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LEGUMINOS^. XLVII. CROTALARIA. 



107 C. VITELLI'NA (Ker. bot. reg. t. 447.) plant exstipulate, 

 pubescent; leaflets oval-lanceolate, acute, twice the length of 

 the petioles, which arc covered with hairs ; legume oblong, pen- 

 dulous, silky-pubescent. (7 . S. Native of Brazil. Racemes 

 3-5 inches long. Flowers of a fulvous-yellow colour, but with 

 the vexillum spotted with violet at the base. 



1 'oik-like Crotalaria. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1819. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



108 C. HOLOSERI'CEA (Nees et Mart. nov. act. bonn. 12. p. 

 2(>.) the whole plant clothed with silky villi ; stipulas subulate ; 

 leaflets rhomboidal, oval, obtuse, mucronate ; racemes opposite 

 the leaves ; vexillum bicallous at the base ; legume villous, 

 elliptic, 5-6-seeded. Ij . S. Native of Brazil, in fields. Flowers 

 yellow. An intermediate species between C. vitelllna and C, 

 pnrjmrascens. 



II 'hole-silky Crotalaria. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



109 C. CVLINDROCA'KPA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 133.) stipulas 

 dimidiate-oblong, acute at both ends, rather falcate ; leaflets 

 elliptic-oblong, rather pubescent beneath as well as the branch- 

 lets ; racemes opposite the leaves ; legumes sessile, cylindrical, 

 26-30-seeded, rather pubescent, apiculated by the style, rather 

 spreading ; stem erect, somewhat panicled. fj . S. Native of 

 Senegal. C. paniculata, Pers. in litt. but not of Willd. 



Cylindrical-/ 'rutted Crotalaria. Shrub. 



110 C. SENEGALE'NSIS (Bade in litt. 1820.) stipulas small, 

 subulate, spreading, deciduous ; leaflets oval, obtuse, smoothish ; 

 racemes opposite the leaves ; legumes sessile, pendulous, pubes- 

 cent, obovate, 8-10-seeded, crowned by the hooked style; stein 

 erect, much branched, pubescent. Q. S. Native of Senegal. 

 C. uncinata y, Lam. Pers. 1. c. C. gracilis, Perr. in litt. 1825. 



Senegal Crotalaria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1819. PI. 1 foot. 



111 C. PODOCA'RPA (D. C. prod 2. p. 133.) plant erect, hispid 

 all over from spreading hairs ; stipulas dimidiate, oval-oblong, 

 erect, leafy ; leaflets obovate, obtuse, mucronate ; racemes op- 

 posite the leaves ; legume stipitate, turgid, ovate, glabrous, 

 apiculated by the st\le, 12-18-seeded. Q. S. Native of Se- 

 negal, in the Sahara desert. The plant has the habit of Lotus 

 himuius. 



Foot-fruited Crotalaria. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



112 C. UNCINE'LLA (Lam. diet. 2. p. 200.) stipulas smaller 

 wanting ; leaflets oval, mucronate, pubescent beneath ; racemes 

 opposite the leaves ; legume stipitate, somewhat globose, hooked 

 from the style, silky-velvety, 2-4-seeded; stem erect, much 

 branched, pubescent. Q. S. Native of the island of Bourbon. 



Var. /3, glabra (D. C. prod. 2. p. 133.) leaves and legumes 

 glabrous; leaflets oblong, somewhat elliptic. O-S. Native of 

 Bourbon. Perhaps a species. 



Hooked- styled Crotalaria. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



113 C. SPIIJEROCA'RPA (Perr. in litt. 1825.) stipulas small; 

 leaflets oblong-obovate, pubescent beneath ; racemes opposite 

 the leaves ; legumes sessile, ovate-globose, clothed with fine 

 pubescence, apiculated by the filiform style, 2-4-seeded ; stem 

 erect, much branched, pubescent. ^ . S. Native of Senegal. 

 An intermediate species between the preceding and the follow- 

 ing. Stamens permanent, at the base of the legume. 



Round-fruited Crotalaria. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



114 C. ^EDICAGINEA (Lam. diet. 2. p. 201.) stipulas subulate, 

 spreading ; leaflets obovate-cuneated, emarginate, clothed beneath 

 with adpressed pubescence, shorter than the petioles ; racemes 

 opposite the leaves or terminal, elongated, and with some of the 

 flowers disposed in axillary bundles ; legume sessile, roundish, 

 hooked from the thick base of the style, 2-4-seeded, minutely 

 pubescent. O- ? S. Native of the East Indies. C. trifoli- 

 astrum. Willd. spec. 3. p. 983. Lupinus trifoliatus, Rottl. 

 nov. act. nat. cur. 4. 1803. p. 223. t. 5. 



