AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 319 
129. C. Erpowz, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 
Suffruter ad C. laburnifoliam valde accedens, a qua primo intuitu 
foliolis angustioribus facile distinguitur. — rectus, ramosus, ramulis teretibus 
glabris.  Stipule obsolete Folia trifoliolata, foliolis petiolulatis oblongis 
vel oblongo-oblaneeolatis apice acutis basi cuneatis 10-20 mm. longis 
sæpius 3-5 mm. latis, petiolo communi 15-25 mm. longo instructa. Plores 
magni, iis C. laburnifoliæ subsimiles, in racemos paucifloros axillares dispositi, 
pedicellati. Pedicelli bracteolis minimis instructi. Bractew parvie, lineares, 
persistentes. Calyx glaber, vel parce puberulus. Ale carina multoties 
breviores. Carina dorso rotundata, apice in rostrum subito attenuata, rostro 
sursum flexo, in toto 25-30 mm. longa, unguiculata, dorso puberula. Ovarium 
lineari-oblongum, fere glabrum, stipitatum. 
RITISH East AFRICA: Between Kitsuya and Eldoma, A. Whyte! Hb. 
Kew., 1898. 
A close ally of C. laburnifolia, from which it differs by the inflorescence 
and narrower leafets. It differs from C. petiolaris, Franchet, in the much 
shorter petioles, and from C. grandibracteata, Taubert, in the much smaller 
bracts. The distinguishing features are the few-flowered lateral racemes, the 
small persistent bracts and the narrow leaflets. 
130. C. PETIOLARIS, Franchet in Revoil Comalis, 26 (1882). 
Fruticulus levis ad C. laburnifoliam accedens, ramosissimus, glaucescens, 
ramis gracilibus flexuosis. — Stzpule nullæ. Folia petiolo usque ad 10-12 em. 
longo suffulta, foliolis pro ratione petioli parvis glabris vel subtus in nervo 
parce setulosis obovato-oblongis intermedio quam lateralibus duplo longiore. 
Pedunculi oppositifolii, elongati, 3—5-flori, laxi. Pedicelli minute bracteati. 
Calyæ pedicellum subæquans, late campanulatus, ultra medium 5-lobatus, 
lobis lanceolatis acutis, inferiore sensim longiore et angustiore. Corolla 
lutea, cire. 2 em. longa. Carina ei C. laburnifoliv subsimilis, longe rostrata. 
Legumen ignotum. 
SOMALILAND : Golis Kange at Hammar, Miss Edith Cole, Mrs. Lort 
Phillips ! Hb. Kew. ; without precise locality, Revoil ! Hb. Mus. Paris. 
Var. nov. AUSTRALIS, Bak. fil. 
Suffruteæ glaber. Foliola trifoliolata, foliolis anguste oblongis, petiolo 
communi 6-11 em. longo suffulta. Flores majusculi, in racemos laxos dis- 
positi. Bractee parva, angusto. Carina dorso rotundata. Legumen 
stipitatum. 
Ruopesia: Vietoria, C. F. H. Monro No. 651! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
TRANSVAAL: Pietersberg, H. Bolus No. 10375 ! Hb. Kew. ; Pineersrivier 
Bere, R. Schlechter No. 4210 ! Hb. Turie. 
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