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CROTALARIA PURPUREA, CRIMSON-FLOWERED 
CROTALARIA. 
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Class and Order. 
DIADELPHIA. Decanp RIA. 
Generic Character. ye 
Legumen, inflatum, pedicellatum. Filam. connata, cum 
fissura dorsali. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Crorataris purpurea ; foliis ternatis: foliolis obovatis re- 
tusis, racemis terminalibus, floribus saturate purpureis. 
Ventenat Malmais. 66. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 273. 
Persoon Syn. 2. p. 285. Bot. Regist. 128. 
Crorararia elegans. Donn Hort. Cantab. 
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The Crorararia pu pure is a small shrub, gr wing very 
erect, and generally producing but few branches, and a 
terminal raceme of fine crimson flowers. | 
Our drawing was taken, several years ago, at Mr. Warr- 
wn in our gardens prior to the publication — 
by Venrenar, and inserted in the earlier editions of Donn’s 
Catalogue, under the name of Croraxaria elegans ; and, in 
the last edition of that work, this name is still continued, 
though it ought to have been expunged, as purpurea of 
ENTENAT was admitted. — ee 
Native of the Cape of Good-Hope, where it was found by 
Mr. Francis Masson, and introduced intc this country in 1790. 
Flowers early in the spring and during great part of the 
summer. Propagated by cuttings. Requires the shelter: of 
the greenhouse. _ ; 
