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LEGUMINOS. XLVII. CROTALARIA. 



Bertero's Crotalaria. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1818. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



34 C. NOV/E-HOLLA'NDI* (D. C. prod. 2. p. 127.) stipulas 

 wanting ; leaves elliptic-obovate, tapering to the bnse, obtuse at 

 the apex, clothed beneath with adpressed silky pubescence, as 

 well as the petioles and branches; racemes terminal. It. G. 

 Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast. Branches terete. 

 Petioles nodose and articulated at the apex ; hence its affinity to 

 the trifoliate species of the genus. The flowers purplish in the 

 dried state, and middle-sized. 



New Holland Crotalaria. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1823. PI. 1 

 to 2 feet. 



35 C. PAULINA (Schrank, pi. rar. mon. t. 88.) stipulas want- 

 ing ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, attenuated at the base, bluntish, 

 mucronulate, hoary and sericeous beneath ; racemes terminal ; 

 bracteas linear, much shorter than the pedicel. I/ . S. Native 

 of Brazil, at the town of St. Paulo. Link. enum. 2. p. 227. 

 Flowers yellow, about the size of those of Sp&rtium jtinceum. 



St. Paulo Crotalaria. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1823. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



36 C. BREVIFLORA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 127.) stipulas wanting ; 

 leaves elliptic, attenuated at both ends, acute and inucronate, 

 pubescent on both surfaces, palest beneath, the nerves and 

 branches silky-villous ; racemes terminal ; bracteas linear, about 

 equal in length to the pedicels. I/ . ? S. Native of Brazil. 

 Very like the preceding species, but the corolla is very much 

 smaller, hardly exceeding the calyx in length. 



Short-lowered Crotalaria. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



37 C. BIFA'RIA (Lin. fil. suppl. 422.) stipulas reflexed ; lower 

 leaves orbicular, superior ones oblong; peduncles terminal, 1- 

 flowered ; stems diffuse, pubescent. t? . ? S. Native of the 

 East Indies, where it is cultivated in gardens. The stipulas, 

 according to Linnaeus the younger, are ovate-subulate, and the 

 legume oblong and hispid or pubescent. Corolla large, bluish. 



Bifarious Crotalaria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1817. Sh. 1 to 3 ft. 



38 C. DICHOTOMA (Roth. nov. spec. 340. but not of Graham,) 

 stipulas linear-subulate, horizontal ; leaves ovate, acuminated, 

 rather scabrous, petiolate, superior ones lanceolate ; stem erect, 

 dichotomous ; peduncles opposite the leaves, usually 2-flowered; 

 flowers nodding ; legumes ovate, pilose. Tj . ? S. Native of 

 the East Indies. Like C. bifaria. 



Dichotomous-stemmeA Crotalaria. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



39 C. ROTHIA'NA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 127.) plant exstipulate, 

 pilose ; leaves ovate, obtuse, rather mucronate, distich, petio- 

 late ; stems prostrate ; peduncles opposite the leaves, 2-flowered ; 

 legume subglobose, hairy. ^ ? S. Native of the East Indies. 

 C. hirta, Roth. nov. spec. 339. but not of Willd. Flowers yel- 

 lowish. 



Far. j3,f<!rritginea (D. C. 1. c.) plant beset with long, spread- 

 ing, rusty pili. 



Moth's Crotalaria. Shrub prostrate. 



40 C. DIFFU'SA (Link, enum. 2. p. 228.) leaves lanceolate, 

 obtuse, hairy, on short petioles ; flowers terminal ; calyx pilose, 

 about equal in length to the corolla. Q.S. Native of? Flowers 

 yellow. 



Diffuse Crotalaria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. PI. diffuse. 



41 C. NA'NA (Burm. fl. ind. 156. t. 48. f. 2.) leaves oblong, 

 nearly sessile, glabrous, obtuse, mucronate ; stems diffuse ; pe- 

 duncles opposite the leaves, 3-flowered ; calyxes pilose ; legume 

 oblong, obtuse, hardly twice the length of the calyx. 0- S. 

 Native of Malabar. Flowers yellow. Lam. diet. 2. p. 196. 

 C. Malabiirica, Garcin, in herb. Burm. C. biflora, Lin. mant. 



Drvarf Crotalaria. PI. ^ foot. 



