AFRICAN SPECIES OF GROTALARIA. 289 
Series 11. Flores parvi, in racemos laxiusculos vel densiusculos, nune elon- 
gatos, nune breves, dispositi. Carina parva, sepius 5-7 mm. longa. 
Legumina globosa vel oblongo-globosa. Herbæ vel suffrutices. 
73. C. sPRAROCARPA, Guill. § Perr. in DC. Prod. ii. 133 (1825) ; FI. 
Seneg. Tent. 1. 167; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ, Bot. ii. (1843) 
579; Baker in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 23. 
C. polycarpa, Benth. l. c. 580 (1843). 
erbacea, divaricata, ramosissima. Caulis basi glaber, sursum pubescens. 
Stipule minimo. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis oblongo-ovatis 10-20 mm. longis 
4-8 mm. latis fere glabris pallide viridibus, petiolo 5-12 mm. longo suffulta. 
Flores flavescentes, in racemos longos et laxos dispositi. Pedicelli graciles. 
Bractee ad basin pedicelli angustee, +1°5 mm. longe. Calyæ glaber, totus 
cire. 3 mm. longus ; laciniw cire. 2 mm. longs. Ale oblongsw, carina 
breviores, Carina dorso rectangulari-curvata, inde in rostrum rectum 
attenuata, 5:5-6 mm. longa. Legumen sessile, oblongo-globosum, sæpissime 
glabrum, 2-4-spermum. 
SENEGAMBIA : Z'errottet No. 171! Hb. Mus. Brit., Hb. Paris, Roger! Hb. 
Kew., Heudelot No. 483! Hb. Kew. (type of C. polycarpa, Benth.). 
SIERRA Leone: Afzelius! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
DaunLAND : Schweinfurth No. 2604! Hb. Kew. 
UGANDA : R. Fyffe No. 14! Hb. Kew. 
SOUTH CENTRAL AFRICA: In the interior near the Tropic, Chapman & 
Baines! Hb. Kew. 
A plant collected in Kordofan is intermediate between the type and var. 
angustifolia, Hochst. 
Var. ANGUSTIFOLIA, Flochst. in Unio Inter Nub. No. 982. 
C. nubica, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. (1843) 581 ; Harvey in 
Harvey & Sonder, Fl. Cap. ii. 45. 
Herbacea, ramosa, piloso-pubescens. Stipulæ parve, lineari-lanceolate. 
Folia trifoliolata, foliolis linearibus vel oblongo-linearibus 25-35 mm. longis 
3-4 mm. latis supra glabris subtus adpresse pubescentibus, petiolo communi 
12-15 mm. longo preedita. Kacemi multiflori, 8-15 em. longi. Bractee sub 
pedicello posite, circ. 1 mm. longs. Calyx totus circ. 3 mm. longus, 
pubescens; laciniæ tubo longiores. Veatllum apice mucronatum, carinam 
subeequans. Ale oblonga. Carina dorso rectangulari-curvata, inde in 
rostrum rectum attenuata, circ. 6 mm. longa. Ovarium 4—6-ovulatum. 
Legumen sessile, obovoideum, cire. 6 mm. longum, pubescens, sepius 2- 
spermum. 
SENEGAMBIA : Mbidjem, Thierry ! Hb. Kew. 
SIERRA Leone: Between Ruka and Kitchom, Scott Elliot No. 4310! 
Hb. Kew. 
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