AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 361 
Sujrutex decumbens vel diffusus, e basi ramosus, pilis longis patentibus 
rufo-hispidus, Folia trifoliolata, foliolis late obovatis 10-20 mm. longis 
6-12 mm. latis subtus vel utrinque longe pilosus, petiolo communi 10-25 mm. 
longo suffulta. Pedunculi terminales vel oppositifolii, 8-20 cm. longi. 
Bractee anguste, Bracteolw ad basin. calycis lanceolate. — Calyx piloso- 
hispidus, 10-11 mm. longus; lacinize lanceolatze, acuta, Vexillum carinæ 
subzequilongum. Ale carina breviores. Carina dorso rotundata, 8-12 mm. 
longa, uncinata. Legumen usque ad 35-40 mm. longum, basi attenuatum. 
CAPE: Eastern Districts and Kaffraria, Grassy pastures in the Uitenhage 
District and from there to the Onisamwubo in Kaffirland, Drege, Eeklon & 
Zeyher No. 1260! Hb. Schinz and others. Near Saladkraal, Burke, 
Zuurveld, Vr. Gill! Hb. Schinz : East. London, A. Seifert No. 118 ! Hb. 
Turie. : King Williamstown, Schlechter No. 6124! Hb. Turic. ; East 
Griqualand, Kokstad, Tyson No. 1885! Hb. Schinz; District of Beaufort, 
Cooper No. 252 ! Hb. Schinz ; Transkei, Dazuja, Baur No. 588 ! Hb. Schinz ; 
Cypherfontein, near Grahamstown, ^. Schönland No. 830 ! Hb. Schinz ; near 
Grahamstown, P. Macowan No. 465 ! Hb. Mus. Brit. : on the Quagga Flats, 
D55 
Bowie ! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
Series 34. l'lores mediocres, in racemos multifloros dispositi, Carina dorso 
rotundata, 9712 mm. longa. Legumen (C. Deflersii, Schweinf.) clavato- 
eylindrieum, basi sensim constrictum, stipitatum. — Suffrutices erecti, 
ubique preeter petala tomentosi. 
207. C. DEFLERSI, Sehweinfurth in Bull. Herb, Boiss. iv. App. ii. (1896) 
224 ; Chiovenda in Ann. Ist, Bot. Roma, viii. (1908) 80. 
C. senegalensis, A. Terraciuno, Fl. Antilha 22, non Bacle. 
C. clavata, Wight & Arn. sec. Deflers, Voy. Yem. 127. 
Sufruticosa elata, ubique tenuiter petalis exceptis canescenti-tomentosa. 
Stipulae inconspicue vel nulke. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis juventate albo- 
sericeis postea canescentibus ovalibus vel orbiculart-obovatis 3:5—4 em. longis 
2-3 em. latis, petiolo communi 4:5—0 em. longo suffulta. /acend laterales vel 
pseudo-terminales, elongati, multiflori. Bractew bracteoleque lineari-setaceze. 
Calyx + 11 mm. longus, ad 2 partitus. Vewillum orbiculare, circ. 12 mm. 
longum. Ale oblongo-ovatæ. Carina dorso semiorbieularis. Legumen 
deflexum, ad 15-spermum, cum stipite cire. 40 mm. longum. 
ERITREA : Damoeita, T7erraciano No. 1756; Achil Island, Terraciano 
No. 1749 ; Midir Island, 7erraciano No. 1748, Hb. Rom. ; Assaorta, Pappi 
No. 109, Hb. Rom. fide Dr. Chiovenda. 
The type was described from Yemen, and the above description is from 
Arabian specimens. 
