AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 335 
Series 16. Flores mediocres, in racemos laxos dispositi. Carina dorso angulo 
recto curvata inde in rostrum rectum sensim attenuata, in toto circ. 
10-11 mm. longa. Stipule parvee, setacese, 2-3 mm. longe.  Legumina 
oblonga, glabra, sessilia, lateraliter subcompressum. 
153. C. casprrosa, Baker in Kew Bull. (1897) 252. 
Radia lignosa. Caules plures, herbacei, flexuosi, ceespitosi, 15-30 cm. 
longi ex eadem radice orti, plus minusve angulati, pubescentes. Folia tri- 
foliolata, foliolis oblanceolatis obtusis vel oblongo-obovatis basi cuneatis 
10-26 mm. longis 5-7 mm. latis viridibus, petiolo communi 2-4 mm. longo 
instructa. Flores pedicellati. Bractew ad basin pedicelli posite, anguste, 
3 mm. longe. Calyx totus 5-6 mm. longus; lacini lanceolate tubo 
longiores. Vewillum calyce longius, suborbieulari-obovatum, dorso glabrum. 
Ale oblonge. Carina aurantiaca, calyce duplo longior. Legumen oligo- 
spermum, 10-11 mm. longum, apice mucronatum, durum. 
NvasALAND : Mt. Zomba, Whyte !; Mt. Malosa, alt. 1300-2000 m., Whyte ! 
Hb. Kew. 
Easily distinguished by the glabrous, sessile, hard, few-seeded, somewhat 
laterally compressed pod 10-11 mm. long. 
Series 17. Flores mediocres, lutei, in racemos laxos elongatos dispositi. 
Carina dorso angulo fere recto curvata inde in rostrum rectum attenuata, 
in toto circ. 14-16 mm. longa. Stipule parvas, setaces. Legumen 
obovato-globosum, stipitatum. 
154. C. AUREA, Dinter MS. in Herb. Berol. 
Herba ramosa, puberula, usque ad 1:5 m. alt. attingens. Folia tri- 
foliolata, foliolis lineari-oblongis 25-40 mm. longis 4-8 mm. latis glauco- 
viridibus subtus strigoso-pubescentibus, petiolo communi 12-20 mm. longo 
suffulta. Flores in racemos 6-18 cm. longos laxe multifloros dispositi. 
Racemi cire. 5-20-flori. Bractew lineares, — Dracteole ad basin calycis 
adnate, cire. 1:5 mm. longe. Calycis tubus oblique campanulatus, dentibus 
trianguli-lanceolatis acutis ; calyx totus cire. 6 mm. longus. Vexillum 
calyce subtriplo longius, circ. 15-16 mm. longum. Carina dorso angulata. 
Legumen inflatum, eum stipite usque ad 15 mm. longum, pubescens, circ. 
6-spermum — Ad C. argyream, Welw., accedens. 
HEREROLAND : Okahandja, Dinter No. 524 ! Hbb. Berol., Turic. 
Allied also to C. globifera, E. Mey. The racemes are long and lax, 
the flowers yellow, the keel curved at a right angle with a long straight 
rostrum, the pod 11-12 mm. long, the stipe +4 mm. long. 
