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THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
GENUS XXVI. 
HALLIA Thunb. THE HALLIA. 
Lin. Syst. MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Generic Character. — Calyx five-cleft, witli the segments about equal. Keel obtuse. Stamens monadelpbous, Avith the sbeatb complete. 
Legume compressed, membranous, two-valved, one-seeded. {Q. Don.) 
Description, &c. — This genus contains only very small Cape shrubs or herbaceous plants, vfith purple flowers. 
They are not at all remarkable for then’ beauty, and certainly scarcely worth cultivating at the present day, when 
so many really handsome flowers have been introduced. The genus is named in honour of Berger Martin Hall, 
a pupil of Linuajus. 
GENUS XXVII. 
CROTALARIA Lin. THE CROTALAEIA. 
Lin. Syst. MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Generic Character. — Caly.v five-lobcd, somewhat bilabiate ; upper Style bearded laterally, pubescent. Legume turgid, with the valves 
lip bifid, lower lip trifid. Vexillum large, cordate. Keel falcate, acu- ventrlcose, usually many-seeded, pedicellate. ((?. Don.) 
miuated. Filaments all connected with the sheath, cleft in front. 
Description, &c. — This is a vei’y large genus, the plants composing which bear, however, so much resemblance 
to each other as to he very easily recognised. They have generally yellow flowers, and palmately compound leaves, 
which have usually three leaflets. Some of them are annuals, some perennials ; some require a greenhouse, others 
a stove ; and some will grow in the open air. The name of Crotalaria is derived from the Greek word for a 
castanet, because the seeds rattle in the pods when dry, and make a noise like a castanet. 
1.— CROTALARIA PURPUREA Vent. THE PURPLE CROTALARIA. 
Specific Character. — Leaves ternate ; leaflets obovate, retuse, 
Racemes terminal. I! 
Synonyme. — C. elegans Donn. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag., t. 1913 ; Bot. Reg., t. 128 ; and our fig. 
4, in PL 24. 
Description, &c. — A small shrub, growing very erect, and generally producing very few branches. Though |' 
this species is called the Purple Crotalaria, its flowers are of a fine crimson. It is a native of the Cape of Good ; 
Hope, whence it was introduced in 1709. It flowers early in the spring, and continues producing a succession of 
blossoms all the summer. It is easily propagated by cuttings. || 
2.— CROTALARIA PULCHELLA Andr. THE PRETTY CROTALARIA. 
branches and petioles. Racemes terminal. Legume cylindrical, many- 
seeded, tapering into a stipe at tbe base. ((?. Don.) 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag., t. 1699; Bot. Rep., t. 417. 
Specific Character. — Leaflets linear-lanceolate, acute, longer than 
the petioles, clothed with adpressed pubescence beneath, as well as the 
Description, &c. — This is a very showy species, from the large size of the flowers and the slenderness of the 
leaves. It was introduced from the Cape of Good Hope in the year 1800, and when grown in the free ground it 
attains a very large size. When this is the case it makes a very ornamental plant, pai’ticularly w’hen it is covered 
with its immense yellow flowers. 
