36 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEA (BAKER). [ Crotalaria. 
Stipules obsolete. Petioles }-} in. long. Leaflets 3, linear, 1-1} in. 
long, } in. broad, both sides glabrous. Flowers in lax 6—12-tlowered 
racemes, terminal on the stem and branches. Pedicel about equalling 
the calyx, which is } in. deep, teeth linear, not reaching quite half- 
way down. Corolla under } in. long; standard ovate, acute, yellow, 
veined with reddish, keel with a long beak. Pod sessile, linear, 3 in. 
long, 2 lines thick, glabrous, slightly upeurved.— C. Afzelii, R. Br. mss. 
in Herb. Brit. Mus. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet! Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! 
81. CG. lanceolata, Z. Meyer. Comm. Pl. Afr. Aust. 24. Stem suf- 
fruticose, 2-6 ft. high, with a few long straight erecto-patent branches, 
upper part slightly pubescent. Stipules none. Petioles 1—2 in. long, 
- slender, erecto-patent, glabrous. Leaves with three linear subsessile 
leaflets, central 2-4 in. long, 1-3 in. broad, narrowed to both ends, 
mucronate, both surfaces nearly glabrous. Flowers in long-stulked 
lax many-fowered racemes terminal on the main stem and branches, 
sometimes 6 in. long, 1 in. broad. Pedicels 2 lines long. Bracts very 
small, ovate-mucronate. Calyx campanulate, thinly silky, } in. long, 
teeth deltoid-mucronate, not more than half as long as the tube. 
Corolla 4 in. long, petals bright yellow, striated with purple, standard 
3 lines broad, keel about the same breadth with the point much up- 
curved. Pod cylindrical, sessile, very ny when young, 14-1} in. 
long, 2 lines thick, ultimately black and glabrous.—Benth. in Lond. 
Journ. Bot. ii. 585. Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 48. C. mossambicensis, Klotasch 
in Peters’ Mossamb. Bot. 61 t. 10. 
Nile Land. Zungomero and banks of the Nile at Chopeh, Speke and Grant! 
Mozamb. Distr. Mozambique, Peters! Zambesi, Dr. Kirk! 
Also a plant of Mauritius, Natal, and Cape Colony. It may be ©. pallida, Aiton, 
DC, Prod. ii. 134. C. eleomoides, Klotzsch |.c., is apparently a form of this, with the 
calyx-teeth rather longer and more cuspidate than in the type. 
82. C. tigrensis, Baker. A low copiously-branched shrub with 
woody ascending glabrous branches. Stipules obsolete. Petioles firm, 
13-2 lines long. Leaflets 3, oblanceolate, 5-6 lines long, 1}—2 lines 
broad, emarginate, subcoriaceous, glabrous. Flowers in short-stalked 
moderately lax 6-12-flowered terminal racemes. Pedicels 3—1 line 
long, thinly silky. Bracts lanceolate, very minute. Calyx broadly 
campanulate, } im. deep, thinly silky, the lanceolate teeth reaching 
nearly half down. Corolla 3 in. deep, bright yellow; the standard 
3 lines broad, the keel much miceenee: Pod sessile, linear, glabrous, 
8—9 lines long, } in. thick, 6—8-seeded. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 
83. C. Kirkii, Baker. Stem suffruticose, erect, prominently striate, 
slightly adpressed Sei Riarer upwards, with a few long ascending 
branches. Stipules none. Petioles 1-1} in. long, straight, slightly 
silky. Leaves with 3 linear subsessile leaflets, central 3—4 in. lone 
2-4 lines broad, mucronate, green and glabrous above, subglaucous, 
