42 LEGUMINOSA (Harv.) [Crotalaria. © 
6. C. mollis (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 23); diffuse, much branched from the 
base, densely and softly hairy ; stipules subulate, small ; leaflets obovate, 
glabrescent above ; peduncles terminal, (at length) opposite the leaves, 
elongate, distantly 3-8 flowered ; bracts subulate, acute; carina with a 
straightish beak ; ovules numerous ; legume sub-sessile, oblong, much 
inflated, softly hairy. Benth. l.c. 575. 
Has. Dry hills and islands at the mouth of the Gariep, Drege / (Herb. Hk., $d., D.) 
Resembles C. effusa, but easily known as well by its thick coat of long, silky 
hairs, which cover all parts except the upper surfaces of the leaflets, as by the bracts, 
&ec. Petioles 3, leaflets $ inch long. Peduncles 4~5 inches. 
7. C. lotoides (Benth.! Lond. Journ, 2. p. 575); shrubby, sub-dicho- 
tomously much branched ; branches with dense rusty pubescence and 
spreading hairs; stipules linear-lanceolate; leaflets broadly obevate, 
hairy beneath, or on both surfaces ; peduncles opposite the leaves and 
not much exceeding them, 1-3 flowered; calyx pubescent ; carina with 
a straightish beak; legume sub-sessile, cylindrical, hairy, 
Has. Magalis and Aapges River, Burke and Zeyher! Near Grahamstown, 
Mr. Ward, in Hale Hook. iach. Hook, Sond.) = 
A rigid, somewhat woody, much-branched undershrub, either prostrate or spread- 
ing widely over the ground ; branches 1-14 feet long, their pubescence variable, 
dense or rather thin, but always rough and patent. Leaflets about equalling the 
petioles, } inch long, and nearly as broad. Legume 1-1} inch long. Flowers rather 
small, 3-4 lines long. 
8. C. obscura (DC. Prod. 2. p. 134); diffuse, branched from the base, 
hispid with long, very patent, rusty-coloured hairs; stipules linear-lan- 
ceolate ; leaflets broadly obovate or ovato-lanceolate, hairy beneath, or on 
both surfaces ; peduncles terminal or opposite the leaves, elongated, 2—5 
flowered; calyx hispid and ciliate ; carina with a falcate beak ; legume 
sessile, oblong, hispid. Benth. l. c. p.575. Cr. pilosa, Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 
P. 572 (non Mill.) EB. § Z.! En. No. 1260. 
Has. Eastern districts and Caffraria, Grassy pastures of Uitenhage, ‘* Adow,” 
can i 8 Dp £.§Z./ Albany, Mrs. Barber? Omsamwubo, Drege! (Herb. 
Slender, i 1~2 feet high, decumbent or ing ; less branching, less 
woody pape rae than Ose ; With dened on lo ee 
much longer es, and longer, stiffer, and more spreading hairs. Petiole 1-14 
inch long, rather longer than the lamina. Peduncles 4-6 inches long. Legumes 1-1} 
inch long, nearly } inch wide. 
9. C. angustissima (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 26); very slender, diffuse, 
much branched from the base ; stipules minute; leaflets on very long 
petioles, linear-subulate, or those of the lower leaves linear-cuneiform, 
appressedly and thinly downy underneath, as is the. stem; peduncles 
elongate, 1-2 flowered at the summit; legume short-stalked, oblong, 
downy. Benth. l.c. p. 576. 
Has. Sandy hills near Ebenezer, Stellenbosch, Drege! . Sond. 
bets ving cate a t Senha, taeias langle §to fines , B Mey. Leaf- 
an inch long, no’ e : i i 5 
tonsil ng; + aot aaa e, folded together ; petioles 2 long. A very 
10. C. Ecklonis (Harv.) ; diffuse, slender, pubescent; stipules linear- 
lanceolate Hi leaflets on long petioles, lanceolate, those of the upper leaves 
