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[Crotalaria. 
grass, the racemes much shorter, the flowers smaller, the standard larger in proportion to the 
keel, &c. — Benth. 
F. v. Mueller’s herbarium contains also a single imperfect specimen from the Gulf of Carpen- 
taria, Landsborough, allied to C. trifoliastrum, but evidently shrubby, with woolly tomentose 
branches and larger flowers, closely resembling C. Notonii, W. and Am. Prod. ii. 192 (the same 
as C. rostrata, W. and Am. l.c. 191), but the materials are insufficient for ascertaining whether 
it be a distinct species. — Benth. 
14. C. incana (hoary), Linn.; DC. Prod. ii. 132 ; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 188. 
An erect herb, usually annual, attaining 2 or 8ft., the branches tomentose, 
pubescent or rusty-villous. Leaflets 3, obovate or orbicular, very obtuse, usually 
L to lin. long, glabrous above, more or less ciliate on the edge and sometimes 
hairy underneath, on a long common petiole. Flowers small, yellow, in short 
terminal or leaf-opposed racemes. Calyx 8 to 4 lines long or rarely rather more, 
the lobes finely acuminate, several times longer than the small tube. Standard 
as long as or rather longer than the calyx, broad, but almost acuminate ; wings 
narrow ; keel nearly as long as the standard ; anthers smaller than in most 
species and rather less disproportioned. Ovary sessile, villous, with numerous 
densely crowded ovules. Pod sessile, 1 to ljin. long, usually much inflated and 
hirsute with spreading hairs. — Benth. in Mart. FI. Bras. "Leg. 27 ; F. v. M. Fragm. 
iii. 53 ; C. affinis, DC. Prod. ii. 132 ; C. herhacea, Schweigg. in Schranck, Syll. 
PI. Ratisb. ii. 77; C. cubetisis, DC. Prod. ii. 131; C. Schimperi, A. Rich. FI. 
Abyss, i. 151. 
Hab.: Keppel Bay, B. Brou n ; Moreton Island and Gilbert River, F. v. Mueller ; Rockhampton 
and Bowen River, Bowman, Dallachy ; common at Sandgate. 
The species is widely dispersed over the tropical and subtropical regions of the New and the 
Old World. 
15. C. dissitiflora (flowers scattered), Benth. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 386, and 
FI. Austr. ii. 184. An erect perennial, of 1 to 2ft., the branches hoary or silky- 
tomentose. Leaflets usually 3, broadly obovate, oblong, or rarely almost linear, 
very obtuse, rarely above lin. long, and often much smaller, usually glabrous 
above and hoary-tomentose or silky underneath, rarely glabrous or villous on both 
sides. Flowers yellow, in a rather loose terminal raceme, often elongating to 5 
or 6in. Calyx 2 to 3 lines long, the lobes rarely longer than the tube, and all 
nearly equal. Standard broad, twice as long as the calyx; keel rather shorter. 
Ovary shortly stipitate, more or less pubescent or villous, with 10 to 12 ovules. 
Pod pubescent, tomentose, or nearly glabrous. 
Hab.: Gulf of Carpentaria, Landsborough: Balonne River, Mitchell; Suttor River, F. v. 
Mueller; Broadsound, Bowman; Rockhampton, Thozet, Dallachy ; heads of the Isaacs and 
Bowen Rivers, Bowman. The varieties are met with towards Cooper’s Creek. 
Yar. erevuea. Leaflets narrow, the lateral ones often small or wanting, softly tomentose, 
hoary or white. 
Var. rugosa. Leaves soft, silky-villous on both sides. Flowers small. 
16. C. Striata (streaked flowers), DC.; J. G. Baker in Hook. FI. Brit. Ind. 
ii. 84. Stem 1 to 3ft. high, erect, the young branches slightly silky-hairy. 
Stipules small, setaceous, deciduous. Petioles 1J to 3in. long. Leaflets 3, oblong 
or obovate-oblong, shortly stalked, the central one 2 or 3in. long, 1 to 1 Jin. broad, 
blunt with a minute point, greenish on both sides, at first silky on the under side. 
Flowers in terminal racemes of 6 to 9in. Bracts setaceous, deciduous, silky, 2 
or 3 lines long. Pedicels 1 to 1J line long, finely silky. Calyx Jin. long, teeth 
lanceolate-acuminate, equalling the tube. Corolla bright-yellow, marked with 
dark lines, twice as long as the calyx. Pod linear, distinctly stalked, 1 to ljin. 
long, 2J to 3 lines broad, glabrescent, seeds about 20. — Bot. Mag. t. 8200. 
Hab.: Common in the Brisbane district. 
