AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 
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Series 24. Flores solitarii, longe pedicellati. Corolla haud visa. Caulis 
herbaceus, gracilis, procumbens, foliis sessilibus oblanceolatis. 
40. C. UNIFLORA, Baker in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 13 (1871). 
Caulis teres, glaber, copiose ramosus, 
Stipule minute, 
setacer. Folia 
sessilia, 18-21 mm. longa, +6 mm, lata, mucronata, basi subeuneata, glabra. 
llores solitarii. Pedicelli oppositifolii, graciles, +25 mm. longi et ultra, 
basin 
versus bracteolis setaceis instructi. Calyx glaber, +6 mm. longus ; 
lobi lanceolati, tubo brevi. Legumen distincte stipitatum, lineari-oblongum, 
leviter incurvum, 12-14 mm. longum, +6 mm. latum, giabrum. 
SENEGAMBIA : Perrottet, Hb. Mus. Paris. 
Specimen not seen. 
SEcT. Il. SPHAROCARPA, Benth. in Hooker’s Lond. Journ. Bot. 
ii. (1843) 579. 
Flores parvi, in capitula vel in racemos vel apicem versus pedicellorum 
subumbellatim dispositi vel rarius solitarii vel in axillis foliorum. Carina 
calyce ssepius longior. 
Herbæ vel suffrutices, rarissime fruticuli, haud 
spinosi, foliis sepius trifoliolatis.  Legumina globosa vel elliptico-globosa. 
| (a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) 
(e) 
(f) 
(g) 
(A) 
LINN. 
CLAVIS SPECIERUM. 
Flores in capitula vel in racemos densos vel subdensos 
nec in foliorum axillis dispositi ........ eere .... 
Flores in capitula vel in racemos densos vel subdensos dispositi, 
et pauci quoque in foliorum axillis ..... TOPPED 
Flores in racemos laxos non umbelliformes dispositi .... . .. eL 
Flores paniculatim dispositi .......................... . 
Flores in foliorum axillis dispositi, rarius superne racemosi . . 
Flores in racemos subumbelliformes dispositi ............. ... 
Flores solitarii.............................. ............ 
Flores pauci, apicem versus caulium dispositi.......... ...... 
Flores parvi. Carina 4-6 mm. longa ..... e menn . 
Flores majores, Carina 7-12 mm. longa ............ eere 
Herbæ ................ TED TEE 
Suffrutices ................ ITE ett 
Calyx + 3 mm. longus .............. TOPPED 
Calyx 375-5 mm. longus ............ ser ees te nene 
Procumbens,  Foliola late obovata ... 
oblongo-lanceolata |.................. TOP 
Caules erecti vel adscendentes.  Foliola oblanceolata ........ 
Calycis lobi lanceolati vel triangulares. Carina dorso rotundata. 
Calycis lobi lati ................ eee eee ence eens ee eeeees 
Herb: annue vel perennes .......l.... cece ects ......... 
Suffrutices .................. erra eran TEE 
JOURN.— BOTANY, VOL. XLII. 
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parvula. 
5 
Baumti. 
Küssneri. 
cephalotes. 
abbreviata. 
Seemeniana, 
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