AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 315 
No. 1652 (1891); Geleb, Sehweinfurth No. 1202 (1891); Ginda, Schweinfurth 
No. 506 (1891). 
Dr. Schweinfurth distributed his No. 3909 from Niamniamland as C. im- 
pressa, Nees, which is a variety of C. astragalina, Hochst. with concolorous 
carina. C. impressa, Nees, was published in Del. Sem. Hort. Vrat. (1843) 3, 
but in Linnea, 1842, p. 214, Nees states that it is the same as C. striata, 
A. Br. 
Subsp. C. Onosrycuis, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. i. 154 (1847), pro sp. 
Caulis erectus, ramosus. Stipule inconspicuee. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis 
obovati-oblongis vel ellipticis 40-55 mm. longis 11-15 mm. latis, petiolo 
communi 25-30 mm. longo praedita. Flores parvi, in racemos elongatos 
dispositi. Racemi multiflori. Calye totus 3-35 mm. longus. Vexillum 
venosum. Carina dorso rotundata, circ. 4-5 mm. longa. Legumen oblongum, 
glabrum, breviter stipitatum. 
ABYSSINIA : Near Tehélatehékanné, Quartin Dillon! Hb. Mus. Paris; 
Gallabat, Schweinfurth No. 1877! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
This plant has small purplish flowers, in an elongate and many-flowered 
raceme, the carina is falcate, and about 5 mm. long. 
231. C. BRACHYCEPHALA, Harms in Herb. Berol. 
Erecta. Stipule parvæ. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis lineari-lanceolatis 
25-33 mm. longis 6-8 mm. latis, intermediis majoribus, petiolo communi 
sepius 6-18 mm. longo przdita. Flores parvi, in racemos subcapitatos 
breves densos dispositi. Pedunculi breves vel brevissimi. Carina dorso 
rotundata, 5-6 mm. longa. Legumen oblongum, plus minusve 11 mm. 
longum. 
GaLLA HIGHLANDS ; Arussi Galla, Ellenbeck No. 1557! Hb. Berol. 
Allied to C. astragalina, Hochst. 
232. C. OHRYSOCHLORA, Bak. fil. ez Harms in Deutschen Zentral Afr. Exped. 
ii. 244 (1912). 
Caules plures ex eadem radice orti, herbacei, 10-15 cm. longi. Stipulæ 
subnullæ. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis obovatis vel elliptico-obovatis 10-17 mm. 
longis 6-8 mm. latis subtus strigoso-pubescentibus, petiolo communi 5-10 mm. 
longo suffulta. Flores parviusculi, in racemos breves dispositi. — Dractec 
parvee, lineares. Bracteolæ circ. 1 mm. long, ad basin calycis posite. Calya 
totus circ. 4 mm. longus, dentibus acutis. Vexillum in sicco luteum, brunneo- 
striatum, 5-6 mm. longum. Ale oblong», striate. Carina dorso rotundata, 
5-5:5 mm. longa, striata. Legumina oblonga, circ. 12 mm. longa, sessilia, 
pubescentia. 
UcaNDA: Mulema, Bagshawe Nos. 234! 253! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
RUANDA : Nyarasongo and Nyansa, Mildbraed No. 692! Hb. Berol. 
