AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 401 
ANGOLA : Huilla, Welwitsch No. 1968! Hb. Mus. Brit.; Huilla, Antunes 
& Dekindt No. 3202! Hb. Mus. Paris. 
A plant with perennial root, and several stems spreading all round. 
Keel and wings yellow, standard deep violet. 
289. C. RHODESIA, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 
Radix perennis. Caules plures, ex eadem radice orti, diffusi, flexuosi, 
20-35 em. longi. Stipule parvze, lineares. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis glauco- 
viridibus ellipticis vel obovatis 10-22 mm. longis 6-10 mm. latis, petiolulis 
brevibus, petiolo communi 6-9 mm. longo suffulta. Flores mediocres, in 
racemos laxos axillares breves dispositi. /tacemz sæpe 2-flori. Pedicelli 
2-3 mm. longi, minute bibracteolati. Calyx extus pubescens, circ. 10 mm. 
longus, dentibus lanceolatis, cire. 6 mm. longis. Vexillum suborbiculari- 
obovatum, calyce longius, 10-12 mm. longum. Carina circ. 12 mm. longa, 
apice acuta. Legumen sessile, oblongo-oviforme, 20-22 mm. longum, demum 
glabrescens. 
N.W. Raopesta: Kalomo, in sand, F. A. Rogers No. 8214! Hb. Kew. 
The wings are about 11 mm. long and 5:5 mm. broad. 
A perennial with several diffuse flexuous stems, a lax few-flowered raceme, 
a carina rounded on the back, acute, scarcely rostrate, and an oblong, oviform, 
sessile pod. Allied to C. variegata, Welw. 
Series 73. Flores parviusculi, solitarii vel pauci, pedicellati. Carina dorso 
genuflexa, 6-8 mm. longa.  Stipule setacew, patule. Legumen 
oblongum, subsessile. Herbacea. 
290. C. MICROPHYLLA, Vahl, Sym. Bot. 1. 52 (1790); DC. Prod. ii. 134 ; 
Baker in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 16 ; Chiovenda in Ann. Ist. Bot. 
Roma, viii. (1903) 82. 
C. pumila, Hochst. et Steud. in Schimp. Pl. Arab. No. 788. 
Caulis herbaceus, decumbens, filiformis, 10-20 em. longus, teres, glaber 
vel strigoso-pubescens. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis oblongis vel oblongo- 
obovatis 3-10 mm. longis 2°5-5 mm. latis, intermediis majoribus, superne 
glabris subtus tenuiter sericeis, petiolo communi 2—5 mm. longo suffulta. 
Flores sepius solitarii vel bini. Bractew bine, subulatz. Corolla flava, 
calyce duplo longior. Calycis lacini; pilosiuscul, lanceolate. Vexillum 
carina brevius. Carina dorso genuflexa, inde in rostrum sensim attenuata. 
Legumen oblongum, 8-12 mm. longum, pubescens. 
Supan : Nubia, Schweinfurth Nos. 1883 ! 1884 ! Hb. Berol. ; Nubia, T. Bent, 
Hb. Kew.; Getena, White Nile, Schweinfurth No. 910! Hb. Kew. 
Errrrea: Massua, Samhar, //ildebrandt No. 729! Hb. Mus. Brit. ; Near 
Saati, Sehwemfurth & Riva No. 345! Hb. Turic. ; Dahalah Archipelago, 
LINN. JOURN.—BOTANY, VOL. XLII, 2p 
