AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 339 
Racemi 9-11 cm. longi. Calyx ringenti-campanulatus, profunde quinque- 
fidus, pubescens, laciniis lanceolatis. Vexillum extus pubescens. Carina 
apice in rostrum attenuata, 
ZANZIBAR : Peters ! Hb. Berol. 
GERMAN Hast AFRICA : Mandera, Stuhlmann No. 8098! Hb. Berol. 
160. C. AFRICANA, Buscal. $ Muschler in Engl. Jahrb. xlix. (1913) 470. 
Frutex vel  suffrutea ramosissimus, ad C. oocarpam, Baker, accedens. 
Stipule minute. Kami adscendentes, dense pubescentes. Folia longe 
petiolata, trifoliolata, foliolis oblongo-ovatis vel obovatis 10-15 mm. longis 
1-10 mm. latis juventute pilis utrinque obtectis. Racemi multiflori. Pedicelli 
satis longi. Caly« dense subsericeo-pubescens. Corolla lutea, calyce paullo 
longior. Carina dorso angulo recto curvata. Legumen immaturum ob- 
longum, sessile, dense piloso-sericeum, oligospermum. 
British East Arrica: Guasso Nyiro, Herzogin Helena von Aosta 
No. 1602! Hb. Berol. 
161. C. oocARPA, Baker in Kew Bulletin (1897) 252. 
Sujruex ramosus. Kami adscendentes, pallide virides, pubescentes. 
Stipule parvos, lineares. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis oblongis acutis mucro- 
natis 12-30 mm. longis 5-7 mm. latis supra subglabris subtus pubescentibus, 
petiolo communi 5-25 mm. longo suffulta. flores mediocres vel majusculi, 
in racemos laxos dispositi. Bractew 2, lineares, ad basin pedicelli. Bracteolw 
2,lineares. Pedicelli graciles, patentim hirsuti. Corolla lutea. — Calya 
pilosus, totus cire. 8-10 mm. longus ; lacini: lanceolate. Vexillum sub- 
orbieulari-obovatum, extus pubescens. Ale carina breviores. Carina 
dorso genuflexa, apice in rostrum attenuata, in toto circ. 15 mm. longa. 
Legumen sessile, oviforme, 10-12 mm. longum, dense pilosum, oligo- 
spermum. 
NYASALAND: Nyika Plateau, alt. 2000-2330 m., Whyte! Hb. Kew. ; 
Between Mpata and the commencement of the Nyasa-Tanganyika Plateau, 
220-330 m., Whyte! Hb. Kew. 
This species is easily distinguished from its nearest allies by the very 
hairy calyx 8-10 mm. long, the keel about 15 mm. long, and the densely 
pilose, few-seeded pods 10-12 mm. long. 
I hardly think C. pilosi/fora, Baker in Kew Bulletin (1897) 251, ean be 
maintained as a distinct species. 
162. C. PLATYSEPALA, Harvey, Thes. Cap. i. (1859) 19, t. 29 ; Baker in 
Oliver, Fl. Trop, Afr. ii. 34. 
C. apiculata, Schinz in Mém. Herb. Boiss. No. 1, 126 (1900). 
Caulis erectus, usquo ad 0*6 m. altus. Folia trifoliolata, foliorum 
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