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 Fig. 8.-Crotalaria lanceolata growing in the nursery at Gainesville, Florida.

leaf and the tendency of the stems to become woody early in the
season, Crotalaria maxillaris does not have promise as a practical
forage crop.
 "Crotalaria retusa L. Plant erect, 3-6 decimeters high, sparingly or moderately
branched; branches divaricate; stems terete, with fine grayish pubescence; stipules
small, setaceous; leaves simple, oblanceolate to obovate; 6-12 cm. long and 2-6 cm.
wide, sessile, glabrous above, very fine pubescence beneath; flowers in lax terminal
racemes, 15-20 cm. long; calyx 1.5 cm. long, the broad teeth exceeding the tube;
corolla yellow, standard 2.5 cm. long, with purplish tinge, exceeding the calyx; pod
linear oblong, 4 cm. long, 1 cm. wide, glabrous, turning black in weathering; seed
large, 4-5 mm. long, light brown to almost black, matures in midseason."
 Crotalaria retusa was introduced into America from Brazil in