438 MISS TL. 8. GIBBS ON THE 
vexillo brevioribus inzequilateraliter oblongis unguiculatis, carina 
in rostrum attenuata navieulari rectangulo-curvata lutea; stylo 
supra ovarium abrupte inflexo tenuiter barbato, ovario subsessile 
circ. 14-ovulato ; legumine ellipsoideo. 
Species Crotalaria distanti, Benth., aliquanto affinis, differt 
floribus multioribus, &e. 
Hab. Islands of Zambesi or Victoria Falls. 
L. S. Gibbs, No. 168. Flowers end of September. Herb. 
Mus. Brit. 
* A bush growing on the outskirts of the Rain Forest, Victoria 
Falls" (C. Allen, No. 31. Herb. Kew.). 
Shrub, about 2 m. high ; folioles 2:0-4-0 em. long aud 7-10 mm. 
broad, petioles + 1:0-1°8 em. long: vexillum + 1'5 em. long: 
legume 2:38-24 cm. long. 
INDIGOFERA CRYPTANTHA, Benth. 
Matopo Hills, veld. Fr. Sept. 308. 
Distrib. Transvaal. 
Not recorded before for Tropical Africa. 
TEPHROSTA LURIDA, Sond. 
Matopo Hills, on kopje. Fl. and young Fr. Oct. 249. 
Distrib. Rhodesia, Transvaal, Cape Colony. 
LESSERTIA PAUCIFLORA, Harv. 
Matopo Hills, veld. Fl. and young Fr. Sept. 104. 
Distrib. Cape Colony, Namaqualand. 
A spreading perennial, flowers pink. 
JESCHYNOMENE CRISTATA, Vatke, in Oest. Bot. Zeit. xxviii. 
(1878) p. 215. 
Victoria Falls, islands and banks of rivers, growing amongst 
Phragmites. Fl. and Fr. Sept. 
Distrib. Angola, Mozambique District, Central Tropical 
Africa, also in Madagascar. 
Shrub, 2 m. high, with erect branches: flowers large, pendulous, 
orange-yellow, with green keel. Young stems and inflorescence 
glandular. 
ABRUS PRECATORIUS, Linn. 
Victoria Falls, islands. Fr. Sept. 306. 
Distrib. Tropics of Old and New World. 
The bright red seeds with blaek hilum are generally called 
“lucky beans," and are valued for decorative purposes. 
