AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 337 
SUDAN : White Nile, Schweinfurth No. 1028! Hb. Schweinf., etc. ; Gebel 
el Ain, Dr. Pfund No. 110! Hb. Schweinf. ; West Kordofan, Dr. Pfund 
No. 111 ! Hb. Schweinf. ; Kordofan, Dr. Pfund No. 112! Hb. Schweinf. ; 
Between El Obeid and Malbes, Dr. Pfund No. 108 ! Hb. Schweinf. 
ABYSSINIA : Near Gerasecca, Schimper (1838) No. 772! Hb. Kew., ete. ; 
Schimper (1854) No. 167 ! Hb. Kew. 
GERMAN East AFRICA : Dar-es-Salam, /7oltz No. 200a! Hb. Berol. 
Nyasaland : Between Kondowe and Karonga, Whyte! Hb. Kew. 
PonruGUEsE East AFRICA: Cabaceira, Dr. Peters ! Hb. Berol. 
IuopEsIA : Doruma, Menyharth ! Hb. Schinz. 
Dr. Chiovenda, in Ann. Ist. Dot. Roma, viii. p. 400, considers Schimper 
No. 772 to be C. cylindrica, A. Rich. ; but according to material kindly lent 
to me from Paris, this species and C. tigrensis, Baker, are synonymous and 
quite distinct from C. maxillaris, Klotzsch. 
157. C. vinGULATA, Klotzsch in Peters’s Mossamb., Bot. 56 (1862). 
C. virgatula, Baker in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 30. 
Suffruticosa, virgata, puberula, ramosissima. — Stipule parve. Folia 
trifoliolata, ab congeneribus differt foliolis angustioribus cuneato-oblongis, 
foliolis terminalibus 12-20 mm. longis 3°5-5 mm. latis lateralibus cuneato- 
obovatis minoribus, petiolo communi 3-5 mm. longo prwdita. Flores in 
racemos laxos dispositi et in axillis foliorum supremorum. (alwa pubescens; 
lacini: lanceolate. Vexillum extus pubescens. Carina dorso angulo recto 
curvata, inde in rostrum rectum attenuata, in toto 8-10 mm. longa. Legumen 
obovatum, puberulum, 4—5-spermum. 
PonRruaqugsg Hast Arrica: Various collectors. 
158. C. SENEGALENSIS, Bacle in DC. Prod, ii. 133 (1825); Guill. & Perr. FI. 
Seneg. Tent. 165 ; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 582 ; Baker 
in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 815 Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. i, 202. 
C. gracilis, Perr. in litt. 
C. uncinella, Pers., y. senegalensis, Pers. Ench. ii. 285 (1807). 
Herba evecta vel prostrata. Caulis herbaceus, 3-6 dm. altus, basi glaber, 
apicem versus pubescens, ramosissimus. — Stipulee minimee, deciduze, subulatze. 
Folia trifoliolata, foliolis. euneato-oblongis vel cuneato-oblongo-obovatis in 
forma typica 10-32 mm. longis 6-15 mm. latis superne glabriusculis subtus 
leviter pubescentibus, petiolo 9-25 mm. longo suffulta. Flores in forma 
typica parviusculi, in racemos laxos 9-15 cm. longos dispositi. Bractee ad 
basin pedicelli parvee, lineares. Bracteola ad basin calycis parve. — Calye 
pubescens, dentibus lanceolatis. Veaillum intense flavum. Ale flavo. 
Carina vexillo longior, 7-9 mm. longa. Legumen oblongo-obovoideum, 
sessile, 8°14 mm, longum, pubescens, 8-J2-spermum, pendulum. 
SENEGAMBIA : Perrottet No. 165 ! Hb. Mus. Paris, type. 
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