18 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER). [ Crotalaria. 
setaceous. Leaves close and numerous, petioles } in. long, slender, with 
three oblanceolate leaflets with a distinct notch at the apex, the central 
one 2-4 lines long, 1-2 lines broad, glabrous above, slightly silky 
beneath. Flowers much scattered, solitary or in pairs, most of them 
pendulous from the spines. Pedicels 1 line long. Calyx thinly al 
1 in. long, teeth lanceolate-acuminate, reaching halfway down. Corolla 
yellow, twice as long as the calyx. Pod sessile, oblong, 3-3 in. long, 
half as broad, finely pubescent, 8-10-seeded.—Benth. in Lond. Journ. 
Bot. ii. 576. A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 156. 
Nile Land. Nubia, Kotschy! White Nile, Petherick! Abyssinia, Schimper ! 
Quartin-Dillon! Petit! 
Lower Guinea. Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! 
Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Stewart! (A spineless variety, with much 
smaller and closer leaves than usual.) 
23. C. cistoides, Welw. mss. A suffruticose perennial 1-2 ft. high, 
with numerous erecto-patent rigid slender branches, with a little im- 
conspicuous adpressed grey pubescence. Stipules none seen. Leaves 
subsessile ; leaflets 3, oblanceolate, 5-6 lines long, rigidly coriaceous, 
bluntish with a minute mucro, subglabrous above, finely silky beneath. 
Flowers 2-3 together, subsessile at the end of the branches, or a few 
solitary in the axils of the upper leaves. Calyx 2 lines long, finely 
grey-silky, the lanceolate teeth reaching down nearly to the base. 
Corolla pale yellow, scarcely as long as the calyx. Pod hard, globose, 
2 lines long, finely adpressed grey-silky, 3—4-seeded. 
Lower Guinea. Huilla and Pungo Andongo, Angola, in sandy thickets, Dr. 
Welwitsch ! 
24. C. caudata, Welw. mss. An erect shrub 2-21 ft. high, with 
numerous rigid erecto-patent woody branches, clothed with incon- 
spicuous adpressed grey pubescence. Stipules none seen. Leaves sub- 
sessile ; leaflets 3, oblanceolate, 6—9 lines long, blunt with a mucro, 
subcoriaceous, both sides pale green with a little adpressed grey pubes- 
cence. Flowers 1-6 together at the end of the branches, when clus- 
tered not pedunculated. Pedicels 2 lines. Calyx 3—33 lines adpressed 
silky, the lanceolate teeth reaching much more than halfway down. 
Corolla yellow, slightly exceeding the calyx. Pod sessile, oblong, 6-7 
lines long whilst still immature, densely clothed with fine brown silky 
hairs, 15—18-seeded. 
Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, 2400-3800 ft., Dr. Welwitsch / 
25. ©. Forbesii, Baker. Stem suffruticose, 12-18 in. long, erect, 
slightly branched, densely clothed throughout with fine erey down. 
Stipules linear, equalling the petioles, which are 2 lines long, slender, 
pubescent. Leaves with 8 subsessile oblanceolate leaflets. central one 
4—6 lines long, both sides finely downy. Flowers solitary or in short- 
stalked clusters of 2-3 in the axils. Pedicel'1 line long, silky. Calyx 
silky, } in. long, teeth lanceolate-acuminate, reaching halfway down. 
Corolla yellowish, twice as long as calyx; standard veined, } in. broad. 
