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Crotalaria pulcherrima. Mysore 

 Crotalaria. 



Class and Order. 



DlADELPHIA DeCANDRIA. 



Generic Character. 



Legumen turgidum, inflatum, pedicellatum. Fildmentgi 

 connata cum fissura dorsali. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Crotalaria pulcherrima; caule fruticoso, foliis obovato- 

 cuneatis utrinque sericeo-pubescentibus, racemis termi- 

 nalibus, bracteis calycibusque coloratis, leguminibus 

 sessilibus oligospermis calyce persistente tectis. 



Crotalaria pulcherrima. Roxb. Flora ind. inedit. Catal. 

 of Bot. Gard. at Calcutta. 



The Crotalaria pulcherrima is a pretty shrub of low 

 growth and much branched, bearing* its fine yellow flowers 

 in short terminal racemes, bractcs cordate-acuminate ; calyx 

 five-cleft ; segments unequal, the two upper ones being con- 

 siderably the largest ; Legumes sessile, enclosed within the 

 persistent calyx : seeds few, and generally only one comes to 

 maturity. 



Native of Mysore, from whence Dr. Buchanan sent the 

 seeds to the botanic garden at Calcutta. 



We were favoured with the specimen from which our 

 drawing was taken by the Honourable William Herbert, 

 from his collection at Spofforth, who informs us that he 

 raised it from seeds he received from Calcutta, and that his 

 plant of four years growth is about three feet high, and 

 spreads wide, throwing out many branches, and is now more 

 disposed to increase the number of these than the length. 



