CROTALARIA, A NEW LEGUME FOR THE SOUTH 19 
Flowers not striate. 
Standard pubescent outside; pod 10 
EEREYV MIQ}E. 2 tegen = Se ee ee C. grantiana 
Standard not pubescent outside; pod 
14 mm. or more long. 
Pod 14 mm. long; plant mostly 
spreading; leaflets obovate_____ C. pumila 
Pod 17 mm. long; plant very erect; 
Fea Hehartthletb = et eas ee C. goreensis 
Pod without pubescence. 
Flowers in long terminal racemes__________ C. usaramoensis 
Flowers 1-2, on lateral branches, a few 
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Crotalaria alata Hamilton. 
Plant erect, 3-10 decimeters in heighi, with moderately heavy stems, openly 
to densely branched, clothed throughout with dense gray pubescence; stipular 
wing, broad and extending down the stem nearly to the leaf; leaves simple, 
midlarge, up to 7 cm. long by 2-8 cm. wide; flowers yellow, small, 11 mm. in 
length, and but slightly exserted from the calyx, 2-3 in each raceme; pod 
long stalked, smooth, 35-45 mm. long; seed small, 3 mm. long, very dark brown 
or black. 
This species flowers midearly in comparison with other species. 
At Gainesville, Fla., it has bloomed about the middle of July, and 
at Columbia, S. C., a month later. Seed has ripened throughout 
September. At Gainesville, Fla., and McNeill, Miss., it has made a 
fairly good growth, but does not promise to be of as much value as 
several other species. At Columbia, S. C., it has not done so well 
as in Florida and Mississippi. 
Crotalaria albida Heyne. 
Plant semierect, bushy, 3-6 decimeters high; stems round and with minute 
gray pubescence, finely branched, making a dense plant; stipules wanting: 
leaves simple, linear or oblanceolate, 2-5 cm. long, gray silky pubescence be- 
neath; racemes mostly terminal, 6-20 flowered; flowers yellow. inclosed or 
scarcely exserted, 9 mm. long; calyx 9-10 mm. long, conspicuous, teeth divided 
nearly to the base; pods small, 12-14 mm. long, oblong; seed very small, 1.5-2 
mm. long, brown, matures very late. 
In southern Florida where this species has been tested it has grown 
to be a small bushy plant that suggests its possible value as a cover 
crop. It has bloomed freely but matured but little seed. It has not 
been grown elsewhere. 
Crotalaria anagyroides H. B. K. 
Plant erect, large, attaining a height of 3 meters; stems well branched, 
finely pubescent on young growth, becoming woody with age; stipules none; 
leaves trifoliolate; leaflets large. 10 cm. long by 3% cm. wide, oval, tending to 
be pointed at both ends, little or no pubescence; flowers large, 20 mm. long, 
yellow, clustered in terminal and lateral racemes, quite showy; calyx tube 5 
mm. long; calyx teeth 5 mm. long; pod with short appressed pubescence, 
tending to eylindrical, inflated, 30-85 mmm. long; seed midlarge, +6 mm. long, 
light color, greenish brown to yellowish brown, matures late. 
This is a large-growing species, with good foliage and a sym- 
metrical spread of branches, which makes it an attractive plant. Its 
bright yellow, showy flowers clustered at the ends of the branches 
make it of possible value as an ornamental in Florida. It requires 
a long season for its development and therefore is less desirable 
