AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 277 
tosis, petiolo communi 5-12 mm. longo prædita. Flores parvi, flavescentes. 
Bracteole non conspicua, Calycis tubus + 4 mm. longus ; lacinize lanceo- 
late, acute. Vewrillum 4-5 mm. longum. Ale oblonge. Carina dorso 
rectangulari-curvata, apice in rostrum gracilem attenuata, 5-6 mm. longa. 
Legumen ovoideum, apice uncinatum, sessile, 4—5 mm. longum, dense sericeo- 
pubescens, 2-3-spermum. 
Nigeria: Nupe, Barter! Hb. Kew. 
Cameroons : Posten Sagosche, Ledermann No. 3886 ! Hb. Berol. 
ABYSSINIA : Near Dschaladscheranne, Schimper No. 695! Quartin Dillon, 
Petit, Hb. Paris. 
Ucanpa: Mulema, Bagshawe! Hb. Mus. Brit.; Madi, Speke § Grant! 
Hb. Kew. 
Brivisu East AFRICA : Masai, Scott Elliot No. 6849! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
ANGOLA: Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch No. 1935! Huilla, Welwitsch 
No. 1936! Hb. Mus. Brit. ; Kulei and Kutsi, Baum No. 880! Hb. Berol. ; 
right bank of Cuanzi, Gossweiler No. 1338! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
Conco Recron: Bukoma, J. Bequaert No. 121! Hb. Brux.; Sakania, 
Rogers No. 10026! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
German Bast ArnICA : Kilimanjaro, Volkens No. 1789! Hb. Berol. 
RHODESIA : Near Salisbury, Rand No. 463! p. p. Hb. Mus. Brit. ; Mazoe, 
F. Eyles No. 370! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
TRANSVAAL: South African Gold Fields, Baines! Hb. Kew. 
Var. nov. MOEROENSIS, Bak. jil. 
Foliola quam ea typi angustiora, pilis patulis vestita, petiolis brevioribus. 
Calya totus 3 mm. longus ; lacinie triangulares. Veedlum + 4 mm. longum. 
Carina apice in rostrum attenuata, 4-5 mm. longa. 
Coxao Region: Loanza, Lake Moero, Kassner No. 2812! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
In flower 18 May, 1908. 
44. C. Baumu, [arms in Baum Kunene-Sambesi Exp. 253 (1903). 
Annua, caulibus procumbentibus puberulis vel adpresse pubescentibus. 
Folia parva, breviter petiolata, 3-folioliata, foliolis plerumque late vel 
latiuseule obovatis, lateralibus plerumque obliquis, apice rotundatis 5-9 mm. 
longis 4-7 mm. latis. Racemt terminales, pauciflori vel pluriflori, densi, 
breves, pedicellis brevissimis. Bracteole angustm. Calyx 4-9 mm. longus, 
ultra medium 5-partitus. — Vezillum dorso adpresse pubescens. Carina dorso 
angulo recto curvata, in toto circ. 6 mm. longa. Legumen suborbiculare, 
parvum, saepe 2-spermum. 
ANGOLA: Lassingua, Baum No. 836 ; Hb. Berol.; R. Kuartiri, Gossweiler 
Nos, 2634! 4064! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
An annual or biennial, glaucous-green herblet with branches procumbent, 
radiately spreading from the centre. Inflorescence erect. Calyx pale 
