AFRIOAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 311 
Legumina ovoidea vel subglobosa, 5-7 mm. longa, 
sepissime 2-4-sperma ...................... ...... 5 
3. Foliola intermedia 3-5 mm. longa. Carina 9-10 mm. 
longa ......eeeeeeenn HH hern eremicola, 
Foliola intermedia 8-14 mm. a “Carina 6-8 mm. 
longa ............................. a... nnn .... griquensis, 
4 (a) Legumen ovoideo- oblongum, 7- 10 mm, longum, sæpius 
6-12-spermum 1... cee cece cece Hmm spinosa. 
(b) Legumen obovale, + 13 mm. longum ................ Spinosa, subsp. aculeata. 
(c) Legumen subcylindricum, 19-20 mm. longum, seminibus 
numerosis ..... eese hmm ees — Claessensü. 
(d) Legumen oviforme, + 30 mm. longum, seminibus 
numerosl8 ............ eese nsns Spinosa, Var. macrocarpa. 
119. C. EREMIOCOLA, Da. fil., sp. nov. 
C. spinosa, Hochst. var. microphylla, Schinz in Herb. Turic. 
Fruticulus spinosus, ramosus, spinis patentibus tenuibus 5-13 mm. longis. 
Rami subteretes, cortice flavo vel cinereo obtecti. Stipule parva, Folia 
trifoliolata, parva, foliolis obovatis basi cuneatis apice rotundatis vel emargi- 
natis 2:5—5:0 mm. longis suberassis glauco-viridibus, petiolo communi 2-5 mm. 
longo instructa. Flores parviuseuli vel mediocres, pedicellati, solitarii. Pedi- 
celli tenues, 4-6 mm. longi. Bracteœ bracteolæque non conspicuæ. — Calya in 
toto 4:5—5:5 mm. longus, dentibus lanceolatis. Vexillum carina paullo longius. 
Carina dorso angulo recto curvata, hinc in rostrum gracile sensim attenuata, 
in toto 9-10 mm. longa. Legumen ovoideum, durum, 6-7 mm. longum, 
subsessile, sæpe dispermum. 
Ad C. spinosam, Hochst., accedens differt spinis longioribus, foliis 
crassioribus et minoribus, leguminibus ovoideis. 
Great NAMAQUALAND: Veldschoenhorn, in deep sand, Dinter No. 1156! 
Feb. 1898, Hbb. Berol., Zurich. 
A very distinct suffrutex with slender, spiny branches, small, rather thick 
leaves, solitary flowers, and ovoid or subovoid pods. 
120. C. GRIQUENSIS, Bolus in Journ. Linn, Soc., Bot. xxiv. (1887) 174. (PL 13A.) 
Fruticulus ramosus ad C. spinosam, Hochst., accedens, a qua primo 
intuitu leguminibus subglobosis et habitu diversa ramis magis dichotome 
divaricatis facile distinguitur, 10-20 cm. altus. ami spinis tenuibus in- 
structi. Stipule subulatz. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis obovatis 8-14 mm. 
longis superne glabris subtus sericeis, petiolo communi 3-5 mm. longo 
suffulta. Flores aurei, pauci, 1-2 in spinis racemosi, penduli. Dracteo 
minime. Pedicelli 2-3 mm. longi. Calyx 4-5 mm. longus. Carina calyce 
14-2-plo longior, in toto 6-8 mm. longa. Legumen subglobosum, stipitai um, 
circ. 5 mm. diam., sericeo-pubescens, 2-4-spermum. 
