AFRICAN SPECIES OF CROTALARIA. 413 
conspicue venosis, petiolo communi 6-12 mm. longo prædita. Calyx glaber, 
7-8 mm. longus, dentibus superioribus lanceolatis inferioribus linearibus. 
Corolla pallide lutea. Legumina 24-30 mm. longa, 6-8-sperma. 
ANGOLA: Huilla, Welwitseh No. 1984! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
Flowers pale yellow with a tinge of violet. 
Series 84. Flores parviuseuli vel mediocres, in racemos pauci- vel pluri- 
floros dispositi, Carina dorso genuflexa, sæpissime 6-10 mm. longa, 
marginibus lanatis, Stipulæ foliaeeze, faleatee. Legumina oblonga vel 
oblongo-eylindriea, sessilia vel subsessilia, Herbæ vel suffrutices, 
pubescentes vel puberuli. 
307. C. aonkENSIS, Guill. §& Perr. Fl. Seneg. i. 165 (1830-33): Benth. in 
Hook. Lond. Journ. Dot. ii. 589 ; Baker in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 
29. 
C. falcata, Schum. et Thonn. PI. Guin. 335, non Vahl. 
Suffrutea diffusus, e basi ramosus, puberulus. Stipule magne. Folia 
trifoliolata, foliolis euneato-oblongis sepius emarginatis in specimine ty pico 
15-20 mm. longis 5-9 mm. latis, utrinque. subglabris viridibus, petiolo 
communi 7-30 mm. longo priedita. Flores flavi, medioeres, in. racemos 
paucifloros dispositi. Bracteole non conspieum. Bractew anguste, due. 
Calyx profunde. 5-partitus; laciniæ lanceolate, fere æquales. Vexillum 
ovale, 4-6 mm. longum, flavescens, utrinque glabrum. Ale oblongze, 
subfaleatze. Carina rostriformis, navieulariformis, 8-9 mm. longa. Legumen 
oblongo-cylindrieum, sessile, 8-18 mm. longum, puberulum, 10—12-spermum. 
SENEGAMBIA : In the island of Gorée, and near Kounoum in the Cape Verd 
Peninsula, and at Albreda, Perrottet No. 170! Hb. Mus. Brit., ete. 
Sierra LEONE: Searcies, Scott Elliot No. 4393! Hb. Mus. Brit. ; Samu 
Country, Scott lot No. 4216! Hb. Kew. 
GoLp Coast: Accra, Don! Thonning! Vogel! Hb. Kew. 
Togotanp : Near Lome, Warneeke No. 25 ! Hbb. Berol., Mus. Brit. 
DAHoMEY : Le Testu! Hb. Mus. Paris. 
Coxao Rgatox : Bukama, J. Bequaert No. 114! Hb. Brux. 
999 
Ruopesta : Near Mumbwa, Mrs. Macaulay No. 328 ! p. p. Hb. Kew. 
Var. ANGUSTIFOLIA, Baker, l. e. ii. 29. 
Foliola linearia, 4-6 mm. lata. Flores lutei. 
SIERRA Leone: Afzelius! Smeathmann ! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
NiaERIA : Banks of the Niger, Barter! Hb. Kew. 
FkRnNANDO Po: Mann! Hb. Kew. 
Subsp. C. MACROSTIPULA, Steud. in Pl. Schimp. Abyss. Sect. 11. No. 708, 
pro sp.; A. Rich, Tent. FL Abyss. i. 158 (1847). 
Annua vel interdum basi sublignosa et fere sulfrutex. Caulis virgatus, 
