Crotalaria L. 329 



240. CROTALARIA (EUCROTALARIA) INCANA L. 



Char. Gen. cf. Endl. Gen. 6472.»- Wlp. Rprt. I. 589. g. 12. 



Char. Spec. cf. DC. Prdr. II. 132. 90. WIp. V. 449. 176, diagn. plane 

 quadrat, an C. pubera Vlil. DC. 1. c. 92 sat diversa ? acccdit paullo 

 ad C. obovatam G.Don. Wlp. 1. c. II. 830. 3 et C. slrialain Zucc. 

 Wlp. 1. c. I. 594. 114. 



Descrpt. Fruticuli in apricis Weltevreden ad fossa- 

 rum ripas copiosi, 2 — 3 pcd. alti; caulis teretiusculus irat 

 crassusj rami ex quaque folioruiii axilla divaricati, fastigiati, 

 erecto-patentes teretes, uti petioli pube adpressa tenui tecti, 

 apice albido-, molliterque tomentosi; stipulae lineari-setaceae, 

 0,15 poU. longae, longiter ciliatae, caducissimae, ad foliorum 

 inevolutorum basin tantum praesentes, dein ubique deficien- 

 tes et inde vidgo ?iullae dictae ; petioli tereti-subtetragoni pa- 

 tentes, basi incrassati, apice trifoliati, 1,0 — 2,5 poll. longi; 

 foliola breviter petiolulata, ovalia s. elliptica, utrinque obtusa 

 aut acutiuscula, mucrone brevi apicali, terminale tertiam par- 

 tem lateralibus majus, 1,5 — 2,5 poll. longa, 1,0 — 1,5 poll. lata, 

 supra juvenilia puberula, seniora glabrata intense viridia tactu 

 mollia, subtus glauca, pilis sparsis adpressis tecta, juvenilia 

 albido-sericea; racemi terminales 3 — 7 poll. longi, erecti, 

 stricti, apioe bracteis sterilibus lineari-subulatis comosi, 15 — 

 25-flori; bractea 2idi basin pedunculi lineari-subulata, 0.2 poll. 

 longa, ciliata, caducissima, sub alabastris juvenilibus tanium 

 conspicienda ; pedunculus brevis 0,1 poll. longus, patenti- 

 erectus apice cernuus (inde flores penduli) tcrcs, uti rliachis 

 dense albido-, molliterque pubescens ; hracteolae binae brac- 

 teae consimiles, in anthesi deciduae, ante anthesin patenti- 

 erectae, utrinque ad calycis basin; calyx pube adpressa rara 

 tectus, profunde 5-fidus; tubiis 0,1 poll. vix akus; laciniae 

 subaequilongae0,4 poll. longae, w/?^r2or^^ binae latiores lineari- 

 oblongae, acuminatae, 1 — sub~3-nerviae, vexillo adpressue, 

 laterales 2 lineari - lanceohxtae , acuminatae, quinta inferior 

 quam caeterae, angustissima carinam sustmens ; corolla caly- 

 cem excedens; vexilluin maximum, primo petaHs incumbens 

 complicatum, dcin rcsurgens patcntissimum , obovato-subro- 



