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LEGUMINOS^. XLVII. Crotalaria, 



107 C. vitelu'na (Ken 'bot.-reg. t. 

 pubescent; leaflets oval-laaceolate, acute, twice the length of 

 the petioles, which are covered with hairs ; legume oblong, pen- 

 dulous, silky-pubescent. ^ . S. Native of Brazil. Racenies 

 3-5 inches long. Flowers of a fulvous-yellow colour, but with 

 the vexilhim spotted with violet at the base. 



FoZA;-//'^^ Crotalaria. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1819. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



447.) plant exstipulate, small; leaflets lanceolate, acute, mucronate, clothed with ad- 



racemes 



pressed pubescence beneath as well as the calyxes; 

 9-10-flowered, opposite the leaves ; legume ovate, many-seeded, 

 puberulous. ©. G. Native of Mexico, on the burning Mount 



JoruUo. 

 Hi 



PL 1 foot. 



108 C. HOLOSERicEA (Necs et Mart. nov. act. bonn. 12. p. 



116 C. sTRicTA (Roth. nov. spec. 342.) stipulas setaceous, 

 adpressed ; leaflets cuneated, emarginate, mucronate, canescent 



26 ) the whole plant clothed with silky vilH ; stipulas subulate ; beneath, length of petioles ; stem straight; Wr flowers axil- 



^ - ' lary, in fascicles, upper ones disposed m a termmal raceme; le- 



leaflets rhomboidal, oval, obtuse, mucronate ; racemes opposite 

 the leaves; vexillum bicallous at the base; legume villous, 

 elliptic, 5-6-seeded. T7 . S. Native of Brazil, in fields. Flowers 

 yellow. An intermediate species between C. vitellina and C. species 



gume pilose, globose, hooked at the apex. ©. ? S. Native of 

 the East Indies. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from the preceding 



purpurascens. 



Whole-silhy Crotalaria. 

 109 C. cylindroca'rpa 



Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



Straight Crotalaria. 



PL 1 to 2 feet. 



(D. C. 



prod. 2. p. 133.) stipulas 

 rather falcate : leaflets 



dimidiate-oblong, acute at both ends, 

 elliptic-oblong, rather pubescent beneath as well as the branch- 

 lets ; racemes opposite the leaves; legumes sessile, cylindrical, 

 26-30-sceded, rather pubescent, apiculated by the style, rather 

 spreading ; stem erect, somewhat panicled. ^2 • S. Native of 

 Senegal. C. paniculata, Pers. in litt. but not of Willd. 

 CylindricaUjrmted Cvo\.2\'^rm^ Shrub. 



117 c. RiGiDA (Roth. I.e.) stipulas lanceolate-subulate; leaf- 

 lets cuneiform, emarginate, covered with hoary pih beneatk, 

 length of petioles ; stem divaricate ; lower flowers axillary, m 

 fascicles, upper ones disposed in terminal racemes. Ij . S. Na- 

 tive of the East Indies. 



w 



Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



118 C. PURPUREA (Vent. malm. t. 66.) stipulas subulate; 

 leaflets, obovate, retuse, somewhat emarginate, glabrous above, 



^„.c„c*,.cu.-;,«c..c.^...c. and minutely pubescent beneath; racemes terminal; legiin|e 



110 C. Senegale'nsis (liacle in litt. 1820.) stipulas small, ovate, glabrous, apiculated by the style, on a very short stip^, 

 subulate, spreading, deciduous ; leaflets oval, obtuse, smoothish ; many-seeded. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of (jood tiop^. 

 racemes opposite the leaves ; legumes sessile, pendulous, pubes- Ker. hot. reg. 128. C. elegans, Hortul. Flowers deeppurp • 



cent, obovate, 8-10-seeded, crowned by the hooked style; stem 



Purple Crotalaria. 



Mar 



Clt. 1790. Sh.3to6ft 



erect, much branched, pubescent. 



C. gracilis, Perr, in litt. 1825. 



Clt. 1819. PI. 1 foot. 



C. uncinata y. Lam. Pers. 1. c. 



O.S. Native of Senegal 119 C. littoralis (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. P 



Senegal Crotalaria. 



Fl. June, July. 



inc. podoca'rpa (D. C prod 2. p. 133.) plant erect, hispid 

 all over from spreading hairs ; stipulas dimidiate, oval-oblong, 



leaflets obovate, obtuse, mucronate ; racemes op- 

 ovate, glabrous, 

 ©. S. Native of Se- 



erect, leafy 

 posite the leaves 



; legume stipitate 

 apiculated by the st}le, 12-18-seeded. 

 negal, in the Sahara desert. 

 hirsulus. 



turgid, 



401.) suffruticose, procumbent ; stipulas subulate, very minute; 

 leaflets 3, obovate-oblong, emarginate, beset with adpressed 

 pili ; peduncles 5-7-flowered, opposite the leaves and terminal; 

 legume usually 2-seeded, clothed with adpressed P"^^^^^^^"^^^^^^ 

 well as the calyxes. 

