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much smaller flowers; the acuminated standard-is like that of 
C. macrocarpa. There is also a C. pallida, Ait., from “ Africa,” 
which is only known by a very short phrase, as applicable to 
this as to several other species. 
5. Crotalaria falcata, Vahl, Benth. l. c. p. 585.—C. obovata, G. 
Don, Gard. Dict. 2. p. 188.—Bassa Cove, Ansell; Cape 
Palmas and Cape Coast, Vogel; Accra, Don. 
6. Crotalaria striata, DC., Benth. l c. p. 586.—Senegal, Per- 
rottet; St. Thomas, Don. This is found in many parts of 
Africa, South Asia, and in the West Indies, but in some of 
the stations whence it has been sent it is probably cultivated 
or introduced. 
7. Crotalaria incana, Linn., Benth. l. c. p. 587.—Senegal, Per- 
yottet ; Sierra Leone, Don.—An American species perhaps 
introduced only to the Old World. 
8. Crotalaria Goreensis, Guill. et Perr., Benth. l c. p. 589.— 
Senegal, Perrottet; Gambia, Captain Boteler, Heudelot; 
Accra, Thonning, Don, Vogel. Also a native of Upper Egypt. ` 
9. Crotalaria lotifolia, Linn. DC. Prod. 2. p. 134.— Cape Coast, 
Vogel.—A West Indian species, from which Vogel’s imperfect - 
specimen does not appear to differ. 
10. Crotalaria, sp. n. ? allied to some of the S. American shrubby 
trifoliolate species, but the specimen is insufficient for deter- 
mination.— Sierra Leone, Don. 
This is, next to Indigofera, one of the most numerous dicoty- 
ledoneous genera in W. Tropical Africa, as besides the above 
ten, no less than sixteen other species are known to inhabit that 
region, viz.: 1. C. arenaria, Benth. 2. C. glauca, Willd. 3. C. 
Leprieurii, Guill. et Perr. 4. C. calycina, Schranck, (a common 
S. Asiatic species.) 5. C. Perrottetii, DC. 6. C. gracilis, Walp. 
7. C. ebenoides, Walp. 8. C. iodina, Benth. 9. C. macrocaly®; 
Benth. 10. An unpublished species from Senegambia allied to 
C. medicaginea, Lam. 11. C. spherocarpa, Perrot. 12. C. poly- 
carpa, Benth. 13. C. Senegalensis, Bacle, (also found in Nubia). 
14. C. lathyroides, Guill. et Perr. 15. C. podocarpa, DC. (also 
found in Cordofan), and 16. C. cylindrocarpa, DC. 
One species of Lupinus, L. termis, Forsk., is cited in the 
