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Caulis herbaceus, erectus, 0°3-0°5 m. alt., ramosus, sursum dense sericeus- 
Stipule parvie, lineares. Folia fere sessilia, foliolis lineari-oblongis, inter. 
mediis majoribus 35—50 mm. longis 7-9 mm. latis, subtus pilis dense obtectis. 
Flores in capitula oblongo-conoidea, 2-10 em. longa, densa dispositi. Bracteolw 
ad basin calycis lanceolate. Calya extus dense brunneo-sericeus. Corolla 
alycem subzquans. Carina rostriformis, navieulariformis. Legumina sub- 
sessilia, globoso-oblonga, cire. 6 mm. longa, 6—8-sperma. 
SENEGAMBIA :  Leprieur. (y. Perrottet! Hb. Mus. Brit. ; Galam and the 
Sahara, Heudelot No. 253! Hb. Kew; Koulikoro, Chevalier No. 3197! 
Hb. Kew. 
A plant with herbaceous stems, and flowers in a dense, somewhat oblong, 
conoideal head, 2-10 em. long. 
111. C. ATRORUBENS, Hochst. in Herb. Kotschy Nub. No. 265; Baker in 
Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 22 (1871). (Pl. 11 A.) 
Chrysocalya rubiginosa, Guill. & Perr, Fl. Seneg. Tent. 158 (1832). 
Crotalaria iodina, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. (1843) 572. 
Annua, suberecta. Caulis firme herbaceus, 0°3-1 m. altus, copiose ramosus, 
pilis serieeis sparse conspersus. — Sfipule parvo, lineares. Folia fere 
sessilia, foliolis oblanceolatis vel oblongo-oblanceolatis, intermediis majoribus 
10-20 mm. longis, subtus pilis sericeis obtectis. Flores in capitula densa 
ad apices caulium ramorumque dispositi. Calyx dense brunneo-sericeus, 
pubescens ; lobi lineares. Bracteole conspieus, anguste. Corolla calycem 
subequans. Legumina oblonga vel oblongo-globosa, sessilia, ssepius 6-9 mm. 
longa, 7-10-sperma, pilis sparse obtecta. 
SENEGAMPIA : Perrottet No. 162! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
Nigeria: Nupe, Barter No. 10521 Hb. Kew. ; Katagum District, Dalziel, 
Hb. Kew.; on the Quorra, Barter! Hb. Kew. 
GAMBIA : M. Park! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
SUDAN : Nubia, Aotsehy No. 265! Hbb. Mus. Brit., Kew. ; Kordofan, Dr. 
Pfund Nos. 77! & 220! Hb. Kew.; Gefil, A. F. Broun No. 1263! Hb. Kew. 
Series 4. Flores in racemos globoso-capitatos dispositi. Capitula intra folia 
suprema sessilia. Bracteolæ anguste. Legumen 6-10-spermum. 
112. C. ononoiwEs, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. (1843) 572; Baker 
in Oliver, l. c. ii. 22; Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. i. 199; (sphalm. 
mononoides) De Wild. Notes sur le Fl. de Katanga, 53. 
C. involucrata, Solander MSS. in Hb. Mus. Brit. ; Baker, 1. c. 
Herba e basi ramosa, habitu Anthyllidis. Stipulæ lineari-subulate. Folia 
trifoliolata, foliolis in forma typica oblongo-ellipticis vel oblongo-lanceolatis 
acutis mucronulatis, seepius 20-50 mm. longis 5-15 mm. latis supra glakris 
subtus adpresse pubescentibus, in forma stenophylla 40-60 mm. longis 
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