42 C. BIFLO^RA (Lin. mant. 570.) stem prostrate, herbaceous ; 

 leaves oval-oblong, obtuse or suborbicular, pilose ; peduncles 

 opposite the leaves, and terminal, and longer than the stem, 2-8- 

 flovvered ; legume tumid, globose, rather villous. 0.S. Native 

 of the East Indies. Pet. gaz. t. 30. f. 10. Astragalus biflorus, 



Lin. mant. 273. This species differs from the preceding in the 

 legumes being globose, not oblong. Corolla yellow. 



Tno-fionered Crotalaria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1790. PI. 

 prostrate. 



43 C, GLAU'CA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 974.) stem glabrous, erect ; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, glabrous ; peduncles opposite the leaves, 

 usually 3-flowered, rather shorter than the leaves, filiform. O 

 S. Native of Guinea. Flowers yellow. 



Glaucous Crotalaria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. PI 1 to 2 ft. 



44 C. rusiLLA (Roth. nov. spec. 335.) plant exstipulate, 

 clothed with greyish hairs ; leaves linear, obtuse, rather mucro- 

 nate, petiolate ; stem much branched from the base, filiform ; 

 branches approximate ; racemes terminal, rather secund ; legume 

 oblong-oval, obtusely-mucronate, hairy. ? S. Native of 

 the East Indies. Flowers small. 



Small Crotalaria. PI. \ foot. 



45 C. PU'MILA (Schrank, acad. mun. 6. p. 188.) plant tomen- 

 tosely hairy ; leaves linear-lanceolate, almost sessile ; stems 

 nearly simple, decumbent ; flowers axillary, disposed in a ter- 

 minal few-flowered raceme. O--S. Native of ? Legume ovate, 

 erect, minute, tomentose. 



Dwarf Crotalaria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 181G. Sh. | foot. 



46 C. TETRAGO'NA (Andr. bot. rep. 593.) leaves long, lanceo- 

 late, pubescent ; stem tetragonal ; raceme terminal ; legume 

 villous. $ . S. Native of the East Indies. Ait. hort. kew. 

 ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 271. Stipulas lanceolate, horizontally deflexed, 

 deciduous. Flowers pubescent, large, yellow ; the vexillum 

 dotted with black outside, and lined on the inside. Ovary and 

 style villous. 



Tetragonal-stemmed Crotalaria. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1806. 

 PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



47 C. LINIFO'LIA (Lin. fil. suppl. 328.) leaves linear, oblong, 

 obtuse, mucronate, nearly sessile, pilose beneath, as well as the 

 stem ; raceme terminal ; stem somewhat striated, erect ; legume 

 glabrous, hardly larger than the calyx. O- S. Native of the 

 East Indies and Nipaul, ex D. Don, prod. p. 241. Flowers 

 yellow, in long racemes, secund. Willd. spec. 4. p. 975. Stems 

 diffuse, simple, and branched. Stipulas and bracteas small. 

 Calyx silky. 



Flax-leaved Crotalaria. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1820. PI. 1 foot. 



48 C. PELLITA (Bert. ined. ex D. C. prod. 2. p. 128.) leaves 

 oblong-linear, mucronate, young ones hairy ; stem terete, very 

 much branched ; racemes terminal ; bracteas and calycine lobes 

 callous, somewhat revolute ; legume ovate, villous, length of 

 calyx, 1-2-seeded. Tj . ? S. Native of Jamaica, in gardens. 

 Peduncles, pedicels, and tube of calyx hispid. Bracteas and 

 calycine lobes partly callous and glabrous. 



Clad Crotalaria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



49 C. GENISTOIDES (Lam. diet. 2. p. 190.) leaves linear-lan- 

 ceolate, mucronate, glabrous, scattered, sessile ; racemes short, 

 few-flowered ; branches filiform, twiggy, glabrous ; calyxes and 

 legumes hairy. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 The racemes are said to be both axillary and lateral. 



Genista-like Crotalaria. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



50 C. VIRGULTA'LIS (Burch. cat. no. 1 752.) plant exstipulate ; 

 leaves oblong-linear, mucronate, stalked, young ones, calyxes, 

 and branches clothed with adpressed silky pubescence ; racemes 

 opposite the leaves, elongated ; flowers erect ; legume pendu- 

 lous, young ones clothed with adpressed villi. Jj . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers resembling those of Spiir- 

 tlwnjunceum, but a little smaller. 



Twiggy Crotalaria. Shrub. 



51 C. ACUMINA'TA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 128.) stipulas ovate, 

 lanceolate, shorter than the petioles, acuminated ; leaves stalked, 

 linear, mucronately-acuminated, silky pubescent beneath, as well 

 as the calyxes and branches ; peduncles opposite the leaves, 1- 



