AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 301 
3-4 mm. latis, pubescentibus, petiolo communi angustissime alato 7-10 mm. 
longo instructa. Flores plures in axillis pedicellati vel in racemum terminalem 
dispositi. Pedicelli fructiferi erecti vel suberecti, 3-4 mm. longi. Calyx 
circ. 5 mm. longus, dentibus lanceolatis extus pubescentibus. Carina in toto 
7-8 mm. longa, apieem versus in rostrum rectum et gracilem sensim 
attenuata. Legumen globosum, calyce longius, 4-5 mm. longum, sspe 
monospermum. 
Norra Ruopesta : Near Mumbwa, Mrs. Macaulay No. 399 ! Hb. Kew. 
An erect plant with flowers from the axils of the leaves and also terminal ; 
the flowers spring in small elusters from the axils, not solitary or subsolitary 
as in some allied species. The carina has a long, straight, slender rostrum ; 
the total length of the carina is 7-8 mm. The pod is globose, sessile, 
1-seeded, and erect, not nodding. 
Allied to C. kuiririensis, Bak. fil. 
98. C. ELISABETHÆ, Bak. fil., sp. nov. (Pl. 10.) 
Erecta, basi suffruticosa, circ. 60 em. alta, ramis virgatis strigoso-pubes- 
centibus. — Stipule subnulle. ^ Folia glauco-viridia, suprema simplicia, 
inferiora trifoliolata, foliolorum inferiorum foliolis oblanceolatis apice sepius 
emarginatis, lateralibus inzequilateralibus, intermediis 15-18 mm. longis 
4-5 mm. latis, utrinque strigoso-pubescentibus, petiolo communi circ. 7-10 mm. 
longo suffulta. lores in axillis foliorum et in racemum terminalem dis- 
positi, Calyæ extus pubescens, laciniis lanceolatis. Vexillum alis longius, 
earinze subeequilongum, pubescens. Carina dorso angulo recto curvata, inde 
in rostrum rectum et gracilem sensim attenuata, in toto circ. +9 mm. 
longum. Legumen globosum, pilis obtectum, ssepius +2-spermum, pedicellis 
erectis. 
Congo REaroN : Katanga, Elisabethville, Homblé No. 502! J. Bequaert 
No. 446! Hb. Brux. 
A virgate, somewhat suffrutescent plant, with flowers in the axils of the 
leaves and also in a terminal raceme ; the carina is about 9 mm. long, the 
rostrum very acute, the pods globose, sessile, the fruiting pedicels erect. 
It is allied to C. phyllostachys, Baker. 
99. C. PHYLLOSTACHYS, Baker in Kew Bulletin (1897) 250. 
Sufrutex erectus, simplex vel ramosus. tami lignosi, graciles, virgati, 
pilis adscendentibus dense vestiti. Stipule subnulle. Folia trifoliolata, 
foliolis oblanceolatis linearibus vel lineari-oblongis obtusis mucronatis 
12-18 mm. longis 1:5-3:5 mm. latis pallide viridibus facie glabrescentibus 
dorso pilosis, petiolo communi +8 mm. longo suffulta. Pedicelli dense 
pubescentes. Calyx pilosus, 6 mm. longus, tubo brevi, dentibus lanceolatis. 
Vexillum striatum, 12-13 mm. longum, calyce subduplo longius. Alæ carina 
