AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 281 
copiose ramosi. Stipulr minime. Folia trifolioliata, foliolis anguste lanceo- 
latis mucronatis 6-8 mm. longis 2 mm. latis pubescentibus, petiolo communi 
2-3 mm. longo suffulta. Calycis tubus brevis, lobis acutis parce setoso- 
pilosis tubum superantibus. — Verillum oblongum, obtusum, + 10 mm. 
longum, subsessile, extus puberulum. Alr angusta, Carina apice longe 
rostrata, + 10 mm. longa. Ovarium breve, biovulatum. Legumen 
ignotum. 
Conco Recion : Haut Marangu, Descamps, Hb. Brux. 
This species is much more nearly allied to the preceding than to 
C. Perrottetit, DU., as stated in the original description. 
54. C. LEPIDISSIMA, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 
Caulis suffruticosus, precipue sursum  cinereo-pubescens, C. nyikensi, 
Baker, valde affinis. Stipulw inconspieum. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis strigoso- 
pubescentibus intermediis majoribus 20-25 mm. longis 7-10 mm. latis, 
lateralibus paullo minoribus inzequilateralibus, petiolo communi pubescente 
4-7 mm. longo suffulta. Flores lutei, in capitula ad ramorum apices 
dispositi. Capitula globosa vel oblongo-globosa. Calycis dentes circ. 
4 mm. longi, lineari-lanceolati. — Ve«ilium luteum, 10-11 mm. longum, 
eire. 5 mm. latum, calyce longius. Carina dorso angulo recto curvata, inde 
in rostrum rectum sensim attenuata, in toto 10-11 mm. longa. Legumen 
globoso-conoideum, cire. 5 mm. longum, sessile, pilis albidis obtectum, 1—2- 
spermum, pedicellis fructiferis erecto-patentibus. 
Congo REgioN : Nieuwdorp, F. A. Rogers No. 10404 ! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
A close ally of C. nyikensis, Baker and C. Descampsii, Micheli. 
The distinguishing features of this plant are :— 
(a) The stems 30—40 em. long. 
(b) The oblong-elliptical, pubescent leaflets. 
(e) The flowers in dense capitula at the ends of the branches. 
(d) The carina bent at a right angle with a straight rostrum. 
(e) The globose-conical, sessile pods 1-2-seeded. 
Series 2. Flores in capitula subabsconditi et nonnunquam alii ex axillis 
foliorum supremorum. Calyx corolla longior vel subsequans. Carina 
dorso rotundata, 4-7 mm. longa. Suffrutices erecti, ramosi, foliis 
sessilibus vel subsessilibus. 
55. C. ABSCONDITA, Welw. ex Baker in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 19 (1871) ; 
Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. 1. 198. 
Sufrutex ramosus, valde foliosus, 3-6 dm. altus. ami pilis dense obtecti. 
Stipule oculo nudo non conspicue. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis oblongis vel 
oblongo-lanceolatis 6-20 mm. longis 2-6 mm. latis, subtus pilosus. Flores 
aurantiaci, in capitula 2-20-flora dispositi. | Calyz totus circ. 8 mm. longus, 
