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CROTALARIA verrucosa. 
Warted Crotalaria. 
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DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Lecuminose. § Lotee. 
CROTALARIA UL. Calyx 5-lobus sub-bilabiatus, labio superiore bi-, 
inferiore 3-fido. Corolle vexillum cordatum magnum carina falcato-acuminata. 
Filamenta omnia connexa vagina sepits superne fissd. Stylus lateraliter 
barbato-pubescens. Legumen turgidum valvis ventricosis inflatum, sapits 
polyspermum _pedicellatum. Herbe aut frutices. Folia stmplicia aut 
palmatim composita, 3-aut rarissime 5-foliolata. Flores sepiis flavi. 
Bracteole minima secus pedicellum aut ad basin calycis. Dec. prodr. 
2. 124. 
§ Foliis simplicibus. 
* Stipulis non decurrentibus, interdim nullis, floribus racemosis, racemis 
terminalibus aut oppositifoliis. Dec. 
C. verrucosa ; stipulis lunatis declinatis, foliis ovatis, ramis acute tetragonis, 
racemis terminalibus, ovariis villosis. Dec. J. c. p. 125. 
C. verrucosa. Linn. sp. pl. 1005. 
C. cerulea. Jacq. ic. rar. t. 144, 
C. angulosa. Lam. dict. 2.p.197. Cav. ic. 4. t. 321. 
Caulis annuus, quadrangularis, sub-glaber, ramosus. Folia simplicia, 
ovata, apiculata, ylabra, petiolis pubescentibus, nunc acuta, nunc obtusa ; 
stipule semi-ovate, lunate, reflere. Racemi terminales, multiflori, rachi, 
pedicellis, calycibusque pubescentibus, apice spits steriles. Bractex minime, 
subulate. Corolla cerulea, Legumen oblongum, inflatum, pilosum. 
A tender stove annual, native of many parts of the East 
Indies, and varying extremely in the size and form of its 
leaves, which are sometimes acute, as in the accompanying 
figure, sometimes retuse at the apex, and sometimes even 
hastate. Our drawing was made many years ago, at the 
Nursery of Mr. Colvill. : 
Stem erect, succulent, branched, angular, nearly smooth, 
about 2 feet high. Leaves simple, ovate, apiculate, smooth, 
with pubescent petioles, either acute or obtuse ; stipules half- 
ovate, lunate, reflexed. Racemes terminal, many-flowered, 
with the rachis, pedicels, and calyces pubescent, usually 
sterile at the top. Bractee very small, subulate. Corolla 
blue. Pod oblong, inflated, pilose. 
J. L. 
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