AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 367 
Series 39. Flores parviuseuli, in racemos laxos dispositi. Carina dorso 
rotundata, 5-6 mm. longa. Stipule angust:. — Legumina oviformia vel 
oblongo-oviformia. 
213. C. PRELADOI, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 
Annua, ramosa. Caules graciles. — Stipule lineares, 3-9 mm, longe. 
Folia irifoliolata, foliolis viridibus heteromorphis oblongis vel oblongo- 
ellipticis vel ellipticis 10-38 mm. longis 25-7 mm. latis, petiolo communi 
8-10 mm. longo suffulta. Bractew persistentes, circ. 2 mm. longs. Brac- 
teolæ lineares, ad basin calycis adnatie, eire. 2 mm. long. Flores parviusculi, 
in racemos laxos dispositi. — /'acem? axillares. Pedicelli graciles, 3-6 mm. 
longi. Calyx totus 4-5 mm. longus. Vewillum suborbiculari-obovatum, in 
sicco album, lineis purpureis pereursum, cire. 6 mm. longum. Ale oblongre. 
Legumen oviforme, sessile, cire. 10 mm. longum, pubescens. 
Portuguese Bast AFRICA: Cabaceira Grande, Pelado No. 38! In 
flower 30 March, 1894. Hb. Berol. 
This plant is a slender annual, with narrow stipules, the leaflets vary con- 
siderably in shape, the racemes are slender, lax, 5-8-tlowered, the petals are 
white with purple lines, the pod is egg-shaped, sessile, pubescent. 
214. C. DISTANTIFLORA, Bak, fil., sp. nov. 
Suffrutes ramosus, Lami tenues. Stipule 15-2 mm. longs. Folia 
trifoliolata, foliolis ellipticis vel obovatis 15-20 mm. longis 7-10 mm. latis, 
petiolo communi 10-15 mm. longo suffulta. Flores parviusculi, in racemos 
laxissimos dispositi. Racemi distanter 2—3-flori. Bractew 1:5-2 mm. longe. 
Bracteolie parve. Pedicelli graciles. Calyv totus 4:5 mm. longus, dentibus 
acutis extus pubescentibus. — Vealum striatum, 6-7 mm. longum. Ale 
oblong. Carina uncinata, 5-5°5 mm. longa. Legumen oblongo-oviforme, 
hirtum, 15-17 mm. longum. 
German East Arrica: Usambara, Meinhof No. 2! In flower 13 Nov. 
1902. Hb. Berol.; Usambara, Buchwald No. 540 ! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
The raceme of this plant is remotely 2—3-flowered, the pod hairy, oblong, 
egg-shaped. Tt is allied to C. distans, Benth. 
Series 40. Flores parviusculi, in racemos laxos axillares 3-12-floros dispositi. 
“arina 5-8 mm. longa. Stipulee anguste. — Legumina oviformia vel 
globoso-oviformia, sessilia. Annuæ vel perennes. 
215. C. HISPIDA, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. sér. 1. iii. (1903) 820 ; Schinz 
in. Viertel). Nat. Ges. Zürich, lii. (1307) 421. 
Annua, procumbens, ramosa, hispida. Sé¢pulw lanceolate, 3-5 mm. longze. 
Folia trifoliolata, foliolis ellipticis oblongo-ellipticis vel elliptico-lanceolatis 
