AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 383 
SoMALILAND : Revoil! Hb. Mus. Paris; Gulf of Fadjourah, Obock, 
Dr. Faurot ! Hb. Mus. Paris; Berbera, G. W. Bury No. 27! Hb. Mus. 
Brit. ; Upper Sheik, Mrs. Lort Phillips! Wagga Mts., Mrs. Lort Phillip ! 
Hb. Mus. Brit. ; Between Dobar and Hammer, Mrs. K. Lort Phillips! Hb. 
Mus. Brit. ; Darron, James § Thrupp! Hb. Kew. 
A shrub with lax racemes of yellow flowers, and an oblong-clavate pod, 
16-18 mm. long, the carina is curved af a right angle and has a straight 
rostrum. 
C. DESERTICOLA, Taubert in Herb. Schweinfurth. 
Erectus, ramosus. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis oblongis. Flores mediocres, 
in racemos laxos dispositi. Bractew persistentes, 1-2 mm. longo. Flores 
eire. Lem. longæ. Calycis tubus oblique ampanulatus, lacinize lanceolate. 
Vexillum luteum, striatum, cire. 10 mm. longum, unguiculatum. Ale 
oblong, 7-8 mm. longe, ‘farina breviores. Carina lutea, circ. 10 mm. 
longa. Legumen basin versus in stipitem brevem attenuatum, eum stipite 
17-20 mm. longum. 
NYAsALAND : S.W. Nyasa, Kagehi, Stuhlmann No. 3483 ! Hb. Schwein- 
furth. 
An erect, much branched plant, with lax inflorescence, and oblong-clavate 
pods, 17-20 mm. long. The carina at the back is bent at a right angle and 
the standard is more distinetly veined. 
The leaf material is not satisfactory. It is certainly an ally of C. lava, 
Franchet. 
Series 52. Flores parviusculi, in racemos laxos elongatos dispositi. Carina 
dorso angulo recto curvata, inde in rostrum rectum attenuata, 5-10 mm. 
longa, lutea. Stipule nullee vel minimae, Legumen oviforme, stipitatum 
(C. jerokoensis, Bak. fil.)—Suffrutices ramosi, foliis trifoliolatis parvi- 
usculis. 
253. » PAULITSCHKEI, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 
n parvula, G. Beck in Paulitschke, Harrar (1888) 454, fig. 
yp awitech. 
Caules suffruticosi, circ. 8 em. alti, parce foliati. Folia petiolata, petiolis 
i, non 
vix 4 mm. longis, trifoliolata, foliolis obovatis mueronulatis usque ad 6 mm. 
longis et 2 mm. latis supra. glabris subtus parce appresse pilosis. Racemi 
pseudo-terminales, laxissimi, cire. 8-flori, 35 em. longi. Flores cernul, 
5-6 mm. longi. Bracteæ parvie, oblongie, pedunculos subsequantes. Bracteole 
bine, sequales, calycis tubo adpressie. Calyx scutelliformis, Corolla 
lutea. Vexillum late ovatum. Carina rostrato-acuminata, glabra. Ovarium 
subellipsoideum, stipitatum. Legumen deest. 
HARRAR : Hardegger 5 Paulitschke. 
