12 Florida Agricultural Experiment Station

 Crotalaria lanceolata, a native of South Africa, is a perennial
which grows 4 to 5 feet in height. It produces an abundance of
leaves, and is finer stemmed than other commonly grown spec-
ies. It produces an abundance of seed and re-establishes itself
readily from the previous year's seeding. For these reasons it
promises to be a valuable green manure crop. The seeds ripen
in August and September in pods which do not dehisce readily.
Seed harvest may extend over a long period with little loss. The
shape of the leaf is shown in Fig. 8 and the color and shape of
seed resemble those of Crotalaria intermedia.
 "Crotalaria maxillaris Klotzsch. Plant erect, 6-10 decimeters high, with long
suberect branches; young stems finely pubescent; stipules small, setaceous; leaves
trifoliolate; the central leaflet larger than the laterals and about 3.5 cm. long and 1.5
cm. broad; apex rounded, glabrous above, short, sparse pubescent below; flowers
in lax terminal racemes, 15-30 cm. long; calyx 5-7 mm. long, teeth lanceolate,
cuspidate, reaching more than half way down; corolla yellow, 18 mm. long, standard
lightly striated and silky outside; pod subsessile, 12-18 mm. long and 6-10 mm.
wide, finely pubescent; seed nearly 3 mm. long variable brown, matures midlate."
 Crotalaria maxillaris, a species from tropical Africa, grows into
a plant about 3 feet tall. The leaves are small and do not form
a heavy foliage except on land especially adapted to its growth.
The leaves have a tendency to drop early. The plant which is
an annual blooms about the middle of August and ripens seed
early in October. Cattle graze it readily. Due to scantiness of

 Fig. 7.-Crotalaria intermedia showing the pods after most of the leaves have
dropped.