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CROTOLARIA VERRUCOSA, 
Blue-flowered Crotolaria. 
CLASS XVII. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
ORDER IV. 
Threads in two sets. Ten Chives. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Caryx. Perianthium tripartitam, magnum, co- 
a paulo brevius; laciniis duabus fupe- 
rioribus lanceolatis, vexillo incumbentibus ; 
ae lanceolata, concava, carinam fulci- 
trifida. 
eee papillion 
Vexillum cordatu, acutum, maganm, la- 
teribus depre 
Ale ovate, eect dimidio breviores. 
Carina acuminata, longitudine alarum. 
Sramina. Filame er connata, aflur- 
gentia, linea dorfali fi fa bafique hiante. 
nthere 
ere Gerineh blongum, reflexom,b hir- 
fatum. . Stylus imple infraétus, affur- 
vid — “Stigma ss 
ERICAI breve, em uni- 
ae oculare, bivalve, 2 ae 
EN aliquot, — iformia, 
SPECIFIC 
EMPALEMENT. Cup reefer, large,. rather 
fhorter than the bloffom; the two fuperior 
fegments lance-fhaped, laying on the ftand- 
ae 4s the third lance-ihaped, concave, fup- 
ting the keel, three-cleft. 
Nissan butterfl -fhape d. 
Standard heart- a acute, large, de- 
preffed on the fi 
Wings egg- Dave’. “half the length of the 
ftandard. 
Keel tapered, the length of the wings. 
Curves. Ten threads, united, turned upwards, 
with a fplit line on the back, and gaping 
at the bafe. Tips fimple. 
Pornrat, Seed-bud oblong, reflexed, hairy. 
— fimple, bent inwards at an angle, 
ned upwards. Summit obtufe. 
Suxo-vesen Pod fhort, turgid, one-celled, 
o-valved, with a fruit-ftalk, 
“Suanet a few of a rounded kidney-fhape. 
CHARACTER. 
icibus, ovatis, retufis ; os Crotolaria. with fimple leaves, egg - 
tha 
dented at the ends; leaf-props half-moon- — 
fhaped, turned downwards; bunch of fone 
- ers terminal; branches four-fided. . 
Wings 
4. The two petals ofthe Keel, 
6. The © Pail and Hy so: the Summit detached, magnified. 
8 ‘The fa fame laid op 
keeping the plants constantly ina h : 
on a ftrong hot-bed, keeping them th Podge in flower, — 
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by the Hon. 
eee em wtteen | ts feeds in Auguft or Sep- 
to perfect their feeds. Curd rawing was a 
W. H. Irby, from his felect colleétion at . 
