AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 299 
Conco REGION : Mt. Kundelungu under trees, Adssner No. 2720! Hb. 
Turic. In flower and fruit 7. May, 1908. 
A small, dwarf annual, with few flowers and filiform stems, almost the 
smallest plant among the Sphærocarpæ. 
Series 19. llores in axillis foliorum, et nunnunquam in racemos terminales 
dispositi. Carina 4-13 mm. longa. Annu vel perennes, foliolis 
oblanceolatis vel euneato-oblongis. 
93. C. BEQUAERTII, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 
Annua, e basi copiose ramosa, ramis erectis vel erecto-patulis strigoso- 
pubescentibus, eire. 30 em. alta. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis intermediis oblan- 
ceolatis 10-14 mm. longis 2-3 mm. latis lateralibus ineequilateralibus paullo 
minoribus, petiolo communi pubescente 5-10 mm. longo suffulta. flores 
parviusculi, pedicellati, pedicellis hirsutis. Calyw extus hirsutus, dentibus 
lanceolatis. Carine rostrum rectum, gracile. Carina in toto cire. 5 mm. 
longa. Legumen globosum, sessile, pilis obtectum, seepe 2-spermum, pedicellis 
erectis. 
Conco Recron : Elisabethville, J. Bequaert No. 342 ! Hb. Brux. 
This is a copiously branching annual, with flowers in the axils of the 
leaves. The leaves are trifoliolate, the middle leaflet oblanceolate, the lateral 
somewhat patulous and unequal-sided ; the pods are globose, erect, sessile, 
and often 2-seeded. 
It is allied to C. aæilliflora, Bak. fil. 
94. C. ALEXANDERI, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 
Annua, erecta, ubique pilis cinereis dense obtecta, ramulis adscendentibus, 
cire. 25 em. alta. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis oblanceolatis 4-9 mm. longis 
1-2:5 mm. latis, petiolo communi sepius 2-3 mm. longo instructa. Flores 
parvi, in foliorum axillis brevissime pedicellati. Calya pilis dense obtectus, 
3-4 mm. longus, laciniis lanceolatis. Vexillum circ. 5 mm. longum, dorso 
pilis obtectum. Carina dorso angulata, in toto circ. 5 mm. longa, apice 
rostrata. Legumen globosum vel subglobosum calyce longius, sessile, pilis 
obtectum, plurispermum, pedicellis erectis vel suberectis. 
British East Arnica: First and second day's march from Mumias, 
A. Whyte! Hb. Kew. 
This is a close ally of C. Bequaertii, Bak. fil. It is an erect annual, with 
ascending branches, densely clothed with hairs. The flowers are about 5 mm. 
long, shortly pedicellate in the axils of the leaves. The pods are globose, 
or subglobose, sessile, few-seeded, the fruiting pedicels erect or suberect. 
It is much more densely covered with hairs than C. Bequaertiv. 
