PLATE DXCIII.
CROTALARIA TETRAGONA.
Four-sided Crotalaria.
CLASS XVII. ORDER IV.
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Two Brotherhoods. Ten Stamens.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Legumen pedicellatum, turgidum. Stamina omnia connexa.
Pod on a stalk, swollen. Stamens all connected.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Crotalaria caule tetragono, strigoso; petiolis brevibus, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, acuminatis; stipulis caulem amplexantibus.
Crotalaria with the stem 4-sided, with flat pressed hairs: short footstalks: leaves oblong-lanced, and pointed: stipules embracing the stem.