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ovata v. ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, basi rotundata, 1-14- 
pollicaria, coriacea, venulosa, juniora ad costam subtus hir- 
suta, adulta glabrata. Panicule floriferze laxæ, graciles, foliis 
longiores. Bractee ad ramificationes setacez, villose. Pedi- 
celli ultimi 2-3 lin. longi, capillares, infra medium articulati. 
Calyx lineam longus, sepalis lanceolatis acutis zestivatione val- 
vatis, extus pallide roseis. Petala calyci zquilonga, lanceo- 
lata, extus puberula, alba. Stamina hypogyna, basi vix con- 
nata, calyce breviora, alterna alternis breviora. Carpella 5, 
sessilia, pubescentia, in stylos breves desinentia. Ovula 2, a 
basi ovarii erecta. 
The other W. Tropical African species of Cnestis are C. fer- 
ruginea, DC., from Sierra Leone, and C. pinnata, Pal. de Beauv., 
from Oware: Brown mentions also several new species as being 
contained in C. Smith's Congo collection.—(G. B.) 
XLVI. LrcuMiNos;E.* 
l. Crotalaria genistifolia, Schum. et Thonn. Beskr. p. 335; 
Benth. Enum. Leg. in Lond. Journ. Bot. 2, p. 479.—Guinea, 
Isert ; Accra, Vogel. 
2. Crotalaria Vogelii, Benth. l. c. p. 561.—On the Quorra, at 
Stirling, Vogel. 
3. Crotalaria ononoides, Benth. l. c. p.572.—Sierra Leone, Don. 
4. Crotalaria ochroleuca, G. Don, Gard. Dict. 2. p. 138; erecta? 
. Tamis virgatis ramulis petiolisque tenuiter subsericeo-pilosis, 
stipulis minutis, foliolis elongatis lineari-lanceolatis supra 
glabris subtus appresso-puberulis, racemis terminalibus sub- 
elongatis plurifloris, calycis dentibus tubo subtriplo breviori- 
bus, vexillo late elliptico acuminato, carinz rostro faleato, 
legumine subsessili oblongo polyspermo.—St. Thomas, Don. 
Habitu, statura et magnitudine florum C. brevidenti, Benth., 
simillima, differt vexillo acuminato, carina falcata et legumine 
majore, ampliore. 
In habit and foliage this species may also be compared with 
C. lanceolata, E. Mey., from South Africa, which however has 
* By J. D. Hooker and G. — 
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