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minuted by /ingle fummits , and an oblong reflexed ger men? j 
fluff orting a fingle flyle , crowned by an obtufe ftigma. Id he 
germen afterward becomes a flhort turgid pod with one 
cell , opening with two valves , and filled with kidney- 
Jhaped feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the third feftion of 
Linnaeus’s feventeenth clafs, intitled Diadelphia De- 
candria the flowers of this clafs and feftion having ten 
ftamina joined in two bodies. 
The Species are, 
1. Cr.otolar.ia ( Verrucofla ) foliis flmplicibus ovatis, fti- 
pulis lunatis declinatis ramis tetragonis. Flor. Zeyl. 
277. Crotolaria with fingle oval leaves , lunated declining 
ftipula , and four-cornered branches. Crotolaria Afiatica 
folio fingulari verrucofo, floribus cseruleis. H. L. 
199. 
2. Crotolaria flPilofla) foliis flmplicibus lanceolatis pi- 
lofls, petiolis decurrentibus. Crotolaria with fingle , 
hairy , flpearfbaped leaves , and running foot -ft alks. Cro- 
tolaria Americana, caule alato foliis pilofls, floribus 
in thyrfo luteis. Martyn. Cent. 43. 
3. Crotolaria {Sagit tails) foliis flmplicibus lanceolatis 
ftipulis folitariis decurrentibus bidentatis. Hort. Cliff. 
357. Crotolaria with fingle flpear-fihaped leaves , and 
Jingle ftipudu indented. Crotolaria hirfuta minor Ameri- 
cana herbacea, caule ad fummum fagittato. H. L. 
202. 
4. Crotolaria ( Fruticofla ) foliis flmplicibus, lineari- 
lanceolatis hirfutis, petiolis decurrentibus, caule fru- 
ticofo. Crotolaria with fingle , narrow , flpear-fihaped 
leaves , which are hairy , running footftalks , and a flhrubby 
jlalk. Crotolaria frutefcens hirfuta, flore luteo, ra- 
mulis alatis, foliis mucronatis. Houft. MSS. 
5. Crotolaria ( Juncea ) foliis flmplicibus lanceolatis, 
petiolatis caule ftriato. Hort. Cliff. 357. Crotolaria 
with fingle flpear-fihaped leaves having footftalks. Cro- 
tolaria Benghalenfls foliis geniflm hirfutis. Pluk. Aim. 
121. 
6. Crotolaria flPerfoliata) foliis perfoliatis cordato- 
ovatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1005. Crotolaria with oval 
heart-flhaped leaves perforated by the ft alks. Crotolaria 
perfoliate folio. Hort. Elth. 122. tab. 102. 
7. Crotolaria ( Retufa ) foliis flmplicibus, oblongis 
cuneiformibus retufis. Flor. Zeyl. 276. Crotolaria with 
fingle , oblong , wedge-fhaped leaves , reflexed at the top. 
Crotolaria Afiatica, floribus luteis, folio flngularo 
cordiformi. H. L. 200. 
8. Crotolaria ( Villofla ) foliis flmplicibus ovatis villo- 
fis, petiolis flmplicillimis, ramis teretibus. Hort. Cliff 
357. Crotolaria with fingle , oval , hairy leaves, fingle 
pedicles and taper branches. Crotolaria arborefcens 
Africana, Styracis folio. H. L. 170. 
9. Crotolaria ( Angulata ) foliis ovatis feffllibus, ra- 
mulis angulatis hirfutis, floribus lateralibus flmplicifli- 
mis. Crotolaria with oval leaves fitting clofle to the 
branches , which are angular , hairy, and fingle flowers 
proceeding from the fides of the branches. 
10. Crotolaria ( Laburnifolia ) foliis ternatis ovatis 
acuminatis, ftipulis nullis, leguminibus pedicillatis. 
Flor. Zeyl. 278. Crotolaria with oval, trifoliate, pointed 
leaves, no ftipula , and footftalks to the pods. Crotola- 
ria Afiatica frutefcens, floribus luteis amplis trifo- 
liata. H. L. 196. 
11. Crotolaria {Alba) foliis ternis lanceolato-ovatis, 
caule laevi herbaceo, racerno terminali. Flort. Cliff 
499. Crotolaria with oval, fpear-fhaped , ternate leaves, 
flmooth herbaceous ftalks , which are terminated by loofe 
fpikes of flowers. Anonis Caroliniana perennis non 
fpinofa, foliorum marginibus integris, floribus in- 
thyrfo candidis. Martyn. Cent. 44. 
