LEGUMINOS/E. XLVII. CROTALARIA. 



cemes terminal or opposite the leaves. Stems all herbaceous. 

 Corolla smaller than the calyx, or about equal in length to it. 



1 C. ALA'TA (Hamilt, ex Roxb. in D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 

 .Ml.) stipulas ovate, acute, rather convex on the inner side, 

 running down the stem a great way in a wing ; leaves oval or 

 oval-oblong, retuse, pubescent as well as the stem, which is 

 ascendent; bracteas ovate. . F. Native of Nipaul, at 

 Sueinbu. Racemes few-flowered. Bracteas and bracteoles 

 ovate. Calycine lobes acuminated. Flowers pale-yellow. 



W7wgerf-stemmed Crotalaria. Fl.Jul. Aug. Clt. 1818. PL 1 ft. 



'2 C. STIFULA'RIA (Desv. journ. bot. 1814. 2. p. 76.) stipulas 

 ovate, acuminated, rather cut on the inner side, ending in a long 

 broad wing ; leaves oval, obtuse, and are villous as well as the 

 stem, which is erect; bracteas linear, acuminated. .? S. 

 Native of Cayenne. Legume smooth, an inch long. 



Far. /3, serpyllifolia (D. C. prod. 2. p. 124.) leaves oval- 

 oblong, smaller than those of the species. Q . ? S. Native of? 

 C. serpyllifolia, herb. Lamb. 



Stipular Crotalaria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. PI. 1 foot. 



3 C. GENISTE'LLA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. arner. 6. p. 398.) 

 plant covered with strigose silky hairs, herbaceous, erect"; stipu- 

 las short, decurrent, acute ; leaves lanceolate, acute, silvery 

 beneath ; racemes axillary and terminal, many-flowered, pani- 

 cled ; legume many-seeded, smooth. Tj . S. Native on the 

 Andes, about Popayan. 



Genista-\ikc Crotalaria. PI. 1 foot. 



4 C. PTEROCAU'LA (Desf. 1. c.) stipulas obtuse, decurrent; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, silky from adpressed hairs ; 

 legume oblong, smooth. . ? S. Native of South America. 



Winged-stemmed Crotalaria. PL 1 foot. 



5 C. PLATYCA'RPA (Link. enum. 2. p. 227.) branches winged 

 above, from the decurrent stipulas, lower leaves oblong, upper 

 ones lanceolate, acute, hairy ; racemes lateral, bracteoles linear. 

 Q.H. Native of North America. Corolla yellow, but with 

 the vexillum brownish. 



Broad-podded Crotalaria. Fl. July. Clt. 1823. PL 1 foot. 



6 C. PU'KSHII (D. C. prod. 2. p. 124.) stipulas lanceolate, 

 acuminated, decurrent ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, glabrous ; stem 

 erect, simple, clothed with adpressed villi ; racemes usually 3- 

 flowered. 0. H. Native of North America, in Virginia and 

 Carolina. C. Isevigata, Pursh, fl. sept. amcr. 2. p. 409. but not 

 of Lam. Pluk. aim. t. 277. f. 2. 



Pursh's Crotalaria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. PL 1 foot. 



7 C. PARVIFLORA (Roth. cat. 2. p. 83.) stipulas oblong, acute, 

 short, superior ones decurrent ; leaves linear-lanceolate, very 

 hairy as well as the stem, which is erect and branched. 0. H. 

 Native of North America, from New York to Carolina. Willd. 

 spec. 3. p. 973. Pursh, 1. c. 



Small-flomered Crotalaria. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1817. PL 2 ft. 



8 C. SAGITTA'LIS (Lin. spec. 1003. var. a.) stipulas lanceolate, 

 acuminated, decurrent ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, hairy as well 

 as the stem which is branched and erect ; racemes usually 3- 

 flowered. Q. H. Native of North America, from Virginia to 

 Georgia, in pine barrens. Herm. lugd. bot. p. 203. icon. C. 

 bialata, Schrank. ex Raeusch. 



Arrow Crotalaria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1731. PL 1 foot. 



9 C. ESPADILLA (H. B.. et Kunth, 1. c.) stipulas large, acu- 

 minated, triangularly falcate, decurrent ; leaves lanceolate or 

 oblong, obtuse, younger ones golden-yellow, and are as well as 

 the erect stem beset with strigose silky hairs ; racemes opposite 

 the leaves, few-flowered; legume many -seeded, glabrous. Q.? 

 S. Native of South America, in sandy places near Caricnana, 

 where it is called EspadMa. Very like C. sagiltalis. 



Espadilla Crotalaria. PL 1 foot. 



