AFRIOAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 261 
longo suffulta. Pedunculi erecti, 1-3-flori. Bracter ad basin pedicelli 
lineares, 1-3 mm. long. Pedicelli 3-5 mm. longi. Calycis tubus breviter 
campanulatus, dentibus lanceolatis. Vexillum violaceum ; carina alaeque 
lute. Ale obovato-spathulate. Carina arcuata, dorso rotundata, ungui- 
culata, in toto 7-8 mm. longa. Legumen oblongum, +25 mm. longum et 
10 mm. latum, polyspermum, stipite 5-6 mm. longo suffultum. 
ANGOLA: Huilla, Lopollo, Welwitsch No. 1950! Pungo Andongo, 
Welwitsch No. 1947! Hb. Mus. Brit.; Angola, Newton! Hb. Berol. ; Huilla, 
Antunes § Dekindt No. 3170! Hb. Mus. Paris. 
13. C. Apamsonu, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 
Radix lignosa. Caules angulati, virgati, plures ex eadem radice orti, 
410-50 em. longi.  Stipule lineares, 1-2 mm. longs. Folia oblongo- 
lanceolata vel lineari-oblonga, mucronata, 5-8 cm. longa, 7-10 mm. lata, 
sub lente strigoso-pubescentia, petiolo cire. 1 mm. longo suffulta. Flores 
mediocres. —Znflorescentia 1-3-flora. Pedunculi 6-8 cm. longi. Bractew sub 
pedicello anguste, quam pedicelli multoties breviores. Pedicelli calyce 
longiores. Calyx 8-9 mm. longus, strigosus, dentibus lanceolatis 6 mm. 
longis. Vewillum in sicco luteum, striatum, calyce paullo longius. Carina 
dorso rotundata, uncinata, cire. 9 mm. longa. Legumen haud visum. 
NYASALAND : Shire Highlands, Mt. Soche, alt. 1830 metr., G. Adamson 
No. 321 ! Hbb. Kew., Mus. Brit. 
Allied to C. glauca, Willd., but the stems are distinctly angled, and the 
leaves are oblong-lanceolate and slightly pubescent. ‘The petioles are very 
short. 
14. C. AMADIENSIS, De Wild. in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot. sér. v. iii. (1911-12) 
198. 
Verisimiliter herba perennis, erecta, ramosa, in typo 20-30 cm. alta, caule 
gracili, terete. — Stipule lineares. Folia oblonga vel oblongo-elliptica, apice 
obtusa, mucronata, 12-22 mm. longa, 2°5-6 mm. lata, punctata, glabra vel 
glabriuseula, petiolo vix 1 mm. longo prwdita. Flores mediocres, saepe 
solitarii, graciliter pedunculati, pedunculis 10-18 mm. longis. Bracteola ad 
apicem peduneulorum posite, lineares. Calyx glaber ; tubus circ. 2 mm. 
longus ; lobi lanceolati, acuminati, cire. 4 mm. longi. Vexillum obovatum, 
cum ungue circ. 8 mm. longum et latum. Ale oblongze, carinæ subsequi- 
longe. Carina dorso rotundata, 7-8 mm. longa, rostro brevi. Legumen 
oblongum, glabrum, stipitatum, stipite calyce breviore. 
Congo REGION : Amadi, Seret No. 337! Hbb. Brux., Mus. Brit. 
This plant is allied to C. uniflora, Baker, and C. glauca, Willd. The 
distinguishing characters are :— 
(a) The slender, terete stem (in the type specimen hardly 1 mm. in diam.). 
(^) The oblong, or oblong-elliptical, almost glabrous, very shortly petiolate 
