LEGUMINOS^E. XLVII. CROTALARIA. 



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2-flowered ; ovaries glabrous. I? . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Burch. cat. afr. aust. no. 2327. Flowers smaller 

 than in the preceding species. 



dcuminated-leaved Crotalaria. Shrub. 



52 C. SPARTIOIDES (D. C. prod. 2. p. 128.) plant exstipu- 

 late ; leaves linear-subulate, acute, distant, the young ones and 

 branches pubescent, the adult ones glabrous ; branches twiggy, 

 striated; racemes terminal ; ovaries pubescent. Pj . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Burch. cat. no. 2336. Flowers 

 yellow, about the size of those of Spartium junceum. Brac- 

 teoles 2, small, deciduous at the base of the calyx. 



Spart'mm-like Crotalaria. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



53 C. PERROTTE'TII (D. C. prod. 2. p. 128.) plant exstipu- 

 late ; leaves linear-subulate, very few ; branches and calyxes 

 villously-hairy ; stems much branched, twiggy, at length smooth 

 and leafless ; racemes crowded ; corolla length of calyx ; legume 

 3-4-seeded, ovate, somewhat compressed, villous. Jj . S. Native 

 of Senegal. C. tomentosa, Perr. but not of Thunb. Stamens 

 10, 5 alternate ones sterile. Style thick at the base, bent 

 abruptly. Perhaps a distinct genus between Heyl&ndia and 

 Crotalaria. 



Perroltet's Crotalaria. Shrub 2 feet. 



54 C. THEBA'ICA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 128.) plant exstipulate, 

 pubescent, much branched ; old branches spiny ; leaves oval or 

 oblong, villous, undulated ; flowers few at the tops of the 

 branches, distant, disposed in something like a spike ; legume 

 ovate, pubescent, 1-2-seeded. Jj . G. Native of the island of 

 Phila, by way sides, and about Theba. Flowers yellow, lined 

 with brown. Spartium Thebaicum, Del. fl. egypt. p. 107. t. 

 37. f. 1. 



Theba Crotalaria. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1818. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



* Stipulas not decurrent, or wanting. Flowers disposed 

 in terminal heads. 



55 C. SPECIO'SA (Roth. nov. spec. 336.) plant exstipulate, 

 clothed with silky rusty villi ; leaves oblong, obtuse, nearly ses- 

 sile ; heads of flowers dense, ovate, roundish ; bracteas broad- 

 lanceolate, length of flowers, and are covered with silky hairs, 

 as well as the calyxes, vexillum, and keel. fj S. Native of 

 the East Indies. 



Shewy Crotalaria. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



56 C. ? REFLE'XA (Thunb. fl. cap. 571.) leaves ovate, acute, 

 tomentose, reflexed ; heads of flowers crowded ; branches re- 

 troflexed. ^ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Calyx 

 woolly. Corolla purple, glabrous. Leaves imbricated down- 

 wards.- 



Reflexed Crotalaria. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



57 C. CAPITA'TA (Lam. diet. 2. p. 195. ill. t. 617. f. 3.) vil- 

 lous ; leaves lanceolate, scattered, crowded, sessile ; heads ter- 

 minal ; ovaries villous. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. The stamens are said by Lamarck to be diadelphous, 

 and therefore the plant ought, perhaps, to be removed from 

 this genus. Flowers white or violet. 



Ca/iz/ate-flowered Crotalaria. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



* Stipulas not decurrent, or wanting. Flowers axillary, 

 pedunculate or sessile. 



58 C. SCA'NDENS (Lour. coch. p. 433.) stem shrubby, scan- 

 dent ; leaves oblong, acuminated, glabrous ; peduncles many- 

 flowered, axillary, t? . w . G. Native of Cochin-china. Flowers 

 white. Legume turgid, tapering to both ends, 



Climbing Crotalaria. Shrub cl. 



59 C. PROCU'MBENS (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 129.) stems procumbent, herbaceous ; leaves ovate, 

 rather mucronate, pubescent ; peduncles axillary, 2-flowered, 

 3 times longer than the leaves. 2/ . ? G. Native of Mexico. 

 Flowers yellow. Legume cylindrical. 



VOL. II. 



Procumbent Crotalaria. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1823. PI. pr. 



