AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 291 
Ale carina breviores. Carina dorso angulo recto curvata, inde in rostrum 
sensim attenuata, 5-6 mm. longa. Legumen globosum, sessile, 3-4 mm. 
longum, szepius monospermum, pedicellis fructiferis suberectis. 
NYASALAND : Niamkolo, A. Carson! Hb. Kew. In flower and fruit May 
1889. 
Allied to C. filicaulis, Welw., but the vexillum is not so densely tomentose 
and the carina of a different shape. Branches slender, virgate. 
15. C. GRAMINICOLA, Taubert, MS. in Herb. Berol. 
Radix lignosa. Suffruter 10-40 em. altus. Caules numerosi, ex eadem 
radice orti. Stipule parvie, oculo nudo vix eonspieum. Folia trifoliolata, 
foliolis griseo-viridibus euneato-oblanceolatis 8-18 mim. longis 4-7 mm. latis 
subtus strigoso pubescentibus, petiolo communi 3-8 mm. longo suffulta. 
Flores parvi, erecti vel suberecti, in racemos laxiusculos terminales vel 
axillares dispositi. PBractew lineares, 2-3 mm, longs. Bracteole lineares, 
ad basin calycis posite, cire. 1°5 mm. longze ; pedicelli floriferi 1:5-2 mm. 
longi, fructiferi longiores. Calya totus cire. 4 mm. longus, extus pubescens, 
dentibus acutis. Vexillum aureo-luteum, lineis rubris notatum, suborbiculari- 
obovatum, circ. 6 mm. longum. Ala luteæ, oblongse, carina breviores. 
Carina apice in rostrum attenuata, eire. 6-7 mm. longum. Legumen globo- 
sum vel subglobosum, apiculatum, +4 mm. longum, pubescens, cire. 2- 
spermum, erectum, sessile. 
SENEGAMDIA : Heudelot No. 614! Hb. Kew., ete. 
N. Nigeria: Katagum District, Dalziel No. 8377! Hb. Kew. 
Cameroons : Hinterland, Passarge No. 107! Ngaundere, Passarge 
No. 171! Sokode, Kersting No. 128! Berim, Ledermann Nos. 2492! 2496! 
Pass Tehape, Ledermann No, 2815! Hb. Berol. 
The distinguishing characteristics of this slender suffrutex are the oblanceo- 
late leaflets, the numerous, small, erect or suberect flowers, which are golden 
yellow with red stripes and arranged in lax many-flowered racemes, the carina 
6-7 mm. long, and the globose or subglobose pods which are not pendulous. 
76. C. riLICAULIS, Welw. ew Baker in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 24 (1871) ; 
Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. 1. 199. 
Annua. Caulis erectus, usque ad 40 em. altus, virgatus, gracilis, simplex 
vel ramosus, strigoso-pubescens. Stipule oculo nudo non conspicusm. Folia 
trifoliolata, foliolis linearibus, 8-12 mm. longis 1-2 mm. latis strigoso- 
pubescentibus, petiolo communi 2-3:5 mm. longo suffulta. Flores lutescentes, 
erecti, in racemos laxos pluri vel multifloros dispositi. Bractew ad basin 
pedicelli positze, 1-2 mm. longs. — Calyz +3°5 mm. longus. Vexillum extus 
sericeo-tomentosum, cire. 6 mm. longum. Carina naviculariformis, apice 
acuta, 2—5:5 mm. longa. Legumen erectum, subglobosum, sessile, 2:5—3:0 mm. 
diam., pubescens. 
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