10 C. OVA'LIS (Pursh, 1. c.) stipulas acuminated, upper ones 



decurrent ; leaves almost sessile, oval, hairy as well as the stems, 

 which are diffuse ; racemes elongated, 4-6-flowered, opposite the 

 leaves. 11 . F. Native of Georgia and Carolina, in pine bar- 

 rens. Hook, bot. mag. 3006. C. sagittalis, var. ovalifolia, 

 Michx. fl. bor. amer. p. 55. Anonymos rotundif olia, Walt. no. 

 278. C. rotundifolia, Poir. suppl. 2. p. 402. The leaves are 

 sometimes exstipulate, as has been noticed by Nuttall. 



Oval-leaved Crotalaria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1810. PL 1 ft. 



11 C. RUBIGINOSA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 973.) stipulas linear, 

 acuminated, upper ones decurrent ; leaves oval-lanceolate, mu- 

 cronate, villous, as well as the stem, which is branched and 

 diffuse; racemes usually 3-flowered and elongated. . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. This is very like the preceding 

 species. 



Rusty Crotalaria. Fl. July. Clt. 1807. PL | to 1 foot. 



* Stipulas not decurrent, and sometimes wanting altogether. 

 Planters disposed in racemes, which are either terminal or opposite 

 the leaves. 



12 C. VERRUCOSA (Lin. spec. 1005.) stipulas lunate, d^clinate ; 

 leaves oval, obtuse; branches acutely tetragonal ; racemes ter- 

 minal; ovaries villous. Q. S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Andr. bot. rep. t. 308. Lindl. bot. reg. 1137. Hook, bot. 

 mag. 3034. C. coerulea, Jacq. icon. rar. t. 144. C. angulosa, 

 Lam. diet. 2. p. 195. Cav. icon. 4. t. 321. Corolla with the 

 vexillum greenish-white, streaked with pale-blue inside and with 

 the wings obovate, yellowish white at the base, the rest blue, 

 and with the keel whitish, but yellowish at the point. Anthers 

 yellow. 



Warted Crotalaria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1731. PL 1 to 2 ft. 



13 C. ACUMINA'TA ; stipulas lunate, declinate ; leaves ovate, 

 but rather hastate at the base, and acuminated at the apex ; 

 branches tetragonal ; racemes terminal ; ovaries villous ? . S. 

 Native of the Mauritius and the islands in the East Indies. 

 C. verrucosa /3, hastata, Pers. ench. no. 20. C. verrucosa, var. 

 a, acuminata, D. C. prod. 2. p. 125. Burm. zeyl. t. 34. Leaves 

 acute at both ends. Flowers bluish. 



Acuminated-\ea.ve& Crotalaria. FL June, July. Clt. 1731. 

 PL 1 feet. 



14 C. SEMPERFLORENS (Vent. hort. eels. t. 17.) stipulas lu- 

 nate, nearly lanceolate, declinate ; leaves oval, emarginate, mu- 

 cronate ; stems terete, striated, suffruticose at the base ; ovaries 

 clothed with adpressed pubescence. % . ? Tj . S. Native of the 

 East Indies. Flowers golden-yellow, crowded at the tops of 

 the racemes. Leaves clothed with adpressed pubescence be- 

 neath, and usually a little warted, as in C. verrucosa. 



Ever-flowering Crotalaria. Fl. Mar. Sept. Clt. 1816. PL 

 1 to 2 feet. 



15 C. RETU'SA (Lin. spec. 1004.) stipulas setaceous, straight ; 

 leaves oblong-cuneiform, retuse, full of very minute, pellucid 

 dots ; racemes terminal ; ovaries glabrous. . S. Native of 

 the East Indies, from whence it has been introduced to the Mau- 

 ritius and to the West India Islands. Ker. bot. reg. 253. 

 Flowers yellow but with the vexillum usually purplish. Leaves 

 variable, more or less villous beneath, sometimes mucronate at 

 the apex, with the mucrone either straight or recurved. Rumph. 

 amb. 5. t. 96. f. 1. Rheed. mal. 9. t. 25. Burm. ind. 155. 



/fetoe-leaved Crotalaria. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1731. PL 2 to 3 ft. 



16 C. LESCHENAU'LTII (D. C. prod. 2. p. 125.) stipulas tri- 

 angular, acuminated, cuneate-elliptic, mucronate, clothed with 

 silky villi beneath and full of pellucid dots ; racemes terminal ; 

 ovaries glabrous. Q. S. Native of the East Indies, on the 

 Nelligerry mountains, where it is called Gidli-guedje by the 

 natives. Flowers yellow. This is an intermediate species be- 

 tween C. retusa and C. spectdbilis. 



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