Medick-like Crotalaria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. PI. 1 ft. 



115 C. LUPULI'NA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 133.) stipulas setaceous, 



small ; leaflets lanceolate, acute, mucronate, clothed with ad- 

 pivssed pubescence beneath as well as the calyxes ; racemes 

 9-10-flowered, opposite the leaves; legume ovate, many-seeded, 

 puberulous. O- G. Native of Mexico, on the burning Mount 

 JoruUo. 



Hop Crotalaria. PL 1 foot. 



116 C. STRICTA (Roth. nov. spec. 342.) stipulas setaceous, 

 adpressed ; leaflets cuneated, emarginate, mucronate, canescent 

 beneath, length of petioles ; stem straight ; lower flowers axil- 

 lary, in fascicles, upper ones disposed in a terminal raceme ; le- 

 gume pilose, globose, hooked at the apex. Q.t .S. Native of 

 the East Indies. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from the preceding 

 species. 



Straight Crotalaria. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



117 C. RIOIDA (Roth. I.e.) stipulas lanceolate-subulate; leaf- 

 lets cuneiform, emarginate, covered with hoary pili beneath, 

 length of petioles ; stem divaricate ; lower flowers axillary, in 

 fascicles, upper ones disposed in terminal racemes. Ij . S. Na- 

 tive of the East Indies. 



Stiff Crotalaria. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



118 C. PURPUREA (Vent. malm. t. 66.) stipulas subulate; 

 leaflets, obovate, retuse, somewhat emarginate, glabrous above, 

 and minutely pubescent beneath ; racemes terminal ; legume 

 ovate, glabrous, apiculated by the style, on a very short stipe, 

 many-seeded. T? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Ker. bot. reg. 128. C. elegans, Hortul. Flowers deep purple. 



Purple Crotalaria. Fl. Mar. May. Clt. 1790. Sh. 3 to 6 ft. 



119 C. LITTORA'LIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 401.) suffruticose, procumbent; stipulas subulate, very minute ; 

 leaflets 3, obovate-oblong, emarginate, beset with adpressed 

 -pili ; peduncles 5-7-flowered, opposite the leaves and terminal ; 

 legume usually 2-seeded, clothed with adpressed pubescence as 

 well as the calyxes. fj . S. Native of Cuba, near Havannah ? 



Shore Crotalaria. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



120 C. MICROPHY'LLA (Vahl. symb. 1. p. 52.) stipulas seta- 

 ceous, spreading ; leaflets oblong, glabrous, thickish, length of 

 petioles ; peduncles opposite the leaves and terminal, 2-flowered ; 

 legume glabrous, oblong, on a short stipe ; stem decumbent, Jj . G. 

 Native of Arabia Felix. Leaflets 2 lines long. 



Small-leaved Crotalaria. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 1 ft. 



121 C. MICRA'NTHA (Link, enum. 2. p. 229.) leaflets oblong, 

 obtuse, mucronulate, beset beneath with scattered adpressed 

 pili; racemes short, terminal; calyxes silky. O- S. Native 

 of Ceylon. 



Small-flomered Crotalaria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. PI. 1 ft. 



122 C. PA'LLIDA (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 3. p. 20.) leaflets 

 lanceolate, glabrous ; racemes terminal, spike-formed. O G. 

 Native of Africa. 



Pale-flowered Crotalaria. Fl. Ju.Jul. Clt. 1775. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



123 C. ? ARGE'NTEA (Jacq. hort. schcenbr. 2. p. 220.) clothed 

 with white tomentum ; leaflets lanceolate, shorter than the pe- 

 tiole ; peduncles 1 -flowered, opposite the leaves, nearly terminal ; 

 legume stipitate, compressed, clothed with silvery wool. Jj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers yellow. Habit of 

 Lotus or Coromlla. Calyx tripartite. 



Silvery Crotalaria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. Sh. 2 feet. 



124 C. PULCHE'LLA (Andr. bot. rep. t. 417.) leaflets linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, longer than the petioles, clothed with adpressed 

 pubescence beneath, as well as the branches and petioles ; ra- 

 cemes terminal ; legume cylindrical, many-seeded, tapering into 

 a stipe at the base. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1699. Flowers large, yellow, about 

 the size of those of Spartium junceum. 



Neat Crotalaria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1800. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



125 C. ANGUSTIFOLIA (Jacq. hort. schcenbr. 2. p. 49. t. 219.) 

 stipulas wanting ; leaflets lanceolate, hoary, and silky, shorter 



