Crotalaria. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA, 267 
ed ; those of the calyx rather narrower,and recurved ; all are 
- permanent. Calyx large, yellowish, and sericeous on the 
outside, Legume sessile, bid in the calyx, oval, villous, with 
the villous, dry, permanent style bent downwards. Seeds 
two, reniform, smooth, light brown. 
The sericeous extremities, and numerous large yellow 
flowers, give to this stately species, a very charming appear- 
ance while in blossom, 
_ dt differs from Kénig’s sericea, (see Retz. Obs. v. p. 29.) 
in the want of stipules, and disposition of the bractes. C. 4i- 
nifolia, ( Suppl. 322.) is no doubt juncea, a plant totally dif- 
ferent in every respect. 
9.C, pulcherrima, Roxb. 
Shrubby, erect. Leaves obovate-cuneate, villous. Séi- 
pules none, Racemes terminal; bractes of the pedicels soli- 
tary, cordate, acuminate, refracted ; those of the calyx lanceo- 
late. Legume sessile, oblong, hid in the permanent calyx ; 
seeds few, 
_A native of Mysore, from thence Dr. Buchanan sent the 
outils to the Botanic garden at Calcutta in 1801, and in 
January 1803 the plants blossomed for the first time, and ri- 
pened their seed in March, Trunk erect, as thick as a walk- 
ing cane, covered with smooth, ash-coloured bark; young 
shoots round, and downy. Leaves simple, sessile, obovate- 
cuneate, villous; length from one to three inches, Stipules 
none. Racemes terminal, sometimes compound. Bractes 
of the pedicel solitary, one-flowered, sessile, cordate, acumi- 
nate, refracted, villous, and yellow. Flowers very large, of a 
lively bright yellow, and of several days duration. Bractes 
of the calyx opposite, lanceolate, expanding, villous, and not 
of so deep a yellow as the larger cordate bractes. Ca/yx deep- 
_ly divided into five unequal segments, and clothed with fine 
_yellow pubescence, permanent, Legume sessile, hid in the 
permanent. calyx, oblong, smooth, Seeds a few, frequently 
_ not more than one comes fa perfect maturity. 
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