98 DIADELPASIA. DECANDRIA, 
ventured to consider it a speci¢s in the absence of flowers, 
‘it therefore remains to be confirmed in these particulars 
by some future observer. This species appears to be de- 
cidedly perennial, and spreads diffusely to a considerable 
extent; the petioles, destitate of the long woolly hairs 
of the preceding, rarely exceed an inch in length, the 
subulaie stipules are only 2 or 3 lines long, the leaf 
is attenuated downwards, and arounded at the summit, 
covered with short and silky hairs, and only about 2 and 
« half inches long. 
5 other species of this genus exist in Peru, 3 at Monte 
Video, 6 im the south of Europe, several of them also 
~ > -fommon to the Levant, 1 in Egypt, 2 of uncertain localliys 
“-~ an-entire leaved species at the Cape of Good Hope, not 
sufficiently distinguished from L. villosus, but producing 
a blue flower, and anoth@®in Cochinchina. 
493, CROTALARIA. £, (Rattlebox.) 
Vexillum large and cordate; carina acumi- 
nate. Filaments united in one body, with a 
~ torsal fissure. Legume pedicellate, turgid. 
-__ Herbaceous or shrubby; leaves simple, ternate or rarely 
Aigitate; stipules scarcely any, or conspicuous (as in C. 
sagittalis, &c.) and mostly distinct from the petiole; inflo- 
__. Pescence various, scarcely that of a simple genus, e. g. flow- 
ope Se often spiked or racemose, terminal, axillary or oppo- 
Site to the leaves; legume also often short, and 1 or 2 
ded, or long and many-seeded. 
Srzcres. 1. C. sagittalis.© 2 parrvifora. 3. ovalis. Pe- 
rennial, stem hirsute, piteuatioak | leaves simple, subses- 
sie, oval; stipules acuminate, decurrent; racemes about 3- 
~» » flowered opposite the leaves. Has. In Carolina and Gcor- 
. gia; common around Savannah; leaves sometimes desti- 
tate of stipules, in which imperfect state it is described 
by Mr. Pursh, who does not also appear to have known 
that it-was perennial, and consequently very distinct from 
the annual C. savtttalis, with which Michaux associated it. 
“© “This tropical genus of near 60 species is almost exclu- 
~ ‘sively indigenous to India and the Cape of Good Hope- 
} f Stigma pubescent, (Stamina diadelphous.) 
9 PURSE eS 
» ~-Feanllum with 2 protruding plaits. Style com- 
