AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 365 
34.  Foliola oblonga vel obovato-oblonga. ........ see .. dumetorum. 
Foliola obovata vel oblongo-oborata ........ TD .. lachnoclada. 
35. Carina circ. 5 mm, longa. Racemi +8-flori ........ eese Paulitschher. 
Carina 9-10 mm. longa ......... Lene TIPP 36 
30. Legumen oviforme, stipitatum. Racemi 15-20-flori .......... Jerokoensis. 
Legumen oblongo-elavatum | ........ TEE TEE 37 
27. Foliola obovata ............ MMMEM""----— laxa. 
Foliola oblonga .................. ...... EM deserticola, 
38. Carina 4-5 mm. longa. Herba 8-10 cm. alta................ sertulifera. 
Carina circ. 10 mm. longa. Perennis erecta, ramosa.......... argyrolobioides. 
Series 36. Flores mediocres, in racemos axillares dispositi. Carina dorso 
rotundata, 4-9 mm. longa. Stipule parva, Legumen oblongum, sub- 
sessile, cire. 25 mm. longum. — Suffrutex ramosus. 
210. C. SCHLECHTERI, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 
Suffrutea erectus, ramis cinereo-pubescentibus. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis 
obovatis apice mucronatis 20-30 mm. longis 10-16 mm. latis, petiolo com- 
muni 6-8 mm. longo suffulta. Flores cernul, in racemos laxos dispositi. 
Bracteolie ad basin calycis posites. Pedicelli graciles. Calyx totus 5-6 mm, 
longus, dentibus triangularibus. Vexillum in sicco pallide luteum, 8-9 mm. 
longum. Carina vexillo subeequilonga.—Species ad C. striatam, DU., accedens 
abs qua facile distinguenda floribus minoribus. 
Porruavese Basr AFRICA: Ineanhini, X. Schlechter No. 120571 Hb. 
Mus. Brit. In flower and fruit, 15 Jan. 1898. 
The distinguishing features of this plant are: 
The obovate leaflets, the 
lax racemes of cernuous flowers, the light yellow petals, the carina rounded 
on the back about 9 mm. long, the oblong, subsessile pod. 
Series 37. Flores mediocres, in racemos laxos pauciflores laterales dispositi. 
Carina 8-11 mm. longa. Stipulie setaces, persistentes. Calycis lobi 
foliacei. Legumen oblongo-cylindricum, stipitatum, glabrum, multi- 
sperm um. 
211. €. PLATYCALYX, Steud. in Schimp. Herb. Abyss. No. 860; Laker in 
Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 42 (1871) ; Schweinfurth in Bull. Herb. 
Boiss. (1896) App. ii. 226; Chiovenda in Ann. Ist. Bot. Roma, viii. 
(1908) 82 & 398. 
Phyllocalys Quartinianus, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. i. 160, t. 34 
(1847). 
Caulis erectus, cire. 6 dm. altus, sursum tenuiter sericeus. Folia trifolio- 
lata, foliolis ellipticis ovato-ellipticis vel oblongo-elliptieis 5-8 em. longis 
15-32 mm. latis, petiolo communi 5-6 em. longo suffulta. Flores lutei. 
Pedicelli graciles.  Bracteole ovatæ, conspicum, infra calycem posite, 
