AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 327 
15-20 mm. longa; rostrum rectum, gracile. Legumen sessile, oblongo 
oviforme, cire. 20 mm. longum. 
Norra Ruopgsta : Near Mumbwa, Mrs. Macaulay No. 758! Hb. Kew. 
A showy plant allied to C. spartioides, DC., in the Simplicifolize, but the 
leaves are all trifoliolate, the flowers are large, and the carina is 15-20 mm. 
long and bent at a right angle. 
Series 11. Flores mediocres vel majusculi, in racemos laxos et ssepius elongatos 
et multifloros dispositi, Carina dorso genuflexa, vel rotundata. Vexillum 
eleganter lineolatum. Stipule minute vel 0. Legumina sessilia vel 
brevissime stipitata, oblonga vel oblongo-cylindrica. Herbee erect, 
oligophylle vel suffrutices. 
143. C. OCHROLEUCA, G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 138 (1832) ; Hook. fil. et Benth. 
Fl. Nig. 291. 
Caulis erectus, ramosus, oligophyllus. Stipule obsoletze. Folia trifoliolata, 
lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis 40-95 mm. longis 5-11 mm. latis subtus pilis 
obtectis, petiolo communi cire. 20-37 mm. longo instructa. — Jtacemus termi- 
nalis, pauciflorus. — Cal campanulatus, dentibus brevibus. Veæillum carina 
paullo brevius, apice mucronatum. Ale apice obtuse, carina breviores. 
Carina dorso genuflexa, apice in rostrum acutum et patens attenuata, cire. 
15-17 mm. longum. Legumen oblongo-cylindricum, 28-30 mm. longum. 
Sr. Tuomas: Don! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
Don states this is a shrubby, erect plant, with cream-coloured flowers. 
144. C. INTERMEDIA, Kotschy in Sitzungsb. Akad. Wien (1864) 362, t. 3 ; Baker 
in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 37 ; Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. i. 208. 
C. lanceolata, Th. & H. Durand, Sylloge Fl. Congo, 124, pro parte. 
Annua vel perennis ad. C. ochroleucam, Don, valde accedens. Caulis elatus, 
oligophyllus, sparse ramosus. ami subglabri, teretes. Stipula 0. Folia 
trifoliolata, angusta, foliolis supra glabris 15-60 mm. longis 5-12 mm. 
latis, petiolo communi 10-30 mm. longo suffulta. Flores mediocres vel 
majusculi, in racemos sepius elongatos et laxos dispositi. Bractew angusto, 
parve, Bracteole angustis. Calyx adpresse pilosus; lacinize lanceolato- 
subulatz. Vexillum ovatum vel ovale, apice acutum, eleganter lineolatum, 
16-20 mm. longum. Carina dorso genuflexa, apiee in rostrum acutum et 
patens attenuata, sub lente ad marginem pube tenuissima ornata. Legumen 
polyspermum, oblongo-cylindricum vel cylindricum, 30-45 mm. longum. 
SIERRA LEONE: Boundary Commission, Layah, Scott Elliot No. 4483! 
Hb. Mus. Brit. 
LIBERIA: Whyte! Hb. Kew. 
Lacos: Millen! Hb. Kew. 
NIGERIA : Sokoto Prov., Dalziel No. 339! Hb. Kew. 
