minated hy ftngle funmitSy nnd an chlong reflexed gsmen^ 

 Supporting a fmgle ftyle^ crowned by an obtufe Jligma. The 

 gcrmen aftei-ward becomes a fljort turgid pod with one 

 cell, opening '(sjitb two valves^ and filed with kidney- 



Jhaped feeds. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the third feftion of 

 Linna^us's fcvcnteenth clafs, intitled Diadelphia De- 

 canaria the flowers of this clafs and feftion having ten 

 ftamina joined in two bodies. 



The Species are. 



Zeyl. 



277 



1. Crotolaria {Verrucofa) foliis fimplicibus ovatis, fli- 

 pulis lunatis declinatis ramis tetragonis. Flor. 



Crotolaria with Jingle oval leaves ^ lunated declining 

 ftipuUy and four-cornered branches. Crotolaria Afiatica 

 folio fingulari verrucofo, floribus ca^ruleis. H. L. 



199. 



2. Crotolaria {Pilofa) foliis fimplicibus lanceolatis pi- 



lofis, petiolis decurrentibus. Crotolaria with Jingle, 

 hairy, fpear-fbaped leaves, and running foot -Jlalks. Cro- 

 tolaria Americana, caule alato foliis pilofis, floribus 

 in thyrfo luteis. Martyn. Cent. 43. 



3. Crotolaria [Sagittalis) foliis fimplicibus lanceolatis 

 ftipulis folitariis decurrentibus bidentatis, Hort. Clift. 

 '^^'j. Crotolaria with Jingle fpear-Jhaped leaves, and 



Jingle JlipuU indented. Crotolaria hirfuta minor Ameri- 

 cana herbacea, caule ad fummum fagittato. H. L. 



202. 



^. Crotolaria (Fruticofa) foliis fimplicibus, lineari- 



lanceolatis hirfutis, petiolis decurrentibus, caule fru- 



- ticofo. Crotolaria with Jtngky narrow^ fpear-Jhaped 



leaves, which are hairy .^ running foot flalks, and ajhrubby 



Jialk. Crotolaria frutefcens hirfuta, flofe luteo, ra- 



mulis alatis, foliis mucronatis. Houft. MSS. 



5. Crotolaria {Juncea) foliis fimplicibus lanceolatis, 

 petiolatis caule ftriato. Hort. CliflT. 357. Crotolaria 

 with ftngle fpear-Jhaped leaves having foot-flalks. Cro- 

 tolaria Benghalenfis foliis geniftas hirfutis. Pluk. Aim. 



121. 



6. Crotolaria {Perfoliata) foliis perfoliatis cordato- 



ovatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1005. Crotolaria with oval 

 heart-Jhaped leaves perforated by the Jlalks. Crotolaria 

 perfoliatae folio. Hort. Elth, i32. tab. 102. 



y, Crotolaria (Retufa) foliis fimplicibus, oblongis 

 f uneiformibus retufis. Flor, Zeyl. 276. Crotolaria with 



,- ftngle, oblong, wedge-fhaped leaves, reflexed at the top. 

 Crotolaria Afiatica, floribus luteis, folio fmgularo 

 cordifornrii. H. L. 200. 



8. Crotolaria {Villofa) foliis fimplicibus ovatis villo- 

 fis, petiolis fimpliciflimis, ramis teretibus. Hort. Cliff. 

 Z57'^ Crotolaria with Jingle, &vali hairy leaves, fingle 

 pedicles and taper branches. Crotolaria arborefcens 

 Africana, Styracis folio- H. L. 170. 



9. Crotolaria {Angulata) foliis ovatis fefTilibus, ra- 

 . mulis angulatis hirfutis, floribus lateralibus fimplicifli- 

 mis. Crotolaria 'with oval leaves fitting clofe to the 

 branches, %?bich dn angutaf^ hairy, and fingle flowers 



proceeding from th'JtiH of the branches. - 



tor Crotolaria (Labumifolia) foliis ternatis ovatis 

 acuminatis, ftipulis nullis, leguminibus pedicillatis. 

 Flor. Zeyl. 278. Crotolaria with oval, trifoliate, pointed 

 leaves, noflipula, and foot-^alks t& the pods. .^^^Crotol^- 

 ria Afiatica frutefcens, floribus luteis amplis trifo- 



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feeds. 



ripen in autumn. 



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This plant is propagated by feeds, which muft be 

 fown upon a hot-bed in the fpring, and when the 

 plants^ are come up^ an incii high, they fliould be 



m for- 



11 they 



\ have 



th 



tranfplanted to another hot-bed to bring the 

 ward, obferving to fnade them from t)ic fun ti 

 have taken new root; after which thev fhoiilr 



proportio 



liata. H. L. 196. 



Crotolaria (Alba) foliis ternls lanceolato-ovatis, 

 caule tevi herbaceo, raceme terminali. Hort.ClifF. 

