26 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER). [ Crotalaria. 
dicels 1-1 line. Calyx } in. long, densely silky, the linear-lanceolate 
teeth exceeding the tube. Corolla 3 lines long, reddish when dried. 
Pod oblong, sessile, turgid, finely silky, 2 lines long, 2-seeded. 
Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 
48. CG. argyrzea, Welw. mss. A diffuse moderately-branched_as- 
cending undershrub, branches silvery with close tomentum like those 
of Indigofera argentea. Stipules 0. Petioles 9-15 lines. Leaflets 
fleshy, glabrous, very glaucous, short-stalked, oblanceolate-oblong, the 
central one 9-15 lines long, 5-8 lines broad, blunt, emarginate. 
Flowers a dozen or more in a few lax short-peduncled lateral racemes. 
Bracts 0. Pedicels 14-2 lines silvery. Calyx 2 lines, broadly cam- 
pee the upper teeth lanceolate, equalling the tube, the lower 
inear, a little longer. Corolla } in. long, bright yellow. Pod dis- 
tinctly stalked, very hard, oblong, } in. long, 4 lines broad, glabrous, 
patos the upper suture a depression, the lower one a prominent 
ridge. 
Lower Guinea. Mossamedes, Benguela, Dr. Welwitsch ! 
49. C. ivantulensis, Welw. mss, A copiously-branched shrub 2-4 
ft. high with finely grey-downy straight branchlets. Stipules minute, 
setaceous, deciduous. Petioles 6—9 lines, erecto-patent. Leaflets 3, 
distinctly stalked, oblanceolate, blunt with a faint mucro, reaching 
14-2 inches long, 6-10 lines broad, green and glabrous above, glaucous 
and inconspicuously grey-silky beneath. Flowers 12-20 in_ close 
shortly-stalked terminal (rarely lateral) racemes 15-18 lines broad. 
Bracts minute, linear. Pedicels 1}—8 lines, densely grey-silky. Calyx 
obliquely broadly campanulate, 24 lines long, densely grey-silky, the 
deltoid teeth not quite as long as the tube. Corolla bright yellow, 
twice the calyx, not striated, the standard glabrous on the back. Pod 
distinctly-stalked, oblong, 7-8 lines long, 3-34 lines broad, finely 
grey-silky, 8-10-seeded. 
Lower Guinea. Huilla, Benguela, on the shores of Lake Ivantula, Dr. Welwitsch! 
50. C. ramosissima, Baker. An erect undershrub with very 
numerous erecto-patent stiff slender forked finely grey-downy branches. 
Stipules lanceolate, very minute. Petioles 9-4 lines. Leaflets 3, 
shortly-stalked, oblanceolate-oblong, reaching 6-12 lines long, 3-6 
lines broad, blunt with a faint mucro, glabrescent above, finely grey- 
downy beneath. Flowers 6-12 in very numerous principally terminal 
lax racemes. Bracts setaceous, very minute. Bedicels 3-1 line, 
densely silky. Calyx } in., thinly grey-silky, the lanceolate teeth ex- 
ceeding the tube. Corolla bright yellow, glabrous, twice the calyx. 
Pod globose, distinctly stalked, 4 lines long, persistently clothed with 
spreading grey-silky hairs, 5—6-seeded. 
Lower Guinea. Huilla, Benguela, Dr. Welwitsch! 
51. C. ameena, Welw. mss. A suberect shrub with numerous as- 
cending terete branchlets clothed with dense fine grey short pubescence- 
