16 XLVI. § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER). [ Crotalaria. 
terminal heads like those of the Chrysocalycine. Lower pedicels 2-3 
lines long. Calyx 24-8 lines long, nee silky, the linear-lanceolate 
teeth reaching down nearly to the base. Corolla pale yellow, slightly 
exceeding the calyx, the standard } in. broad, copiously streaked with 
urple. Pod sessile, oblong, scarcely exceeding the calyx, densely 
silky, 2—3-seeded. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 
Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo and Huilla, Dr. Welwitsch! 
Habit and pod of the Chrysocalyeine, but leaves simple. 
17. GC. microcarpa, Hochst. in Herb. Kotschy Nub, Stems herba- 
ceous, 4—6 in long, diffuse, with copious divaricating slender branches, 
thinly clothed with spreading brown silky hairs. Stipules minute, 
setaceous, deciduous. Leaves nearly sessile, with three subsessile, ob- 
lanceolate leaflets; central one } in. long, 2 lines broad, mucronate, 
both sides slightly silky. Flowers very much scattered, in clusters of 
from 2—4 on a short or elongate naked or leafy peduncle. Bracts seta- 
ceous, silky, longer than the pedicels. Calyx } in. long, densely 
clothed with yellowish silky hairs, teeth lanceolate acuminate, reaching 
halfway down. Corolla yellow, twice as long as the calyx, petals 
equal, the standard } in. broad. Pod } in. long, sessile, finely silky, 
4 in. thick, about 8-seeded.—Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 578, C. tri- 
antha, Steud. in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. No. 1190, non DC. ©, lotoides. A. 
Rich. Fl. Abyss. 157, non Benth. Maria-Antonia orientalis, Parlatore. 
C. Marie-Antonia, Ascher. C. doryenium. A. Rich. in Herb. Hook. 
B. uniflora, Steud. Flowers usually solitary. 
Upper Guinea. Niger country, Nupe, Barter! 
Nile Land. Nubia, Kotschy! Schweinfurth! Abyssinia, Schimper! Petit ! 
a Central.“ In the interior, near the Tropic of Capricorn, Chapman and 
aines 
18. C, pisicarpa, Welw. mss. A diffuse very copiously-branched 
annual with trailing stems 1-2 feet long densely clothed with fine grey 
spreading pubescence. Stipules setaceous, very minute. Petioles 4-6 
lines, downy. Leaflets 3, obovate, 9-18 lines long, 6-10 lines broad, 
blunt with a faint mucro, sometimes slightly emarginate, both sides 
green, finally subglabrous. Flowers 2-4 in copious rather lax heads 
on leaf-opposed downy peduncles 6-9 lines long. Bracts very minute, 
setaceous. Calyx } in. long, very silky, the lanceolate acuminate teeth 
reaching more than halfway down. Corolla yellow, twice the calyx, 
the roundish pointed glabrous standard 2} lines broad. Pods sessile, 
globose, rather oblique, } in. long, firm, turgid, at first densely grey- 
downy, usually 3-seeded. 
Lower Guinea. Huilla, Angola, in damp pastures, Dr. Welwitsch! 
Very distinct. 
19. ©. microphylla, Vahl; DC, Prod. ii. 134. Stems herbaceous, 
6-12 in. long, densely czespitose, the branches firm, spreading, slender, 
grey, thinly silky. Stipules very minute, linear-lanceolate. Petioles 