 Shore Crotalaria. 



Tj /s. Native of Cuba, near Havannah. 



. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



The plant has the habit of Lotus ceous 



120 C. microphy'lla (Vahl. symb. 1. p. 52.) stipulas seta- 

 3US, spreading ; leaflets oblong, glabrous, thickish, JengtM 



Foot' fruited Crotalaria. Ph 1 to 2 feet. 



112 C. uncine'lla (Lam. diet. 2. p. 200.) stipulas small or Native of Arabia Felix. 



petioles ; peduncles opposite the leaves and terminal, 2-flowerefl. 

 legume glabrous, oblong, on a short stipe ; stem decumbent, n • • 



wantmg ; leaflets oval, mucronate, pubescent beneath ; racemes 

 opposite the leaves ; legume stipitate, somewhat globose, hooked 

 from the style, silky-velvety, 2-4-seeded; stem erect, much 



Small-leaved Crotalaria. 



Leaflets 2 lines long. 



Clt. 1820. 



PLlf^ 



K^uiu,vv-v^L.^^u. ^iwLaiciiict. Fl. June, Aug. 



121 C. micra'ntiia (Link, enum. 2. p. 229.) leaflets obio^ 



beneath with scattered adpressed 



S. Nati^^ 



obtuse, mucronulate, beset 



branched, pubescent. 0- S- Native of the island of Bourbon. pili ; racemes short, terminal; calyxes silky 

 Var. /3, glabra (D. C. prod. 2. p. 133.) leaves and legumes of Ceylon.. 



©• 



glabrous 



leaflets oblong, somewhat elliptic. ©. S. Native of 



ll-flotvered 



Bourbon. Perhaps a species 



PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



Hooked-styled Crotalaria- 



113 C. spileroca'rpa (Perr. in htt. 1825.) stipulas small; 



leaflets oblong-obovate, pubescent beneath ; racemes opposite 

 the leaves ; legumes sessile, ovate-globose, clothed with fine 

 pubescence, apiculated by the filiform style, 2-4-seeded ; stem 

 erect, much branched, pubescent. ^ - ^ 



omaii-jvowt:rtu vyrutaiana. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. ^^^'^'^y' a^ 



122 C. pa'llida (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 3. p. ^0.) lean^ 

 lanceolate, glabrous ; racemes terminal, spike-formed. U* 



Native of Africa. 1 f oft. 



/^a/^-flowered Crotalaria. Fl. Ju.Juh Clt. 1775. PI- ^ ^.y 



123 C. ? arge'ntea (Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 2. p. 220.) cloi-^ 

 -- .-o^....... , o.^.w with white tomentum ; leaflets lanceolate, shorter than tne^Fj; 



Native of Senegal, tiole ; peduncles 1-flowered, opposite the leaves, nearly term 



An intermediate species between the preceding and the follow- legume stipitate, compressed, clothed with silvery woo . 



ing 



Stamens permanent, at the base of the legume. 



Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



Flowers yellow. Habit 



Round-fruited Crotalaria. 

 114 C. MEDicAGiNEA (Lam. diet. 2. p. 201.) stipulas subulate, 

 spreading ; leaflets obovate-cuneated, emarginate, clothed beneath 

 with adpressed pubescence, shorter than the petioles ; racemes 

 opposite the leaves or terminal, elongated, and with some of the 

 flowers disposed in axillary bundles ; legume sessile, roundish, 

 hooked from the thick base of the style, 2-4-seeded, minutely 



O.? S. Native of the East Indies. C. trifoli- 



983. Lupinus trifoliatus, Rottl. 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Lotus or Coronilla. Calyx tripartite. ^^^^ 



Silvery Crotalaria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. bh- ^ 

 124 C. pulche'lla (Andr. hot. rep. t. 417.) '^^/^^^^^^^^ 



lanceolate, acute, longer than the petioles, clothed with ? P ^ 



pubescence beneath, as well as the branches and petio^j^^ 



pubescent. 



stipe 



^ 



!,r„Tf5 



astrura. Willd. spec. S. p 



nov. act. nat. cur. 4. 1803. p. 223. t. 5. 



Medick-likc Crotalaria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. PI. 1 ft. 



Hope. Sims, hot. mag. t. 1699. Flowers large, yelio^^ 

 the size of those of Spdrtiujn junceim 



J 



iborf 



Neat 



"cit.lSOO. Sb.2to 



4ft. 



115 C. lupuli'na (D. C. prod. 2. p. 133.) stipulas setaceous, stipulas wanting ; leaflets lanceolate, hoary 



Fl. July, Aug. <-it. louu. ^". - - 219' 

 125 C. ANGUSTIFOLIA (Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 2. p. y- 



- • and silky 





