. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . I. Crotalaria sagittalis L. Rattle-box. Fig. 2459. Crotalaria sagillalis L. Sp. PI. 714. 1753. Annual, erect or decumbent, villous-pubes- cent, branching, rarely over 1° high. Leaves simple, oval, lanceolate or oblong, acute or obtiisish at the apex, rounded at the base, en- tire, nearly sessile, 1-2*' long, 2"-8" wide; stipules persistent and united, decurrent on
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . I. Crotalaria sagittalis L. Rattle-box. Fig. 2459. Crotalaria sagillalis L. Sp. PI. 714. 1753. Annual, erect or decumbent, villous-pubes- cent, branching, rarely over 1° high. Leaves simple, oval, lanceolate or oblong, acute or obtiisish at the apex, rounded at the base, en- tire, nearly sessile, 1-2*' long, 2"-8" wide; stipules persistent and united, decurrent on the stem, sagittate above, or the lower wanting; peduncles 1-4' long, 2-4-fiowered; pedicels i"-3" long; flowers yellow, 4"-6" long, the corolla about equalling the calyx; pod oblong, glabrous, nearly sessile in the calyx, 1' long, 4"-5" in thickness, much inflated, nearly black at maturity; seeds shining. In dry open places, Vermont to Florida, Minne- sota. South Dakota. Arkansas and Mexico. Also in Jamaica. June-Sept. Wild pea. Loco-weed. 2. Crotalaria rotundifolia (Walt.) Poir. Anoiiymos rotundifolia Walt. Fl. Car. 181.' 1788. Crotalaria sagittalis var. ovalis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 55. 1803. Crotalaria rotundifolia Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 2 : 402. 1811. Crotalaria ovalis Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 469. 1814. Perennial by a deep somewhat woody root, the slender branches usually prostrate. Pu- bescence mostly dense, brownish, spreading or ascending; leaves broadly oblong or oval, obtuse at both ends, or narrowed at the base, paler beneath than above, i'-iS' long; petioles l"-2" long; upper stipules usually distinctly sagittate, the lower much smaller, or often wanting; pedimcles lateral, 2-6' long, slender, 2-6-flowered; flowers usually distant, yellow, 6"-8" long; corolla little longer than the calyx; pod nearly as in the preceding species. Mostly in dry soil, southern Virginia to Flor- ida, Missouri and Louisiana. May-Aug. C
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