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pubescent ;. calyx teeth acuminate, 2 mm. long; corolla 9 mm. long, yellow, 
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standard and w mes striate with purple lines; pod cylindrical, 3 cm. long, finely 
pubescent ; seed 2.5-2 mm. long, light or reddish brown, matures midearly. 
Next to Crotalaria striata and C. spectabilis, this has been the 
most extensively tested species. The general habit of growth is 
favorable for forage, but the plant has a bitter taste. For green 
manure it compares favo orably with (C. striata, although it does not 
make so large a growth. At Gainesville, Fla.,1t has bloomed about 
the middle of J uly and ripened seed the middle of August. It will 
mature two good crops of seed in one season in Florida. 
Crotalaria maxillaris Klotzsch. 
Plant erect, 6-10 decimeters high, with long suberect branches; young stems 
finely pubescent ; stipules small, setaceous ; leaves trifoliolate; the central leaf- 
let larger than the lateral and about 3.5 cm. long and 1.5 cm. broad; apex 
rounded, glabrous above, short, Sparse nescence below; flowers in lax ter- 
minal racemes, 15-30 cm. long; calyx 5-7 mm. long, teeth lanceolate, cuspidate, 
reaching more than halfway down; corolla yellow, 18 mm. long, standard lightly 
striated and silky outside; pod subsessile, 12-18 mm. long and 6-10 mm. wide, 
finely pubescent; seed nearly 3 mm. long, variable brown, matures midlate. 
The general habits of this species make it well adapted for forage 
purposes. Like Crotalaria grantiana, it has no bitter taste and may 
make good hay and green forage, making good growth farther 
north than most species and having very ood ‘seeding habits. 
At Gainesville, Fla., it: has bloomed about the middle of August 
and ripened seed the first of October. At Columbia, S. C., it “has 
been about 15 days later than at Gainesville. 
Crotalaria mesopontica Taubert. 
Plant erect, 6-12 decimeters high, ramose, lightly pubescent; stipules small 
or wanting; leaves trifoliolate; leaflets linear, oblong to elliptic, 11-35 mm. 
long and 48 mm. wide, upper side glabrous, under side lightly pubescent; 
raceme terminal and lateral, many flowered; calyx 3 mm. long, hirsute; flowers 
8S mm. long, standard striate; seed 2.5 mm. long, light color. 
Plants of this species have been grown in the greenhouse at Wash- 
ington, D. C., for over a year, and while they have flowered freely, 
no pods have set. Plants were established in the open at Gaines- 
ville, Fla., late in the season of 1929, but no seed was formed. This 
species has excellent general habits for forage, but its value for this 
purpose has yet to be demonstrated. It has a bitter taste in the 
green state. 
Crotalaria mundyi Baker. 
Plant erect, 6-12 decimeters high, bushy, with many branches from lower 
part of main stems; stems terete, finely pubescent ; stipules small, setaceous; 
leaves trifoliolate, linear, up to 2.5 cm. long, 5 mm. wide, glabrous above, finely 
pubescent beneath ; flowers 18 fin: long, yellow, in lax racemes; standard 
finely pubescent on outside, purple striate; wings and keel shorter than stand- 
ard; calyx 5 mm. long, teeth equaling the tube, finely pubescent; pod 17-18 
Imm. long, 5-7 mm. wide, very finely pubescent; seed 2 mm. long, light to 
dark brown, matures late. 
In flower and pod this species is much lke Crotalaria mazillaris, 
but it is more upright and makes a more compact growth than that 
species. It also has a later season and seems less well adapted to 
United States conditions. It matured seed as far north as Colum- 
bia, S. C, 
