P L A T E CCCVIIL
C R O T O L A R I A VERRUCOSA.
Blue flowered Crotalaria.
C L A S S XVIL
DIA DELPHI A DECANDRIA.
O R D E R IV.
Threads in two sets. Ten Chives.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
C A L Y X . Perianlhiura tripartitum, magnum, corolla
paulo brevius; laciniis duabiis iaperioribus
lanceolatis, vexillo incumbentlbus;
tf.rtia lanceolata, concava, carinara fulciente,
trífida.
C O R O L L A papillionacea.
Fexilltim CORDATUM, ACUTUM, MAGNUM, LATENBUS
DEPRELLUM.
A he ovatae, vexillo dimidio breviores.
Carina acuminata, longitudine alarnm. _
S T A M I N A . Filamenta 'decern, connata, aflnrgentia,
linea dorlali fifla bafiqiie hiante.
Antherte fimplices.
PISTILL-UM. Germen oblongum, reflexum, hiriutum.
Stylus fimplex, infraftus, ailurgens.
Stigma obtulum.
P E R I C A S P I U M . Legumen breve, turgidum, uniloculare,
bivalve, pedicillatum.
S E M E N aliquot, globola-reniformia.
SPECIFIC
Crotolaria foliis limplicibus, ovatis, retufis; flipulis
lunatis, declinatis; racemo termmah;
ramis tetragonis.
E M P A L E M E N T . Cup three-parted, large, rather
Ihorter than the bloflbm; the two fujjerior
fegments lance-fliaped, laying on theftandard;
the third lance-ihaped, concave, fupporting
the keel, three-cleft.
BLOSSOM butterfly-lliaped.
Standard heart-fliaped, acute, large, deprelTed
on the fides.
JFings egg-iliaped, half the length of the
ftandard.
Keel tapered, the length of the wings.
C H I V E S . Ten threads, united, turned upwards,
with a fplit line on the back, and gaping
at the bafe. Tips fimple.
POINTAL. Seed-bud oblong, reflexed, hairy.
Shaft fimple, bent inwards at an angle,
turned upwards. Summit obtufe.
S E E D - V E S S E L . Pod fiiort, turgid, one-celled,
two valved, with a fruit-flalk.
S E E D S a few of a rounded kidney-lhape.
CHARACTER.
Crotolaria with fimple leaves, egg - lliaped,
dented at the ends 5 leaf props half-raoonfiiaped,
turned downwards ; bunch of flowers
terminal; branches four-fided.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1, The Empalement.
li. The Standard.
3. One of the Wings.
4. The two petals of the Keel.
5. The Chives. . , , , _ ,
6. The Pointal and Seed-bud, the Summit detached, magnified.
7. A half ripe Seed-veffel.
8. The fame laid open.
T H I S bandfome annual is an old inhabitant of our hot-houfes, for it has been cultivated fo long ago
as the year 1731, by Mr. Miller; but from its charafter as an annual, our fummers not proving always
cm oLial to the perfeaing its feeds, it has at intervals been loft to us. It is a native of the Eaft Indies°
and in general, good feed may be procured by keeping the plants constantly in a hot-bed or hothou
e- but the betl method is to raife them on a ttrong hot-bed, keeping them there till m flower,
and then transferring them to the hot-houfe or dry-fiove, to per fea their feeds Our drawing was
taken from a finefpecimen, communicated by the Hon. W. H. Irby, from his feleft collea.on at the
Parfonage, Farnham Royal, Bucks. Flowers in May or June, and ripens its feeds in Auguft oi September.
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