AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 377 
of the stem, the oblong-ovate leaflets, the yellow flowers gathered in a dense 
head, the heads being not closely subtended by a number of leaves, but 
within 5 em. of the uppermost leaf. 
230. C. FWAMBOENSIS, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 
Species ad C. astragalinam, Hochst., accedens. Caules plures, adscendentes, 
pubescentes, graciles, 15-20 em, longi. Stipulæ lineares. Folia trifoliolata, 
Foliolis glauco- viridibus oblongo-ellipticis vel ellipticis apice mucronatis basi 
cuneatis 15-20 mm. longis 5-9 mm. latis, petiolo communi pubescente 
5-6 mm. longo instructa. Flores parvi, in racemos densos sube: ipitatos 
pedunculatos dispositi. Racemi +3 em. longi. Pedicelli 1-2 mm. longi. 
Bractew lineares, 1:5 mm. longs. Calyx extus pilis obtectus, 4:5 mm. longus, 
dentibus acutis. — Vezillum lineatum. calyce longius, 7-8 mm. longum, 
unguiculatum. Carina dorso rotundata, 7-8 mm. longa, falcata vel sub- 
falcata, apice acuta. Legumen ignotum. 
NyasaLanpd: Fwambo, Lake Tanganyika, Carson! Hb. Kew. 
A plant with ascending flexuous stems, trifoliolate glaucous leaves, oblong- 
elliptical leaflets and a head of small flowers, with a carina 7-8 mm. long and 
rounded on the back. 
237. C. mesopontica, Taubert in Engl. Pjlanzenwelt Ost- Apr. C. 207 (1895). 
Sujrutex erectus, ramosus, pubescens. Stipule inconspicue. Folia tri- 
foliolata, foliolis lineari- oblongis vel ellipticis 11-16 mm. longis 4-6 mm. 
latis. subtus pallidioribus pubescentibus, petiolo 4-8 mm. longo suffulta. 
Flores parviuseuli, in racemos dispositi, quam flores C. emarginate, Bojer, 
minores, Bractew 1-2 mm. longe. Calyw hirtus in toto circ. 3 mm. longus; 
lacini acute. Vexillum suborbiculari-obovatum, striatum, calyce longius. 
Ale oblonge, carina breviores, cire. 7 mm. longa, Carina 6-8 mm. longa, 
striata, calyce 2-3-plo longior. 
Habitu C. emarginata, Bojer, floribus minoribus distinguenda. 
GERMAN Kast AFRICA : Bukoba, Stuhlmann No. 4047 ! Hb. Berol.; West 
Karagwe, Stuhlmann No. 1970! Hb. Berol.; West Mpororo! Stuhlmann 
Nos. 3147! 3149! Hb. Berol. 
238. C. CHIRINDE, Bak, fil., sp. nov. 
Caulis erectus, teres, ramosus, pubescens. Stipulæ lineari-lanceolatze. 
Folia trifoliolata, foliolis oblongis vel ellipticis apice acutis basi cuneatis 
15-90 mm. longis 5-30 mm. latis pubescentibus, costa superne impressa, 
petiolo communi 5-20 mm. longo instructa. flores in racemos laterales et 
terminales multifloros dispositi. Bractew lineares, 4-5 mm. longs. Brac- 
teolw lineares, calyce longiores. Calyx hirsutus, in toto 4-5 mm. longus 
dentibus acutis. Vexillum in sicco luteum, lineatum, carina distincte 
