22 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEH (BAKER). [ Crotalaria, 
35. CG. atrorubens, Hochst. in Herb. Kotschy, Nub. No. 265. Stem 
firm-herbaceous, erect, 14-3 ft. high, with copious erecto-patent 
branches, upper part thinly clothed with spreading bright silky hairs. 
Stipules small linear. Leaves nearly sessile, with three subsessile 
leaflets, terminal one oblanceolate, 1-1} in. long, 1-3 in. broad, obtuse 
or mucronate, upper surface glabrous, lower thinly clothed with ad- 
pressed silky pubescence. Flowers in dense rounded heads, terminal 
on the main stem and branches. Calyx in flower } in. long, bracts 
setaceous, shorter than the calyx, teeth linear, reaching three-quarters 
of the way down, densely coated with bright brown silky pubescence. 
Corolla equalling the calyx, yellow, tinged with red, the standard 
2 lines broad, slightly silky on the back. Pod sessile, quite twice as 
long as broad, 3 in. long, silky, 8-10-seeded.—Benth. Lond. Journ. 
Bot. ii. 572; Chrysocalyx rubiginosa, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 158; 
Crotalaria iodina, Benth. in Lond, Journ. Bot. Le. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet ! Guinea, Nupe, and Jeba on the Quorra, 
Barter! 
Nile Land. Nubia, Kotschy! 
36. C. dumetorum, Baier. Stems firm-herbaceous, erect, 1-2 ft. 
high, densely clothed upwards with brown velvety pubescence. Stipules 
setaceous, very minute. Petioles 8-6 lines. Leaflets 3, oblanceolate 
or oblanceolate-oblong, the central one 2-3 in. long, 8-12 lines broad, 
blunt with a mucro, subcoriaceous, both sides with adpressed firm short 
silky hairs. Heads round or oblong, 6—12-flowered, terminal, usually 
shortly peduncled. Bracts minute, setaceous. Pedicels } in. Calyx 
3 in. long, very silky, the lanceolate teeth exceeding the tube. Corolla 
4 lines long, turning dark reddish-purple when dried. Pod sessile, 
oblong, persistently densely brown-velvety, hard, turgid, 6-7 lines 
long, 3—4 lines broad, 3—4-seeded. 
Lower Guinea. Huilla and Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 
37. C. ononoides, Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 572. Stem 1-4 ft. 
high, trailing or suberect, annual, firm-herbaceous, copiously branched, 
clothed throughout with erecto-patent bright brown silky hairs. 
Stipules } in. long, spreading, silky, linear-setaceous. Petioles 2-3 
lines long, silky. ‘Leaves with three ‘subsessile linear-oblong leaflets, 
central one 1-1} in, long, 1—} in. broad, narrowed to an acute point, 
upper surface glabrous, lower thinly coated with fine silky hairs. 
Flowers in dense rounded heads at the summit of the main stem 
and branches, Pedicel $ in. long, very silky. Calyx very silky, 
3-2 in. long, teeth linear, reaching three-quarters of the way down, all 
the bracts linear-setaceous and as long as the calyx. Corolla purplish- 
red, rather shorter than the calyx, the standard 2 lines broad, with 
numerous close distinct darker veins; keel yellow. Pod @ in. long, 
sessile, twice as long as broad, glabrous, 8~10-seeded.—C. involucrata, 
Soland. mss. in Herb. Brit. Mus. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! G, Don! 
Wile Gand. Karagué, Speke and Grant! 
