AFRICAN SPEC(ES OF CROTALARIA. 271 
subulata. Folia oblanceolato-oblonga vel oblongo-obovalia, obtusa, basi 
cuneata, sepius 40-75 mm. longa, 13-28 mm. lata, superne glabra, subtus 
puberula, petiolo brevi suffulta. Aacems 10-20-flori, laxi.  Bractew ad basin 
pedicelli parvæ. Calycis lobi laneeolati, tubo duplo longiores. Vewillum 
flavum, vel purpurascens. Carina apice breviter rostrata, in toto 14-17 mm. 
longa. Legumen oblongum, breviusculo stipitatum vel subsessile, 35-40 em. 
longum, glabrum, 15-20-spermum. 
Widely distributed in Tropical Africa, also in Comoro Is., Rodriguez, 
Madagascar, India, Ceylon, China, Malaya, N. Australia, America, This 
is the Crotalaria asiatica, folio singulari cordiformi, floribus luteis of Hermann 
(Hort. Acad. Lugduno-Batavus, p. 201). There are several specimens in 
the Hermann Herbarium. 
Series 21. Flores pauci, magni, in ultimorum foliorum axillis. dispositi. 
Carina calyce brevior, 18-22. mm. longa. Herba pilis ferrugineis dense 
vestita. 
34. C. CALYCINA, Schrank, Pl. Rar. Hort. Monae. t. 12 (1819) : DC. Prod. 
ii. 129 : Baker in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 15; Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. 
PL i. 197. 
Herba simplex vel ramosa, caule gracili erecto. Stipule parvæ, oculo nudo 
vix conspicuæ. Volia brevissime petiolata, linearia, lineari-lanceolata vel 
oblongo-lanceolata, 5-7 em. longa, 6-10 mm. lata, undique pellucido-punctata, 
pilis ferrugineis præcipue subtus vestita. Calyæ profunde bilabiatus, extus 
longe denseque strigoso-pilosus, corollam obtegens, sepe. 20-25 mm. longus. 
Carina albido-virescens. Legumen glabrum, calyce parum aucto involu- 
cratum, paullo inflatum, 12-30-spermum. 
SENEGAMBIA : Heudelot No. 119! Hb. Kew. : Lecard No. 278! Hb. Berol. 
SIERRA LEONE: Luseniya, Scott Elliot No. 4066! Hb. Kew. 
Nicerta: Yola, Dalziel No. 1! Hb. Kew. 
CAMEROONS : Ledermann No. 3939! Hb. Berol. 
DJURLAND : Seriba Ghattas, Schweinfurth No. 2225! Hb. Kew. ; No. 3133! 
Hb. Sehweinfurth. 
Ucanpa: Unjoro Plateau, Speke & Grant No. 573! Hb. Kew.; Mt. 
Ruwenzori, Semliki Valley, Scott Elliot No. 8072! Hb. Kew. 
Conco REarox : Dembo, J. Bequaert No. 483! Hb. Brux. 
ANGOLA : Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch No. 1937! Hb. Mus. Brit.; Mechow 
No. 70! and No. 130! Hb. Schinz; near Lucollo, Gossweiler No. 1380! Hb. 
Mus. Brit. ; Angola, Mr. y Mrs. Monteiro ! Hb. Kew. 
German East ArRICA : Undussuma, Stuhlmann No. 2608 ! Hb. Schwein- 
furth. 
ZANZIBAR : Kirk, Hb. Kew. 
