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С. genistifolia, Schum. et Thonn. РІ. Guin. 335. 0. acutifolia, Steud. in Schimp. hb. 
Abyss. No. 899, 
Hab. Plantain-groves, Unyoro, Col. Grant ! Widely spread in Tropical Africa. 
[Native name * m”cæwæ.” Three feet high. Root grows straight down into the ground. Leaves of 
a livid green colour. At 3° N. lat. the people eat its flowers, pods, and leaves; and from its abundance іп 
the fields it appeared as if it was cultivated here. —J. A. G.] 
2. CROTALARIA CALYCINA, Schrank; DC. Prod. ii. 129; Baker, in Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 15. 
Hab. Unyoro, Col. Grant! Extending from West Tropical Africa eastward through 
India to China and Australia. 
[Leaves covered behind with a silvery down. The calyx is hairy and brown, like a caterpillar; corolla 
pale yellow. Pods three quarters of an inch long, dumpy in shape. Flowers in September at 2° N. 
lat.—J. A. G.] 
9. CROTALARIA NIGRICANS, Baker, in Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 21. Suffruticosa, ramosa, 
diffusa; ramulis foliisque laxe pilosis; stipulis parvis, ovato-lanceolatis, reflexis; petiolo 
foliolis ternatis oblanceolatis mueronatis multo breviore ; floribus terminalibus capitatis 
subsessilibus; bracteolis apiculatis, calyce profunde 4-fido brevioribus; corolla inclusa; 
ovario pauciovulato. 
Suffrutex 1-2 pedalis, erectiusculus, ramosus, laxe pilosus, ramulis divaricatis teretibus. Folia breviter 
petiola, 3-foliolata, stipulata ; stipulis ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, arcte reflexis, 15-1 poll. longis; petiolo 
ЕЗ poll. longo ;, foliolis oblanceolatis, obtusis, mucronulatis, subsessilibus, subæquilongis v. centrali paullo 
longiore, j-2 poll. longis. Capitula pauci- v. pluriflora, terminalia, bracteata; bracteolis geminatis parvis, 
rotundatis, apiculatis, tubo calycis æquilongis v. eodem longioribus. Calyx piloso-pubescens, profunde 
4-fidus (lobis 2 superioribus connatis), lobis subæqualibus, late ellipticis, apiculatis. Corolla calyce 
brevior; vexillum rotundatum, breviter unguiculatum, ungue calycis lateri posteriori adnato, dorso 
tenuiter hirtellum ; alæ obovato-elliptice, obtuse, unguiculatæ; carina incurva, subrostrata, margine 
anteriore ciliolata, unguiculata. Stamina 10, in vaginam supra fissam coalita. Ovarium hirsutum, 
pauci- (4-5) ovulatum; stylus supra ovarium incrassatus, compressus, denique abrupte inflexus. Le- 
gumen.... 
Hab. Mininga, Col. Grant ! 
I have not seen ripe legumes. By a misprint the petioles are described by Mr. Baker (Fl. Trop. Afr. 
l. c.) as 14-2 inches instead of 11-2 lines long. | | 
[Root deep in the ground. Іп flower at 4° 18’ S. lat., near cultivation, in April.—J. А. G.] 
Plate XXVI. А. fig. 1. Flower with the lateral bracteoles; fig. 2. The same, front view ; 
fig. 3. Vexillum ; fig. 4. One of the wing-petals; fig. 5. Carina; fig. 6. Stamens; fig. 7. 
Two alternate anthers, with the free extremity of their filaments ; fig. 8. Ovary. 
4. CROTALARIA ONONOIDES, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. (1848) ii. 572; Baker, 
in Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 22.— C. involucrata, Soland. MSS. 
Hab. Karagué, December 1861, Col. Grant ! 
[Grows in slight tufts upon the hills of Karagué, 4500 feet above sea-level. In fruit December. 
—J. A. G.] Pu 
5. CROTALARIA CEPHALOTES, Steud. іп Schimp. hb. Abyss. No. 695; A. Rich. FI. 
Abyss. i. 156; Baker, in Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 23. nis 
Hab. Madi, in dry bare woods, Col. Grant! Found also in Abyssinia and in West 
Tropical Africa. | 
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