AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 349 
The noticeable features of this erect suffrutex are :— The sulcate branches, 
the small stipules, the numerous racemes of golden yellow flowers, the faleate 
'arina 8 mm. long, the hairy oblong pod, 15-16 mm. long. 
An ally of C. eleomifolia, Welw., but the leaves are trifoliolate. 
182. C. Kun, Bak, fil. in. Deutschen Zentral. Afr. Exped. Band ii. (1911) 
245 (nomen). 
Caulis erectus, usque ad 1 m. altus, — Stipulw parvæ. Folia trifoliolata, 
foliolis elliptieis vel ovatis apice acutis 25-55 mm. longis 12-25 mm. latis 
superne glabris, petiolo communi 17-24 mm. longo instructa. Flores 
mediocres, in racemum elongatum dispositi, Bractew lineares, usque 
8-10 mm. longe. Raeent multiflori. Pedicelli pubescentes, usque 
4-5 mm. longi. Calya extus pubescens, in toto cire. 6 mm. longus. 
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oblongæ, carina conspicue breviores, circ. 8 mm. longæ. Carina 11-12 mm. 
longa, apice acuta. Legumen oblongum, brevissime stipitatum, brunneo- 
tomentosum vel subtomentosum. 
GERMAN East AFRICA: Usumbura, L. Keil No. 87! Hb. Berol. 
J. Mildbraed No. 736 from Rugege is very closely allied. 
Forma nov. CHEVALIERT, Bak. fil. 
Foliola cuneato-obovata vel cuneato-ellipticis, 30-45 mm. longa, petiolo 
25-35 mm. longo prodita. Flores paullo minores. Carina 9-10 mm. longa. 
Legumen brevissime stipitata, cum stipite 13-23 mm. longum. 
FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA: Lake Chad & Kanem, Chevalier No. 10161! 
Hb. Kew. 
183. C. LONGITHYRSA, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 
Suffrutee evectus, ad C. eleomifoliam, Welw., accedens, pubescens, ramosus. 
Folia superiora trifoliolata, foliolis linearibus vel lineari-lanceolatis 50-90 mm. 
longis 5-9 mm. latis subtus strigoso-pubescentibus, petiolo communi 25-35 mm. 
longo instructa, foliis inferioribus ignotis. Flores flavi, mediocres, in racemos 
multifloros elongatos dispositi. —/éaeem? cire. 20 em. longi. Bracteol ad 
basin calycis parva, lineares, tubo breviores.  Bractew lineares, pedicello 
breviores. Pedicelli tenues, 4—5 mm. longi. Calyæ extus pubescens, 4—5 mm. 
longus, dentibus acutis. Vewillum cire. 11 mm. longum. Carina falcata vel 
subfalcata, dorso rotundata, 10-12 mm, longa. Leyumina oblonga, immatura, 
cinereo-pubescentia brevissime stipitata. 
Conco Reaton: Buli, J. Beguaert No. 68 ! Hb. Brux. 
Differs from C. cleomijolia, Welw., by the trifoliolate leaves with long. 
narrow leaflets. Noticeable on account of the long, narrow raceme of 
yellow flowers, about 30 cm, long; the pod is oblong, depressed, shortly 
stipitate. 
