AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 405 
C. elata, Welw. ex Baker in Oliver, |. e. ii. 29; Hiern, Cat. Welw. 
Afr. Pl. i. 201 (1896) ; (sphalm. alata), De Wild. Notes sur le FI. 
de Katanga, 52. 
C. arborescens, Welw. Apont. 590, No. 93, non Lam. 
C. grandistipulata, Harms in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. (1200) 299. 
Frutew vel suffrutez validus, ramosus, rufo-tomentosus, striatus. — "olia 
trifoliolata, foliolis cuneato-obovatis vel euneato-oblongis 20-45 mm. longis 
10-20 mm. latis, præcipue subtus strigoso-pubescentibus, petiolo communi 
12-35 mm. longo suffulta. — lores sepissime in racemos breves dispositi, 
pedieellati. Bractew caducæ. Calyx extus dense ferrugineo-tomentosus ; 
lacini lanceolate, lacini: una inferiori carine adpressa, lateralibus per 
paria approximatis, Vexillum calyce longius. Alw primum sulphure, mox 
aurantiaco-erocese, Carina subeymbieformis, apice in rostrum attenuata. 
Legumina densissime ferrugineo-tomentosa, 25-39 mm. longa, multisperma. 
Very widely distributed iu Tropical Africa. Occurs in Cameroons and 
Togoland, Abyssinia and British East Africa, Lower Guinea, especially in 
Angola and on the Longa, German East Africa in Uhehe and Tanganyika, 
and in Nyasaland and in Gazaland near Chirinda. 
Var. srRICTISSIMA, Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. i. 202 (1896). 
Caulis strictissimus. Flores majusculi, pauci. Foliola oblongo-oblan- 
ceolata. 
ANGOLA : Huilla, Welwitsch No. 1965! Hb. Mus. Drit. 
Var. nov. MELANOCALYX, Bak, fil. 
Frutex sec. cl. detectorem 1:5 m. alt. attingens. /oliola oblanceolata vel 
oblongo-oblaneeolata 30-45 mm. longa 9-14 mm. lata, petiolo communi 
5-8 mm. longo. Calyw nigro-tomentosus, 15-17 mm. longus. Carina 
cum unguibus circ. 23 mm. longa. 
Cameroons : Djutitas, C. Ledermann No. 1788! Hb. Berol. 
Series 76. Flores majusculi, in racemos laxos breves pluri- vel multifloros 
dispositi. — Stipule foliaceze, petiolulatee, obovate, rarius obsoletze. 
Carina dorso rotundata, circ. 17-19 mm. longa. Legumen stipitatum 
cylindrieum. 
393. C. CAPENSIS, Jacq. Hort. Vindob. iii. 36, t. 64 (1776-77) ; Harvey in 
Harvey & Sonder, Fl. Cap. ii. 46 ; Wood, Natal Plants, tab. 92 ; 
Bolus & Wolley Dod, Fl. Plants and Ferns of Cape Peninsula, 255. 
C. arborescens, Lam. Encycl. ii. 199 (1786) ; DC. Prod. ii. 130. 
