crotalaria. LEGUMINOSAE. 445 



rainulisque minute adpresse puberulis; pedunculis lerminalibus vel demum op- 

 posilifoliis elongatis laxe 3-6-floris; carinae rostro subreclo; ovario multiovulato; 

 legumine subsessili oblongo valde inflato adpresse pubescente. 2J, ? — Legumen 

 8-9 lin. longum. — Crescit in Promontorio bonae spei. 



12G. CR. MOLLIS E. Mey. Comment. 23. — Bth. 1. c. 575. — Wlprs. 1. c. 591. no.-76. 

 — Diffusa, a basi ramosissima: slipulis parvis, foliolis obovatis supra glabrius- 

 culis, subtus, caulibus, racemis calycibusque molliter pilosis; pedunculis termi— 

 nalibus demum opposilifoliis laxe 3-6-floris; carinae roslro rectiusculo; ovulis 

 nuraerosis; legumine subsessili oblongo valde inflato molliter villoso. Q1 — Le- 

 gumen 8-10 lin. longum. — Crescit in Promonlorio bonae spei. 



127. CR. LOTOIDES Blh. I. c. — Humilis, subdichotome ramosissima: ramulis fer— 

 rugineo-pubescenlibus ct patentira pilosulis; slipulis lineari-lanceolalis parvulis; 

 foliolis obovatis, subtus vel utrinque pilosis; pedunculis oppositifoliis folio parum 

 longioribus 1-2-floris; calyce pilosulo; carinae rostro recliusculo; legumine sub— 

 sessili cylindraceo piloso-hirto. O? — Cr. obscurae afflnis sed pluribus notis 

 distincla, habitus rigidior et ramosior, caules prostrali?, legumen pollicare vel 

 paullo longius. — Crescit iu Promontorio bonae spei. 



128. CR. OBSCURA DC. Prodr. II. 134. no. 132. — Bth. 1. c. — Decumbens vel dif- 

 fusa a basi ramosa, pilis longis patentibus rufo-hispida: slipulis lineari-lanceo- 

 latis; foliolis late obovatis, sublus vel ulrinque longe pilosis; pedunculis termi- 

 nalibus vel oppositifoliis elongatis 2-5-floris; calyce piloso-hispido; carinae 

 roslro foliato; legumine sessili oblongo piloso-hispido. Q1 — Cr. pilosa Thnbrg. 

 Flor. Capens. 572. (nec Mill.) — Legumen l-r/ ; -polIicare. — Crescit inPromon- 

 torio bonae spei. 



fi. collina Eckl. et Zeyh. Foliolis infimis ovalis, superioribus lanceolatis, om- 

 nibus obtusis. 



129. CR. AISGUSTISSIMA E. Mey. Comment. 26. - Bth. 1. c. 576. - Wlprs. 1. c. I. 592. 

 no. 87. — Diffusa, a basi ramosissima: slipulis minutis; foliolis longissime petio— 

 lalis subulalis vel foliorum superiorum lineari-cuneatis, subtus cauleque pube- 

 rulis; pedunculis elongalis apice 1-2-floris; Iegumine breviter slipitalo oblongo 

 puberulo. © — Corolla incarnala, legumen 8-10 lin. longum. — Crescit in Pro- 

 montorio bonae spei. 



130. CR. SPINOSA Hochstett. Hb. flor. Abyss. 150. — Bth. I. c. — Diffusa rigida ra- 

 mosissima: foliis subfasciculatis; stipulis minutis; foliolis obovatis vel cuneato— 

 oblongis oblusis emarginatisve, supra glabris, subtus raraulisque rainute puberulis; 

 ramulis floriferis brevibus basi foliosis, medio 1-2-floris, apice spinescenlibus; 

 carinae rostro longo recto; ovario multiovulato; legumine sessili ovoideo-oblongo 

 rainute puberulo. 2|<? 5? — Habitu accedit ad Ononides spinescenles. Legumen 

 4-5 lin. longum. — Crescit in Abyssinia. 



fi. pubescens: Pube densiori ; foliolis paullo anguslioribus. — Ononis emarginata 

 Bojer mss. — Crescit in Madagascaria. 



131. CR. LAEVIGATA Lam. Dict. II. 198. - Bth. 1. c. — Diffusa? vel ascendens? 

 ramulis minule puberulis; slipulis minulis obsolelisve; foliolis obovato-oblongis 

 obcordatisve, supra glabris, sublus minute puberulis; racemis oppositifoliis laxe 

 subtrifloris; carinae rostro longo recto; ovario 10-12-ovulalo; legumine stipitalo 

 oblique ovoideo glabriusculo. 2|. — Cr. slipitata Grah. in Wall. Catal. 5425. — 

 Wlprs. I. c. 589. no. 54. — Crescit in Madagascaria. 



fi. villosior : foliis minoribus. — Mozambique. 



