AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 313 
Vexillum suborbiculari-obovatum, luteum. Carina dorso angulo recto 
curvata, inde in rostrum sensim attenuata, in toto 5-6 mm. longa, 
Legumen globosum, extus einereo-pubescens, 5-6 mm. longum, sepius 
monospermum. 
TRANSVAAL : In the plain at the foot of Mt. Macalisberg, alt. 1500 metr. 
R. Schlechter No. 8675! Hb. Turic. in flower and fruit, 9 Nov. 1893. 
Allied to C. eremicola, Bak. fil. Noticeable on account of the small 
flowers and generally one-seeded pod. 
Var. nov. MacRocARPA, Bak, fil. 
Flores majores. Legumen oviforme, + 30 mm. longum, sessile. 
N. Raoprsia : Mumbwa, Mrs. Macaulay No. 627! Hb. Kew. 
122. C. CLAESSENSII, De Wild. in Ann. Mus. Congo, Dot. sér. 5, ui, 410 (1912), 
Rami erecti, pubescentes, spinosi. — Stpule reductæ. Folia distanter 
fasciculata, trifoliolata, foliolis cuneato-obovatis ad 12 mm. longis et 4 mm. 
latis superne glabrescentibus subtus velutinis, petiolo 8-12 mm. longo 
prodita. Flores solitarii vel subsolitarii. Pedicelli cire. 4 mm. longi, 
bibraeteolate. Corolla calyce longior. Carina dorso angulo fere recto 
curvata, in toto 10-11 mm. longa. Legumen sessile, subeylindricum, 
19-20 mm. longum, pilis adpressis obtectum, seminibus numerosis. 
UcGANDA : Mabuku, Scott Elliot No. 7900! Hb. Mus. Brit.; Ankole, Scott 
Elliot No. 7487! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
Congo Rraion: Kindu, Claessens No. 500. Hb. Brux. 
Secr. VI. EUCROTALARIA. 
Folia sepissime. trifoliolata, rarius 4—5-foliata. Flores maximi, mediocres 
vel parvi, sæpissime in racemos dispositi, rarius solitarii vel subsolitarii. 
Corolla sepius calyce longior, rarius calycem  subsequans. | Legumina 
oblonga, oviformia vel cylindrica, sessilia. vel stipitata, nunquam | globosa. 
Herb:e, suffrutices vel frutices, haud spinosi. 
Subsectio 1. GRANDIFLORA, — Stipulee parvee vel angustw vel obsolete. 
Flores maximi vel majuseuli in racemos dispositi. Carina ssepius 
"55 ‘ 9 
16-55 mm. longa (p. 314). 
Subsectio 2. Mepiocrirtora, Stipules parvæ vel anguste vel obsoletæ. 
Flores mediocres, in racemos vel rarius in extremitate peduncu- 
lorum dispositi. Carina sæpius 11-15 mm. longa (p. 330). 
Subsectio 3. PamnvirLomx. — Stipule parvæ vel`angustæ vel obsolete. 
Flores parvi vel parviusculi, in racemos dispositi vel nonnunquam 
in extremitate pedunculorum dispositi. Carina seepius 4-10 mm. longa 
(p. 362). 