60 C. NUMMULA'RIA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 979.) procumbent; 

 leaves roundish-ovate or lanceolate, obtuse, pilose beneath ; pe- 

 duncles axillary, 1-2-flowercd, hairy, 4 times longer than the 

 leaves. ^ . ? S. Native of the East Indies. Legume roundish, 

 ovate. 



Money-n>ort-\eaved Crotalaria. PI. procumbent. 



61 C. IANA'TA (Thunb. fl. cap. 571.) leaves ovate, sessile, 

 acute, woolly ; flowers axillary, nearly sessile ; legume ovate, 

 acute. T; . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Woolly Crotalaria. Shrub. 



62 C. SESSILIFLORA (Lin. spec. 1004.) erect, herbaceous; 

 leaves lanceolate, almost sessile, glabrous above, and pilose be- 

 neath ; flowers sessile, axillary or lateral. Q. G. Native of 

 China. Flowers blue. 



Sessile-flowered Crotalaria. PI. 1 foot. 



63 C. TUBEROSA (Hamilt. in D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 241.) 

 root tuberous ; stem branched, villous ; leaves lanceolate-linear, 

 acute, very villous at the base and beneath ; pedicels axillary, 

 1 -flowered, adpressed to the stem ; legume compressed, villous. 

 7/ . G. Native of Nipaul. Flowers bluish-purple in a dried state. 



Tuberous-rooted Crotalaria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1821. 

 PL decumbent. 



* Stipulas not decurrent or wan'ing. Flowers lateral 

 and terminal. Calyx 5-parted, very hispid, with two of the 

 lobes or segments wing-formed. 



64 C. ANTHYLLOIDES (Lam. diet. 2. p. 195.) leaves linear, 

 acute, clothed with adpressed villi beneath ; flowers subsessile, 

 disposed in a short terminal raceme ; pedicels and calyxes rusty, 

 and very hispid. Q. S. Native of Java. Leaves 2-lines 

 broad, and 2 inches long. Sepals of calyx unequal iu breadth, 

 the 2 superior ones broadest, obtuse, and mucronate. Legume 

 glabrous, many-seeded, length of calyx. 



Anthijllis-like Crotalaria. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1789. PI. 1 ft. 



65 C. CALYCINA (Schrank, pi. rar. mon. t. 12.) leaves lan- 

 ceolate, acute, canescently-pubescent beneath ; flowers lateral, 

 on short pedicels ; calyx rusty and very hispid. 0. S. Native 

 of Bengal. C. ramosissima, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 54. Corolla 

 sulphur-coloured, a little shorter than the calyx. Leaves 4-5 

 lines broad, and 2 inches long. 



Large-calijxcd Crotalaria. PI. 1 foot. 



66 C. NIPAULE'NSIS (Link. enum. 2. p. 228.) leaves lanceo- 

 late, hairy ; flowers almost sessile, disposed in a short terminal 

 raceme ; calyx very hispid, and rusty. O- S. Native of Ni- 

 paul. Corolla blue, hardly larger than the calyx. 



Nipaul Crotalaria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. PI. 1 foot. 



67 C. ROXBURGHIA^NA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 129.) leaves oblong- 

 linear, acute, clothed with adpressed pubescence beneath, as 

 well as the branches ; flowers lateral, on short stalks ; calyx 

 and bracteas very hispid and acuminated, tj . S. Native of 

 the East Indies and Nipaul. C. stricta, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 

 54. but not of Roth. C. anthylloides, D. Don, prod. fi. nep. 

 241. but Lamarck's plant from Java appears to be distinct. 



Roxburgh's, Crotalaria. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 2 feet. 



68 C. CHINE'NSIS (Lin. spec. 1003.) leaves ovate, on short 

 petioles, bluntish, rather pilose on both surfaces ; racemes few- 

 flowered ; calyx hairy. Tj . G. Native of China. Corolla 

 yellow, length of calyx. Perhaps this and the two following 

 species are referable to the present division, but they are too 

 imperfectly known to speak with certainty. 



China Crotalaria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



69 C. HI'RTA (Willd. enum. 747.) leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 pilose ; peduncles subterminal, disposed in something like a 

 raceme ; stem branched, diffuse, pilose. O S. Native of the 



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