AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 321 
133, C. POLYSPERMA, Kotschy, Relig. Kotschy, 18, t. 14 (1868) ; Baker in 
Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 42. 
C. macrocarpa, Penzig in Atti Congr, Bot. (1892), Piante Bogos, non 
E. Mey. 
Herbacea, rufo-villosa. Rami teretes. Stipule angusto, filiformes. Folia 
trifoliolata, foliolis obovato-elliptieis acutis 20-50 mm. longis 10-25 mm. 
latis utrinque adpresse sericeo-villosis, petiolo communi 15-30 mm. longo 
suffulta. Racemi laxe floriferi, folia superantes. Bractew angusto», 4—5 mm. 
longe. Bracteole +6 mm. longs, ad basin calycis positæ, conspicuse. 
Calyx 14-16 mm. longus, profunde partitus. Vexillum late obovatum, extus 
sericeo-pubescens, 14-16 mm. longum. Ale oblongz, apice obtuse, Carina 
apice in rostrum rectum obtusiusculum attenuata, +18 mm. longa. Legumen 
polyspermum, rufo-villosum, +4 cm. longum, 1:7 cm. latum, inflatum, 
oblongum, stipite 1-2 mm. longo suffultum. 
ERITREA: Schweinfurth No. 1098! (1892) Hb. Schweinf. ; Hamasen, 
Pappi No. 112! Hb. Roma. 
SUDAN : White Nile, Von Harnier, Hb. Kew. 
Dnrrisu Easr Arrica : North of Mombassa to Lamu and Witu, Whyte ! 
Hb. Mus. Brit.; Makindu, Kässner No. 545! Hb. Mus. Brit. ; Kibwesi, 
Schefller No. 441! Hb. Kew. 
GERMAN Basr Arnica: Hast Uluguru, Stuhlmann No. 8122 ! ; Usambara, 
Holst No. 8857! Hb. Derol.; Ugueno Hills, Volkens No. 525! Marangu, 
Volkens No. 5471 Hb. Kew. 
The colour of the flowers is violet-blue. 
Subsp. C. WINKLERI, Bak. fil. in Fedde, Rep. Sp. Nov. x. 195 (1911), 
pro sp. 
Caules plures, flexuosi, ex eadem radice orti, 15-30 em. longis, pilis albidis 
plus minus vestiti. — Stzpule angusto. Folia trifoliolata, petiolata, foliolis 
minoribus ovatis vel ellipticis 5-16 mm. longis 4-9 mm. latis, pilis albidis 
vestitis, petiolo communi 5-16 mm. longo suffulta. Flores mediocres, in 
racemos paucifloros laxos dispositi. Bracteolæ conspicue, lanceolate, ad 
apicem pedicellorum posite, 3-4 mm. longs, pilis albidis vestitze. Calyx 
extus pilosus; tubus cire. 5 mm. longus; laciniw lanceolate. Vexillum 
orbiculari-obovatum, luteum, calyce longius, circ. 13-15 mm. longum. Ale 
oblongæ. Carina dorso rotundata, apice in rostrum sensim attenuata, cum 
unguibus circ. 15 mm. longa. | Ovarium lineare. 
GERMAN Easr Arrica: Succulent steppe between Makanja and Same, 
Dr. H. Winkler No. 3795 | Hb. Breslau. 
Subsp. C. STEWARTI, Baker in Oliver, l. c. ii. 32 (1871), pro sp. 
Annua, erecta, parce ramosa, 6-10 dm. alta, pube brevi griseo induta, 
Rami subvalidi. — Stipulee. setacese, persistentes, 8-12 mm. longs. Folia 
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