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scariose, bracts and call* broadly lanceol. sil- 

 ky Texas and Arkanzas, submulticaule 5 or 

 6 Inches high, only woody at the base, no sti- 

 pules, floriferous stems or peduncles 3 or 4 

 inches long, scales fulvous vaginate, flowers 5 or 

 6, yellow, vexillum large round longer than 

 calix. 



356. CROT. (loc?) ASARIFOLIA Raf. Pros- 

 trate puberulent, stem simple slender angular 

 not winged, leaves on long petiols broadly cor- 

 date obtuse entire, stipules obsolete, peduncles 

 axillary short 1-2 (lore, bracts and calix lanceo- 

 late Texas, collected by Drurnmond, a very 

 distinct sp. by petiolate leaves, probably not a 

 locaulon, yet flowers similar small, petals equal 

 to calix, annual ? leaves remote petiols uncial, 

 leaves one inch broad but shorter, pods not 

 seen. 



357. CROT. (loc?) ALATIPES Raf. smooth, 

 stem angular flexuose, leaves on winged cune- 

 ate petiols, oblong acnte base subcordate, reti- 

 culate above, stipules lanceol. scariose striate, 

 flowers racemose terminal, bracts similar to sti- 

 pules equal to pedicels South Florida, herb, 

 of Collins, not named, evidently of this group, 

 but not a locaulon ! probably a peculiar subge- 

 nus (Alatipes Raf.) calix short with a subulate 

 calicule beneath, petals subequal, keel quite 

 curved acute, vexillum reflexed, pod not seen. 

 It must be compared with the tropical sp. 

 Quite smooth all over, perennial, leaves rigid 

 2 or 3 inches long, petiols uncial, some lower 

 leaves smaller oboval retuse, spikes slender cur- 

 ved 3uncial, flowers small saffron yellow. 



Decandole has another from N. Amer. Crot. 

 platycarpa of Link, which hardly differs from 

 Cr. pttosa, and is probably var . simplex, by its 



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