 499. Crotolaria with on^al^ fpedr-fhaped, tefnate leaves, 



fmooth herbaceous ftalks, which' ate terminated by loofe 



fpikes cf flowers. Anonis Caroliniafist perennis non 



fpinofa, foliorum marginibus intcgris, floribus in- 



tiiyrfo candidis. Martyn. Cent. 44, 



The firfl fort grows naturally in India. This is an 



annual plant, which hath an herbaceous four-cor- I leaves, which^are hairy, fittins: clofe to the branches 5 



of the feafon, to prevent dieir being drawn up weak. 

 When the plants have acquired ftrength in this bed, 

 they Ihould be carefully taken up, with balls of earth 

 to their roots, and each planted in a feparate pot, 

 filled with light kitchen-garden earth, and plunged 

 into a moderate hot-bed of tanners bark, carefully 

 fhading them till they are rooted again ; then they 

 mull be treated in the fame manner as other tender 

 exotic plants, giving them proper air and water in 

 warm weather •, when the plants are grown fo tall as 

 to nearly reach the glailes of the hot-bed, the pots 

 may be removed into an airy glafs-cafe, or ftove, 

 where they may be fcreened from inclement weather, 

 - and have proper air in hot weather ; with this treat- 

 ment the plants will flower in July, and continue to 

 produce frefh fpikes of flowers till the end of AUgufl:; 

 and thofe fpikes of flowers which appear early in the 

 feafon, will be fucceeded by ripe feeds in September, 

 foon after which the plants will decay. 

 : The fecond fort grows naturally at La Vera Cruz in 

 New Spain, from whence the feeds were fent me by 

 the late Dr. Houfl-oun j this rifes with a comprefl^ed 

 winged flalk near three feet high, putting out feveral 

 fide branches, garnifhed with fpear-fhaped leaves 

 near three inches long, and one broad, covered 

 with fort hairs, and fit clofe to the branches, altera 

 nately; from the foot-fl:alks of each there funs a 

 border or leafy wing, along both fides of the branjches^ 

 the flowers are produced in loofe fpikes at the end 

 of the branches, which are of a pale yellow colour, 

 the ftandard being ftretchcdout a confiderable length 

 beyond the wings. Thefe are fucceeded by fhort 

 turgid pods, which, when ripe, are of a deep blue 

 colour, having one row of fmall kidney-fliaped feeds, 

 whicliare of a greenifh brown colour. This flowers 

 and feeds abotit the fame time with the former, and 

 requires the fame treatment. 



The third fort was fent me from South Carolina by 

 the late Dr. Dale, and alfo froni Jamaica by Dn 

 Houftoun, fo that it grow^ naturally in fevefal parts 

 of America ; this is an annual plant, which rifes With 

 a flender ftalk a foot and a half high, dividing into 

 three or four fpreading branches, g^fnifhed with ob- 

 long oval leaves fitting clofi. The upper part of the 

 branches have two leafy bofders or wings, running 

 from one leaf to the othef, but the lower p^rt of the 

 ; branches have noh^ ; the f66C-ftalks of the flowers 

 arife from the fide of the flalk, thofe frbiii the lower 

 part of the branches are above a foot bng", the upper 

 are about fix inches, they are very flender, and fuflain 

 one or two pale yellow flowers at their tops, which 

 are not more than half fo large as the former fort, and 

 are fucceeded by very {hort turgid pods, in wliich 

 are inclofed three or four fmooth kidney-fhaped feeds* 

 This fort requires the fame culture as the two forrner, 

 and flowers at the fame feafon. 

 The fourth fort grows natufally in Jamaic^/ from 

 . whence the feeds v/ere fent me by the late Dr. Houf- 

 toun ; this rifes with a fhrubby taper flalk ne^r four 

 felet high, fending out many fide branches which are 

 very flender, ligneous, and covered with a light 

 brown bark, garnifhed with very narrow fpear-fhaped 



nered flalk, rifing about ,^wo feet high, dividing 

 into three or four branches •, thefe have alfo four acute 

 angles, and are garnifhed with oval Warted leaves, 

 of a pale greeji colour, flanding on very fliort foot- 

 flalks ; the flowers are produced in fpikes at the end 

 of the branches, which are of the butterfly fhape, and 

 of a light blue colour, fucceeded by fliort turgid 



which 



pods 



inclofe one row of kidney-fhapcd 



the younger fhoots have a leafy border or wing on 

 two fides, but the old branches have none ; the flow- 

 ers are produced near the end of the branches, three 

 or four growing alternate on a loofe fpike ; they are 

 of a dirty yellow^ ahd fmall •, the pods which fucceed 

 them are about an inch long, very turgid, and of a 

 dark blue when rip^. This fort is propagated by feed, 

 which (ho«ld be' fpv;n on a hot^bed, and thd plants 



treated 



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