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Tas. 7950. 
CROTALARIA CAPENSIS. 
Native of South Africa. 
Nat. Ord. Lecuminosea#.—Tribe GENISTEs. 
Genus Crotararia, Linn. ; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 479.) 
CROTALARIA capensis; frutex ramosus, sempervirens, 3-6-pedalis, cito glabres- 
cens inter species africanas australes extratropicas stipularum obovata- 
ram amplitndine insignis, ramis gracilibus sericeo-puberulis, internodiis 
quam foliis multo brevioribus, foliis trifoliolatis graciliter longeque 
petiolatis in speciminibus cultis cum petiolo usque ad 6 poll. longis sed 
seepius precipue in speciminibus sylvestribus 14-2 poll. longis, foliolis 
breviter petiolulatis papyraceis obovatis oblanceolatisve majoribus 2 poll. 
longis basi cuneatis apice rotundatis simul apiculatis cito glabrescentibus, 
petiolo sericeo-pubescenti, stipulis foliaceis foliolis similibus sed minori- 
bus, racemis terminalibus folia superantibus circiter 7-15-floris, bracteis 
linearibus acutissimis pedicello dimidio brevioribus, pedicellis circiter 
semipollicaribus calyceque parce puberulis, floribus suaveolentibus luteis 
striis rubescentibus variegatis diametro maximo circiter sesquipollicaribus, 
calycis tubo amplo subgloboso (totoque mellis pleno, fide Jacquin), lobis 
fere aqualibus ovato-lanceolatis acutis patentibus 3-4 lin. longis, vexillo 
orbiculato apiculato reflexo circiter 1 poll. diametro, alis parvis oblique 
ovatis, carinw falcatee longe rostrate petalis inferne liberis superne 
connatis stamina et stylum includentibus, antheris omnibus basifixis, 
ovario stipitato puberulo multiovulato, stylo geniculato unilateraliter 
ciliato, legumine turgido pergameneo duro lwvi cum stipite circiter 24 
poll. longo clavato supra medium crassiore apice breviter rostrato, 
seminibus circiter 20 oblique reniformibus compressis circiter 2 lin. latis 
nitidis longiascule funiculatis. 
©. capensis, Jacq. Hort. Vindod. vol. iii. (1776-7), p. 36, t. 64. Harv. & Sond. 
Fl. Cap. vol. ii. p. 46. Melliss, St. Helena, p.258, Wood, Natal Pl. vol. i. 
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C. arborescens, Lam. Encyel. vol..ii. p.199. DO. Prodr. vol. ii. p. 130. Nouv. 
Duham, vol. iv. t.49. Rev. Hort. 1868, p. 11. 
C. incanescens, Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) p. 328. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, vol. iii. 
p. 20. 
_ According to Aiton, this ornamental, free-flowering 
shrub was introduced into Kew Gardens by Masson, in 
1774; and N. J. Jacquin, who was the first to describe and 
figure it (1776) states that it was raised from seed sent 
from the Cape to Royen, without any information. Royen 
gave the seed to Jacquin several years (* plures annos”’) 
before the latter published his description, when it was 
already a branching shrub ten feet high, ‘‘. . . maximam 
partem anni floribus numerosis onustus.”’ 
Apri Ist, 1904, 
