38 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER). [ Crotalaria. 
nearly sessile terminal racemes. Bracts linear, minute. — Pedicels 
2 lines long, at first erect. Calyx broadly campanulate, 2 lines deep, 
elabrous, the teeth not more than one-third as long as the tube. Corolla 
83 in. long, striate, the standard roundish, more than } in. broad, the 
keel much less curved than usual. Pod sessile, cylindrical, 1} in. long, 
1 in. thick, glabrous, many-seeded. 
Nile Land. Nubia, Kotschy! 
87. C. capensis, Jacy. Hort. Vind. t. 64. Stem suffruticose, 3—4 ft. 
high, erect, copiously branched, the branches firm, terete, subglabrous. 
Stipules obovate, emarginate, deciduous, 1-3 in. long.  Petioles 
1-1} in. long, glabrous. Leaflets three nearly sessile obovate, central 
one 3—1} in. long by more than half as broad, the point rounded and mu- 
cronate, both ice nearly glabrous. Flowers 6-20 in lax short-stalked 
terminal and lateral racemes. Bracts small, linear, deciduous. Pedicels 
3—4 lines, thinly silky. Calyx obliquely campanulate, $—2 in. deep, 
nearly glabrous, teeth reaching about halfway down, lowest lanceolate, 
the others broader. Corolla bright yellow, an inch deep. Pod dis- 
tinctly stalked, 1-14 in. long, } in. thick, finely silky when young.— 
Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 590. Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 46. C. arbo- 
rescens, Lam.; DC. Prodr. ii. 130. 
Nile Land. Lat. 5°S., 33°E.; altitude 3800 ft; in open forest, Speke and Grant! 
A common Cape species. 
88. C. striata, DO. Prodr. ii. 131. Stem 1-3 ft. high, suffruti- 
cose, erect, the young branches slightly grey-silky. Stipules minute, 
setaceous, deciduous. Petioles 14—3 in. lendlein 5, oblong or obovate- 
oblong, shortly-stalked, the central one reaching 2-8 inches long, 
12-18 lines broad, blunt with a minute mucro, both sides green, the 
lower at first slightly silky. Flowers in moderately dense terminal 
racemes reaching 6-9 in. long, 15-18 lines broad. ‘Bracts setaceous, 
deciduous, 2-3 Tines long, silky. Pedicels 1-14 lines, finely-silky. 
Calyx } in. long, the lanceolate-acuminate teeth equalling the tube. 
Corolla bright yellow, twice the calyx. Pod linear, distinctly stalked, 
12-18 lines long, 23-8 lines broad, glabrescent, about 20-seeded.—Bot. 
Mag. t. 8200. _C. Saltiana, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 648. C. pisiformis, 
Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 162. C. pallida and laburnoides, Klotasch in 
Peters’ Mossamb, Bot. 57. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet! Island of St. Thomas, G. Don! Jeba 
on the Quorra, Barter! 
Nile Land. Nubia, Kotschy! Abyssinia, Salt! At 5°S. lat., 33° . 8800 ft. 
Speke and Grant ! : . ee ee 
Lower Guinea. Benguela, Wawra! Loanda and Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch ! 
Neeiry ity Distr. Mozambique, Dr. Peters! Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk! Dr. 
tewart 
Also a plant of Natal, the Mascarene isles, Tropical Asia, and America. 
89. C, glaucifolia, Baker. Herbaceous, erect, 2-3 ft. high, with 
numerous erecto-patent branches, only the young ones inconspicuously 
