Heller : plants of the Hawaiian islands. 833 



CRACCA L. Sp. PI. 753. 1753. 



[ Teplirosia Pers. Syn. 2:328. 1807.1 

 Cracca purpurea L. Sp. PI. 752. 1753. 



Galega piscatoria Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 71. 1789. 

 Teplirosia leptostachya DO. Prodr. 2: 251. 182."i. 

 Teplirosia adscendensMACF AD. Fl. Jam. 257. 1837. 

 lephrosia tenella A. Gray, PI. Wright. 2: 36. 1853. 



A plant which was formerly of considerable use to the na- 

 tives. It possesses a narcotic property and was used to stupefy 

 fish. It is common on the dry western slope of Diamond Head, 

 Oahu, and was also noticed on Kauai, along the road between 

 Waimea and Hanapepe. It is not found far from the coast. 



March 28 (2023); orignal locality, Ceylon. 



CROTALARIA L. Sp. PI. 714. 1753. 



Crotalaria assamica Benth.; Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 2:481. 

 1843. 



Recorded by Hillebrand from " Oahu, Pauoa, at the head of 

 the valley." It is still found there in great abundance, and 

 does not seem to have been carried to other localities. The 

 mature seeds are large, dark olive in color. 



October 5 (2911); original locality, "Assam." 



Crotalaria fulva Roxb. Fl. Ind. 3:266. 1832 



This tall, shrubby species, with large, yellow flowers much 

 like those of C. assamica, has a pod very different from the 

 other species which grow on the islands. The plant is plenti- 

 ful along the roadside in Nuuanu valley, but is not recorded by 

 Hillebrand. 



The Index Kewensis gives Hort. Beng. 54, as the place of 

 publication, but J. G. Baker, in Fl. Brit. India, 2: 80. 1879, cites 

 it as given above. 



March 23 (1983a). 



Crotalaria mean a L. Sp. PL 716. 1753. 



Very common abont Honolulu, growing along roadsides, in 

 fields, and even on the outskirts of the forest on Tantalus. A 

 branching, straggling shrub, the young branches herbaceous 

 and tomentose. Pod short, tomentose, almost black when ma- 

 ture. Seeds olive green when ripe. Not previously recorded 

 from the Hawaiian Islands. It has perhaps been introduced 

 from Australia, as it occurs there. 



March 21 (1966); original locality, "in Jamaica and Cari- 

 baeis." 



