AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 345 
Gorp Coast: Accra, Broun No. 400! Hb. Kew. 
Lacos: Moloney! Hb. Kew. 
Nigeria: Niger Country, Ansell! Vogel! Hb. Kew. 
Congo Recion: Nouvelle Anvers, Ve Giorgi No. 296, Hb. Brux. 
172. C, griiaTA, DC. Prod, ii. 131 (1825) ; Bot. Mag. t. 8200; Baker in 
Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 38. 
C. pisiformis, Guill. & Perr. Fl. Seneg. Tent. 162 (18232). 
C. pallida, Klotzsch in Peters's Mossamb., Dot. 57 (1862). 
C. fertilis, Delile in Ferr. & Gall. Voy. Abyss. 122, t. 11. 
Caulis suffruticosus, adscendens vel erectus, sepius 05-15 m. alt., 
novellis griseo-sericeis. Stipule parvie vel deciduæ. Folia trifoliolata, 
foliolis oblongo-obovatis vel obovatis basi euneatis apice rotundatis vel 
emarginatis 25-80 mm. longis 11-50 mm. latis pubescentibus, petiolo 
communi 30-70 mm. longo suffulta. Flores mediocres, in racemos multi- 
floros dispositi, lutei, striis purpureis picti. Calycis lacinie lanceolate. 
Vexillum calyce subduplo longius. Ale oblong, carina breviores. Carina 
falcata, 10-13 mm. longum. | Legumina lineari-oblonga, stipitata, 20-40 mm. 
longa, cire. 20—230-sperma. | 
Widely distributed in Tropical Africa, Also a plant of Natal, Mascarene 
Islands, Tropical Asia, and America. 
173. C. opovata, G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 138 (1832). 
Species ad C. striatam, DC., valde accedens. Caulis erectus, ramosus, 
pubescens. Stipulw obsolete. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis obovatis vel elliptico- 
obovatis subtus pubescentibus breviter petiolulatis lateralibus 375-50 em. 
longis 1:5-3:0 em. latis, terminalibus majoribus 4:0-5:5 em. longis 3°5-4-0 em. 
latis, petiolo communi 4:0—4-5 em. longo instructa. Flores numerosi, lutei, 
in racemos dispositi. Bractew parve, pedicello breviores. — Bracteole ad 
basin calycis posite, lineares. Calyæ albo-pubescens, vel subtomentosus, 
dentibus lanceolatis. Vexillum luteum, calyce longius, +11 mm. longum. 
Ale oblonge, lutez, carina conspicue breviores, Carina falcata vel sub- 
faleata, dorso rotundata, apice in rostrum attenuata, 10-12 mm. longa. 
Legumen cylindricum, basi breviter stipitatum, cum stipite cire. 15-20 mm. 
longum, pubescens vel breviter tomentosum, circ. 8-I0-spermum. 
Gorp Coast: Accra, G. Don! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
Nigeria, Dalziel No. 341! Hb. Kew. 
The raceme of yellow flowers is 4-10 cm. long, the faleate carina 
10-12 mm. long, not so conspicuously striate as in C. striata, DC., and the 
pod is shorter. 
