AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 371 
Series 44. Flores mediocres, in racemos laxos dispositi. Carina dorso 
rotundata, eire. 9710 mm. longa, lineis violaceis notata.  Stipule parvee. 
Legumen ignotum.  Suffruticosa. 
223. C. PHILLIPSIÆ, Baker in Kew. Bull. (1895) 213. 
Suffruticosa an interdum fruticosa, ramulis gracilibus parce adpresse pilosis. 
Folia tritoliolata, foliolis subsessilibus obovatis basi cuneatis 16-20 mm. longis 
et latis facie viridibus dorso adpresse pilosis, petiolo communi 10-17 mm. 
longo praedita. Flores in racemos terminales et laterales sepius 8—12-floros 
dispositi. /řacemi longe pedunculati. Bracter subulate, minute. Calyæ 
pubescens, dentibus lanceolatis vel deltoideis tubo eequilongis. Petala lutea, 
glabra, calyce duplo longiora. ^ Vevillum obovatum, lineis atro-purpureis 
multis pereursum. Ovarium cylindricum, multiovulatum. 
SOMALILAND: Golis Range at Hammar, Miss Edith Cole! Mrs. Lort Phillips! 
Hb. Kew.; Sheikh Pass, Major Thomson No. 34! Hb. Kew. 
Series 45. Flores parviusculi, in racemos subdensos dispositi. Carina circ. 
10 mm. longa. Stipule lineari-lanceolate. Legumen adultum deest. 
Herba. 
294. C. UKAMBENSIS, Vatke in (Est. Bot. Zeit. xxix. (1879) 219. 
Herba pilis longis albidis vel ferrugineis obtecta. Stipulæ persistentes. 
Folia trifoliolata, foliolis lanceolatis vel oblongis superioribus linearibus supra 
glabris subtus imprimis secus nervos longe et adpresse pilosis, petiolo communi 
15-35 mm. longo praedita. Flores in racemos 8—20- vel interdum 30-floros 
dispositi. Bractew setaceæ. Calyx albido-pilosus, basi bibraeteolatus, denti- 
bus triangularibus tubo duplo brevioribus. Corolla calyce duplo longior, 
cire. 10 mm. longa. Carina in sicco purpurea, dorso puberula, in rostrum 
modicum produeta. Legumen juvenile pilis dense obtectum. 
Bnrrisu Hast Arrica: Kitui in Ukamba, Hildebrandt No. 2800! Hb. 
Kew. ; Kibwesi, Scheffler No. 11! (forma) Hb. Mus. Brit., etc. 
Series 46. Flores parviusculi, in racemos multifloros longe pedunculatos 
dispositi. Carina dorso rotundata, 5-6 mm. longa. Stipulie inconspicue. 
Legumen ignotum. Annua erecta. 
225. C. OLIGOSTACHYS, Baker in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 41 (1871) ; Hiern 
Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. i. 204. 
Species habitu C. laneeolate, E. Mey. Caulis erectus, ramosus. Folia 
trifoliolata, foliolis oblongis vel ellipticis apice obtusis basi cuneatis breviter 
petiolulatis 25—50 mm. longis 9—15 mm. latis, petiolo communi 15-35 mm. 
longo suffulta. — Flores parvi, in racemos multifloros dispositi. Racemi longe 
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