52 COL. GRANT—BOTANY OF THE 5РЕКЕ AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 
6. CROTALARIA HYSSOPIFOLIA, Klotzsch, in Peters, Mossamb. Bot. 55; Baker, in FI. 
Trop. Afr. ii. 24.—0. gracillima, Klotzsch, l.c. С. globifera, App. Speke's Journ. 680. 
Hab. Mininga, Col. Grant! Also in Abyssinia and Mozambique. 
[In fruit and flower March at 4° 18’ S. lat., where it grows 18 inches high as a weed.—J. A. OG 
7. CROTALARIA LANCEOLATA, E. Meyer, Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. 24; Baker, in Fl. Trop. 
Afr. ii. 86.—0. mossambicensis, Klotzsch, in Peters, Mossamb, Bot. 61, t. 10. 
Hab. Zungomero, Oct. 1860, Col. Grant! Grows in Mozambique, also south of the 
Tropics. 
Mr. Baker thinks it may be C. pallida of Aiton, and regards C. cleomoides, Klotzsch (l. с.), as perhaps a 
form, differing in the longer and more cuspidate calyx-teeth. 
[Grows 6 feet high, with wide branches, more like stalks. Flowers bright yellow in October, at 62-796, 
lat.—J. А. 6.) | ` 
8. CROTALARIA INTERMEDIA, Kotschy, in Sitzungsb. Wien. Acad. 1864, 362, t. 3; 
Baker, in Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 87. 
. Hab. Under 2° N. lat., Col. Grant! Also on the White Nile and in Angola. 
[A very handsome tall plant, flowering in August in fallow and grassy ground at 2° N. lat.—J. A. G.] 
9. CROTALARIA GRANTITI, Baker, in Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 32. Fruticosa, erecta, ramosa ?; 
ramis petiolisque piloso-pubescentibus ; stipulis setaceis, foliolis ternis ellipticis v. obovatis, 
late acutatis, mucronatis, brevissime æqualiter petiolulatis, petiolo æquilongis v. eodem 
brevioribus ; floribus spicatis, spicis terminalibus erectis; bracteis lanceolatis, caducis. 
Frutex? ramosus, ramis teretibus tomentoso- v. breviter piloso-pubescentibus. Folia trifoliolata, 
petiolata, stipulata ; stipulis setaceis pilosis, å poll. longis ; petiolo (foliorum ramulorum) 1-14 poll. longo, 
pubescente ; foliolis obovatis v. ellipticis, obtusiusculis; mucronulatis, tenuiter pilosulis, 1-12 poll. longis, 
petiolulo 4!—4... poll. Racemi pubescentes terminales, pauci- vel pluriflori; bracteæ lineari-lanceolatze, 
deciduæ; pedicelli 2-1 poll. longi; bracteolæ lineares acuminate, 2-2 poll. longe. Calyx pilosus, pro- 
funde 5-fidus, lobis subæqualibus lineari-lanceolatis, acutis, faleatis, tubo 2-3-plo longioribus. Corolla 
calycem superans ; vexillum obovato-rotundatum, integrum, callo bifido basi instructum ; al: oblanceolato- 
oblongæ, obtuse, unguibus brevibus recurvatis ; carina falcata, subacuta, subincurva, marginibus utrinque 
coalitis. Stamina in vaginam supra fissam coalita; anther alternatim elongato-lineares et breviores 
ellipticæ. Ovarium subsessile apieem versus appresse pilosum multiovulatum, ovulis 3—4-seriatis ; stylus 
incurvus elongatus, intus longitudinaliter tenuiter barbatus. Legumen subsessile, turgidum, ellipsoideo- 
oblongum, pilosum, 14-13 poll. longum, 2-4 poll. latum. Semina (immatura) numerosissima, funiculata. 
Hab. Banks of Nile, 5° 10’ N. lat., in dry soil, Col. Grant ! | 
Plate XXVI. B. fig. 1. Vexillum ; fig. 2. One of the wing-petals ; 
| fig. 3. Carina ; fig. 4. 
Ovary ; fig. 5. The same, longitudinal section. | 
10. CROTALARIA LABURNIFOLIA, Linn. ; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. (1848), 
582,—0. capensis, Baker, in FI. Trop. Afr. ii. 38; App. to Speke’s Journ. 630. 
Hab. 5° 8. lat., alt. 3800 feet, Col. Grant! Also in East India and Tropical Australia 
chiefly in sandy districts near the sea. 
С. capensis, Jacq., under which name this plant is described by Mr. Baker, differs in 
possessing stipules, less-deciduous bracts, and shorter carinal beak. 
[Grows in forests where there are few trees and sandy soil. In flower March at 5° 8. lat.—J. A. G.] 
11. CROTALARIA STRIATA, DC. Prod. ii. 131 ; Baker, in Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 38 ; Bot. 
