AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 279 
Coxco Rgarox : On the Quango, Pogge No. 157 ! Hb. Berol. 
The distinguishing features of this plant are the flowers in a head, the 
nearly glabrous calyx, the teeth being rather more than twice the length 
of the tube, and the glabrous ovary. 
48. C. kvrCHIENSIS, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 
Radiw lignosa. Caules ex eadem radice orti, 12-18 em. longi, pubescentes, 
graciles. — Stipulir oculo nudo non conspicuie. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis 
oblongis apice acutis busi euneatis 12-15 mm. longis 4-6 mm. latis, petiolo 
communi 4-8 mm. longo suffulta. Flores lutei, in capitula dispositi. Calya 
cire. 4 mm. longus, pubescens. — Vexillum luteum, 7-8 mm. longum. Carina 
angulo recto curvata, in toto 8-9 mm. longa. Legumina sessilia, globoso- 
conoidea, pubescentia. — Ab C. globifera, E. Mey., differt statura humiliore, 
racemis brevioribus, leguminibus globoso-conoideis sessilibus. 
ANGOLA : Kului, Gossweiler No. 2249 ! Hb. Mus. Brit. ; River Kutehi, 
Gossweiler No. 3377! Between Kubango and Kutchi, Gossweiler No. 4200 ! 
Hb. Mus. Brit. 
49. C. Jacksorr, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 
Annua. Caulis gracilis, teres, pubescens, 90-30 cm. alt., sursum foliosus, 
adspectu C. Seemeniane, Harms. Folia satis parva, trifoliolata, petiolo 
communi 3-4 mm. longo prædita, foliolis oblanceolatis vel lineari-obovatis 
sæpissime 3—4 mm. longis 1-2 mm. latis superne glabris et nervo medio im- 
presso subtus griseo-strigoso-pubescentibus. Flores in capitula terminalia 
aggregata. Pedicelli graciles. Bracteolw sub calyce positæ. Calycis tubus 
brevis; laciniæ lanceolatæ, tubo longiores. Vexillum quam carina brevius, 
obovatum, unguiculatum, 6-7 mm. longum. Carina apice in rostrum 
producta, 8-9 mm. longa. Legumen ignotum. 
Brirrsu Easr Arrica: Mau Forest, F. J. Jackson! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
50. C. vascuLosA, Wallich, Cat. No. 5427; ew Benth. in Hook. Lond. 
Journ. Bot. ii. (1843) 584. 
C. pseudoerisema, Vatke in Œst. Bot. Zeit. (1878) 175. 
Caulis herbaceus, erectus. Rami elongati, virgati, hirsuti.  Stipule 
setaceme. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis oblongo-ellipticis vel ellipticis 15-65 mm. 
longis 8-20 mm. latis, petiolo 2-3 mm. longo prodita. Racemi terminales, 
elongati. lores parvi, numerosi. Calya hirtus, laciniis tubo vix longioribus. 
Vexillum obovatum. Carine rostrum falcatum, vexillo paullo longius ; 
carina 7-9 mm. longa. Legumina oblonga vel globosa, ferrugineo-hirsuta, 
dense pilosa. 
