AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 389 
Series 59. Flores mediocres, in racemos laxos dispositi vel solitarii vel sub- 
solitarii. Stipules parve. Carina 15-17 mm. longa. Legumen in 
C. lukwangulense magnum, glabrum, stipitatum. — F'rutices. 
261. C. LUKWANGULENSIS, Harms in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. (1900) 400. 
Frutex 1-2-metralis, ramulis brevissime | subsericeo-puberulis demum 
glabrescentibus, Folia trifoliolata, foliolis obovatis oblongis vel ellipticis, 
intermediis 15-25 mm. longis, petiolo communi 10-20 mm. longo suffulta. 
Flores majusculi, Carina dorso genuflexa. Ovarium oblongum, stipitatum, 
pluriovulatum. Legumen stipite circ. 10 mm. longo instructum. 
GERMAN Hast AFRICA : Central Uluguru, Lukwangulu Plateau, Goetze 
No. 281 ! Hb. Berol. 
A shrub 1-2 metres high with orange-coloured flowers, allied to C. savatilis, 
Vatke, but the flowers are larger. 
[t seems to me advisable to retain the Sect. Oliganthz only as a Subsection, 
as, for instance, in the present species, the flowers are either solitary, 
subsolitary, or in racemes. 
262. C. UKINGENSIS, Harms in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. (1901) 323. 
Frutez ramosus, virgatus, usque ad 2 m. altus, molliter pubescens, dense 
foliosus. — Stipule parve. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis elliptico- vel oblongo- 
obovatis 5-15 mm. longis supra glabris subtus subsericeo-puberulis, petiolo 
communi 7-15 mm. longo instructa. Flores mediocres, solitarii, gemini, vel 
pauci et racemosi. Pedicelli tenues, 12-20 mm. longi. Bracteolw parve, 
supra medium pedicelli insertz, lineares. Calya totus 7-9 mm. longus, extus 
subsericeo-pubescens vel puberulus. Vexillum extus sericeo-pubescens vel 
puberulum. Ale oblongze, eire. 14-15 mm. longa. Carina apice in rostrum 
attenuata, 14-15 mm. longa. Ovarium stipitatum. Legumen deest. 
GERMAN East AFRICA: Ukinga, Mt. Yariri, Goetze No. 1195! Hb. 
Berol. 
A virgate shrub with rather small leaves allied to C. saxatilis, Vatke. 
Series 60. Flores mediocres, 1-2-3 in extremitate pedunculorum dispositi. 
Carina 8-15 mm. longa. Bracteolæ ad basin singulorum florum binæ. 
Stipulæ angustæ. Legumina oblonga vel oviformia, sessilia vel stipitata. 
Plantæ annuæ, vel perennes, sæpissime hirtæ. 
263. C. QUARTINIANA, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. i. 158 (1847) ; Baker in 
Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 42. 
Caules e basi ramosi, ferrugineo-tomentosi. Stipulæ setaceæ, pilosæ. 
Folia trifoliolata, foliolis ovalibus intermedio lateralibus latiore 20-35 mm. 
lougis 13-23 mm. latis subtus piloso-sericeis, petiolo communi 25-35 mm. 
