

 pill ; racemes terminal, spike-formed, few-flowered. 

 Native of Guinea. Flowers cream-coloured. 



cence. 

 Jorullo. 



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Pigeon-pea-leaved Crotalaria. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 18-* 



Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



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C. Graha''mi; shrubby, diffuse ; leaves ternate; 



leafles 



b. S. 



cuneate-elliptic, rather pilose, mucronate ; stipulas subulate,!^ 

 flexed, permanent ; racemes sub-capitate, opposite the l^^T. 

 Tj . S. Native of Mexico. C. dichotoma, Graham in edinlv 



Cream-colourcd-Qowercd Crotalaria. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



76 C. LABURNiFo^LiA (Liu. spcc. 1005, fl. zeyl. p. 278.) sti- 



new phil. journ. dec. 1826. 

 Graham's Crotalaria. 



Flowers yellow. 



pulas 



site the leaves 



wanting 5 leaflets oval, acute, glabrous ; racemes oppo- 



Graham's CrotalRvia. Fl.Ju.July. Clt. 1824. Sh. Ito^l^ 

 84 C. STRIATA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 131.) stipulas wanting 



legumes pendulous, on long stipes, which are 



leaflets elliptic, obtuse, mucronate, nearly glabrous ; , 



_ . ^ * - terminal, and nearly opposite the leaves ; bracteas ^^'^^..^^ 



4-tnDes longer than the calyx. ©. S. Native of Malabar and deciduous. ©. S. Native of the East Indies. Flowers yeHoj 



Keel acuminated, striped with black lines; 



Ceylor.— Rheed. mal. 9. t. 27. Burm. zeyl. t, 35. 



Legume 



cylindrical, glabrous, length of stipe. Corolla large, yellow. 

 Keel acuminated, much longer than the wings. 

 Lahurnum-leaved Crotalaria. 



Shrub 5 to G feet. 



Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1739. 



pendulous. 



vexillum also striped a little. 



iS'/riperf-flowered Crotalaria. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. . j^ 



85 C. L^viGA^TA (Lam. diet. 2. p. 198.) glabrous; stipu^ 



leaflets elliptic-oblong, obtuse ; racemes opPf^^^*!^^ ^ 



wanting 



77 C. PENDULA (Bert. ined. D. C. prod. 2. p. 130.) stipulas leaves, 3-6-flowered ; legume pedicellate. »2 . S. Nati^^ 



wanting , 



leaflets oval, obtuse, glabrous ; racemes opposite th 



Madagascar. 



leaves ; legumes pendulous, stipitate ; stipe twice the length of Smooth Crotalaria. Shrub 1 to 2 feet, 



the calyx, but one-half shorter than the legume. T2 

 of Jamaica. Very like the preceding species. 



Native 



subc 



-- C. heteropiiy'lla (Lin. fil. suppl. 323.) st'pulay^"^^ 



late, spreadingr ; lower leaves simple, the rest trifoliate ; _ 

 .,,-J..*' ^.' . ^c VT.L._ of ti,e East Indies. ^ 



i'em/M/oMs-leguraed Crotalaria. Fl. Jul. Sept. Clt. 1820. Sh. elliptic, emarginate. ©. S. Native 

 78 C. ANAGYRoiDEs (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. rolla yellow, and striped. Legume smooth. 

 404.) arborescent; stipulas subulate, minute; leaflets lanceo- rar/a6fc-/eat7ed Crotalaria. "" " 



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