AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 373 
The stems of this species are cinereous-pubescent, and stouter than in 
C. astragalina, Hochst. The flowers are in a dense raceme, the carina 
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rounded on the back, about 4-5 mm. long, the pod oblong. 
998. C. PycNosTACHYA, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. n. (1843) 584 ; 
Baker in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ni. 43. 
C. melilotoides, Steud. ex A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 155 (1847). 
recta, diffusa. KRamuli angulato-striati, minute puberuli vel glabri. 
Stipule setaceæ. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis euneato-oblongis obtusis emargi- 
natis 20-28 mm. longis 6-10 mm. latis supra vel utrinque glabris, petiolo 
communi 8-15 mm. longo suffulta. — Flores parvi, in racemos laterales densos 
breves 20—50-floros dispositi. Racem? iis Meliloti officinalis subsimiles. 
Bracter setaceæ, longs. Bracteolæ minute. Pedicelli glabri, cernui. 
Calyx usque ad medium fissus, dentibus triangularibus acutis glabris. Corolla 
lutea, non striata. — Vexillum luteum, carin; subeequilongum., Ale carina 
breviores. Carina rostro brevi, falcata, +4 mm. longa. Legumen subsessile, 
oblongum, 8-12 mm. longum, 7-10-spermum, minute puberulum. 
SubAN : Sennaar, Kotschy No. 417! Hb. Kew. 
ABYSSINIA : Near Gafta, Schimper (1842) No. 1213! Hb. Kew. ete. ; 
near Gageros, Schimper No. 2191! Hb. Kew. ; Abyssinia, Schimper (1853) 
No. 430! Hb. Kew. 
British Bast ArRICA : Muka, Adssner No. 932 ! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
Var, nov. DONALDSONII, Bak. fil. 
Erecta, ramosa. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis glauco-viridibus. — /'aceim? longi- 
ores, usque ad 15 vel 18 em. longi, multiflori. Calyx totus circ. 4 mm. longus. 
Flores majores, flavi. Carina dorso rotundata, apice acuta, in toto cire 
8-9 mm. longa. Legumina oblonga, 9-12 mm. longa, 7—10-sperma. 
SoMALILAND : Schebelli, Donaldson Smith ! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
Var. nov. ANGOLENSIS, Bak, fil. 
Annua, ramosa, a typo differt indumento copiosiore. Caules 12-15 mm. 
longi, tomentelli. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis glauco-viridibus elliptico-obovatis. 
Flores parvi, in racemos densos dispositi. Bractew lineares. Bracteolw 
parvae, lineares. Calyæ tomentosus, +4 mm. longus. Carina dorso rotun- 
data, lutea, 5-6 mm. longa. Legumen tomentellum, sessile, oblongum, 
9-11 mm. longum, circ. 10-spermum. 
ANGOLA: Malange, in moist situations of sugar-cane plantations, 
Gossweiler No. 13341 Hb. Mus. Brit. 
The stipules are either absent or early deciduous. 
329. C. UTSCHUNGWENSIS, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 
Rami tenues. Stipule inconspicus. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis oblongis 
