358 MR. E. G. BAKER ON THE 
UaaANDA : Ruwenzori, Scott Elliot No. 1866 ! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
GERMAN Hast Arrica: Marangu, Volkens No. 635! Hb. Mus. Brit. ; 
Kilimanjaro, Volkens No. 346! Hb. Berol. 
Cosmopolitan in the Tropies, but perhaps an introduction in the Old World. 
This is the Crotalaria trifolia fruticosa foliis rotundis incanis, ete., Sloane, 
Jam. 141, Hist. ii. 24, t. 179. fig. 1. There is a specimen in Herb. Sloane, 
vol. vi. p. 6. C. montana, A. Rich., appears to be this plant, but the type 
specimen is not in good condition. 
200. C. EMARGINELLA, Vatke in Gist. Bot. Zeit. xxviii. (1878) 199. 
Frutex 05. m. altus; caulis a basi ramosus, inferne pilis longis albidi 
obsitus. Kami suberecti, elongati, bifariam pubero-hirti. Stipule lineares, 
breves, sericei. Foliola obovata, subemarginata, utrinque  pubescentia. 
Petioli 10-25 mm. longi. Racemi terminales, 1-2 dm. longi, sub 10-flori. 
Dractee lineares, Pedicelli inferiores erecti, superiores eernui. Calycis 
sericei ; dentes deltoidei, acuti. Corolla calyce duplo longior. Vexillum 
striatum. Legumen sessile, pubescens. 
Erirrea: Habab, alt. 4000 ft., //ildebrandt No. 586. 
I have had to rely on Vatke's description of this species as I have not seen 
an authentic specimen. 
Series 31. Flores mediocres, saturate rosei in racemos laxos pluri- vel 
multifloros dispositi. Carina falcata, 12-15 mm. longa, rostro nullo. 
Stipule subulate, vel obsolet:e. Legumen glabrum, stipitatum, oblongum. 
Frutex erectus. 
201. C. PURPUREA, Vent. Jard. Malm. t. 66 (1804) ; Bot. Reg. t. 128 ; 
Bot. Mag. t. 1913 ; Harvey in Harvey § Sonder, Fl. Cap. ii. 46. 
C. elegans, Hort. ex DC. Prod. ii. 134 (1825). 
Frutex vel arbuscula 1-4 m. altus, valde ramosus.  Pamuli ad- 
presse pubescentes. Folia trifoliolata, per somnum deflexa, foliolis ellipticis 
vel obovatis 18-35 mm. longis 10-16 mm, latis glabris vel minute 
canescentibus, petiolo communi 10-15 mm. longo suffulta, petiolulis 
1-2 mm. longis. Corolla purpurea. Bractew ad basin pedicelli parva. 
Bracteole lineares. Calyx totus cire. 5-6 mm. longus, lobis inferioribus 
triangularibus lobis 2 superioribus truncatis. Vewillum calyce 2-3-plo 
longius. Ale oblonge. Carina falcata, 11-15 mm. longa. Legumen 
turgidum, transverse venosum, eum stipite 25-35 mm. longum. 
Care : In moist subalpine places from Caledon to Uitenhage. George, 
Drege, Hb. Kew. : Gnadendahl, Dr. Prior ! Drege ! Hb. Mus. Brit. ; Zwarte- 
berg, Pappe ! Bowie! Hb. Mus. Brit. : Knysna District, Esternek, Rehmann 
No. 490! Hb. Turic. ; Knysna, Tyson No. 982! Hb. Kew.; Garcias 
Pass, ZZ. Phillips No. 349! Hb. Kew. ; South Africa, Ecklon & Zeyher! 
Hb. Turic. Burchell No. 5792! Auge! 
There is a specimen in Hb. Brit. Mus. from Hort. Kew. 1793. 
