AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA, 379 
10-20 mm. longo suffulta. Flores mediocres, in racemos terminales dispositi. 
Inflorescentia subeapitata. Vexillum longitudinaliter striatum, 8-9 mm. 
longum, +7 mm. latam. Ale 7-8 mm. longæ, oblonge. Carina dorso 
rotundata, lineis purpureis striata, eire. 10 mm. longa. Legumen deest. 
CoNGo Recron: Katanga. Lukafu, Verdick No. 611 ! Hb. Brux. 
242. C. LUKAFUENSIS, De Wild. in Ann. Mus. Congo, sér. Iv. i. 184 (1903). 
Caules erecti, pilis albidis vestiti. Stipulæ obsolete. Folia trifoliolata, 
foliolis lanceolatis 10-16 mm. longis 1:5-3 mm. latis superne sparse 
pubescentibus subtus dense pubescentibus margine ciliatis, petiolo brevi 
suffulta. Flores mediocres, in capitula dispositi. Calyx 7-8 mm. longus, 
lobis acutis. Vexillum obovale, orbiculare, cire. 10 mm. longum, 7-58 mm. 
latum, extus pubescens. Ale carina longiores. Ovarium pubescens. 
Legumen ignotum. 
Congo Reaton: Lukafu, C. Verdick No. 469! Hb. Brux. 
This plant is not a near ally of C. Perrottetii, as stated in the original 
description. It has trifoliolate leaves and lanceolate leaflets. The flowers 
are in globular or subglobular heads. 
243. C. EMARGINATA, Bojer; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ, Dot. ii. (1843) 
584; Bakerin Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 35. 
Caulis erectus, striatus, pube denso griseo brevi obtectus. Stipule 0. 
Folia trifoliolata, foliolis oblongis lineari-oblongis vel oblongo-obovatis 12-40 
mm. longis 5-13 mm. latis utrinque sericeis, petiolo communi 5-16 mm. 
longo praedita. Flores in racemos terminales multifloros dispositi. Bractew 
1-2 mm. longs. Calyx oblique campanulatus, dentibus acutis. — Veeillum 
in sicco luteum, striatum, suborbieulari-obovatum. Ale oblong, carina 
sepius longiores, 9-11 mm. longze, in sicco lute. Carina apice acuta, 10-11 
mm. longa, in sicco rubro-purpurea. Legumen cylindrieum, apice leviter 
sursum flexum, circ. 2 em. longum, pubescens. 
Brirish East Arrica: Nyika Country, Rev. T. Wakefield, Hb. Kew.; 
Ribe, Rev. T. Wakefield, Hb. Kew.; River Kena, Kässner No. 139! Hb. Mus. 
Brit. 
Pempa: Bojer! Hb. Kew., Voeltzkow! Hb. Berol. 
GERMAN East Arrica: Usambara, Holst Nos. 2132! 2619! Hb. Berol.; 
Tanga, Volkens No. 18! Hb. Berol. 
244. C. TnoprrE, Mattei in Boll. Ort. Bot. Giard. Colon. Palermo, vii. (1908) 
174. 
Annua, erecta vel prostrata, diffusa, caule anguloso sulcato piloso. Stipulae 
minute, setacezs. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis oblongo-linearibus obtusis 
integris supra intense viridibus glabrescentibus subtus pallidioribus adpresse 