The firft fort grows naturally in India. This is an 
annual plant, which hath an herbaceous four-cor- 
nered ftalk, rifing about two feet high, dividing 
into three or four branches •, thefe have alfo four acute 
angles, and are garnifhed with oval warted leaves, 
of a pale green colour, ftanding on very fhort foot- 
ftalks ; the (lowers are produced in fpikes at the end 
of the branches, which are of the butterfly fhape, and 
of a light blue colour, fucceeded by fhort turgid 
pods, which inclofe one row of kidney-fhaped 
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feeds. It flowers in July and Auguft, and the feeds! 
ripen in autumn. 
This plant is propagated by feeds, which mud: be 
fown upon a hot-bed in the fpring, and when the 
plants are come up an inch high, they fhould be 
tranfplanted to another hot-bed to bring them for- 
ward, obfervdng to fhade them from the fun till they 
have taken new root, after which they fhould have 
free air admitted to them in proportion to the warmth 
of the feafon, to prevent their being drawn up weak. 
When the plants have acquired ftrength in this bed, 
they fhould be carefully taken up, with balls of earth 
to their roots, and each planted in a feparate pot, 
filled with light kitchen-garden earth, and plunged 
into a moderate hot-bed of tanners bark, carefully 
fhading them till they are rooted again ; then they 
mult be treated in the fame manner as other tender 
exotic plants, giving them proper air and water in 
warm weather ; when the plants are grown fo tall as 
to nearly reach the glades of the hot-bed, the pots 
may be removed into an airy glafs-eafe, or drove, 
where they may be fcreened from inclement weather, 
and have proper air in hot weather; with this treat- 
ment the plants will flower in July, and continue to 
produce frefh fpikes of flowers till the end of Auguft; 
and thofe fpikes of flowers which appear early in the 
feafon, will be fucceeded by ripe feeds in September, 
foon after which the plants will decay. 
The fecond fort grows naturally at La Vera Cruz in 
New Spain, from whence the feeds were fent me by 
the late Dr. Houftoun ; this rifes with a compreffed 
winged ftalk near three feet high, putting out feveral 
fide branches, garnifhed with fpear-fhaped leaves 
near three inches long, and one broad, covered 
with foft hairs, and fit clofe to the branches, alter- 
nately; from the foot-ftalks of each there runs a 
border or leafy wing, along both fides of the branches; 
the flowers are produced in loofe fpikes at the end 
of the branches, which are of a pale yellow colour, 
the ftandard being ftretched out a confiderable length 
beyond the wings. Thefe are fucceeded by fhort 
turgid pods, which, when ripe, are of a deep blue 
colour, having one row of final! kidney-fhaped feeds, 
which are of a greemfh brown colour. This flowers 
and feeds about the fame time with the former, and 
requires the fame treatment. 
The third fort was fent me from South Carolina by 
the late Dr. Dale, and alfo from Jamaica by Dr. 
Houftoun, fo that it grows naturally in feveral parts 
of America ; this is an annual plant, which rifes with 
a (lender ftalk a foot and a half high, dividing into 
three or four fpreading branches, garnifhed with ob- 
long oval leaves fitting clofe. The upper part of the 
branches have two leafy borders or wings, running 
from one leaf to the other, but the lower part of the 
branches have none ; the foot-ftalks of the flowers 
arife from the fide of the ftalk, thofe from the lower 
part of the branches are above a foot long, the upper 
are about fix inches, they are very (lender, and fuftain 
one or two pale yellow flowers at their tops, which 
are not more than half fo large as the former fort, and 
are fucceeded by very fhort turgid pods, in which 
are inclofed three or four fmooth kidney-fhaped feeds. 
This fort requires the fame culture as the two former* 
and flowers at the fame feafon. 
The fourth fort grows naturally in Jamaica, from 
whence the feeds were fent me by the late Dr. Houf- 
toun ; this rifes with a fhrubby taper ftalk near four 
feet high, fending out many fide branches which are 
very (lender, ligneous, and covered with a light 
brown bark, garnifhed with very-narrow fpear-fhaped 
leaves, which are hairy, fitting clofe to the branches; 
the younger fhoots have a leafy border or v/ing on 
two fides, but the old branches have none ; the flow- 
ers are produced near the end of the branches, three 
or four growing alternate on a loofe fpike ; they are 
of a dirty yellow, and fmall ; the pods which fucceed 
them are about an inch long, very turgid, and of a 
dark blue when ripe. This fort is propagated by feed, 
which fhould be fown on a hot-bed, and the plants 
treated 
