52 NEW AFRICAN PLANTS. 



This plant has rather large undivided leaves, and a dense 

 spicate raceme of flowers. It belongs to the section Resedastrum, 

 and is allied to R. Aucheri Boiss. and R. atripUcifoUa J. Gray. It is 

 easily distinguishable from /.'. olu/unwroides, a plant recently described 

 by Dr. Schinz, from Somalilaud {Bull. Herb. Boiss. iii. 397 (1895) ). 

 R. amhlyocarpa Fres., another species recorded from the same 

 country, has much narrower leaves. 



Ochradenus somalensis Baker fil., sp. n. Frutex ; rami 

 virgati, ramuli spinescentes pubescentes ramulorum cortice pallido. 

 Folia subcoriacea oblanceolata, apice obtusa ad basin attenuata 

 sessilia vel subsessilia glauco-viridia nunc subsolitaria nunc 

 rosulatim disposita, ^-^ poll, longa, circiter 1 lin. lata. Floras 

 ignoti in racemos dispositi, racemis evidenter 10-23-floris. Pe- 

 duuculi fructigeri circiter 1 lin. lougi, pubescentes. Capsula sub- 

 carnosa divaricatim tridentata, circiter ^ poll, longa, 2^-3 lin. lata, 

 16-18-sperma. 



Hab. Somalilaud, Shebeli Eiver, Dr. Donaldson Smith. Col- 

 lected when in fruit, Aug. 1894. 



Allied to Ochradenus Aucheri Boiss., from Arabia, which {Fl. 

 Orient, i. 422) has been placed in the genus Homalodiscus. 



A copiously branched shrub, the branchlets terminating in 

 spines ; both branches and branchlets have a pale cortex. Leaves 

 oblanceolate, pubescent, glaucous green, occasionally subsolitary, 

 more often in rosettes on the sides of the branches and branchlets ; 

 leaves ^-^ in. long; margin entire; apex obtuse, gradually nar- 

 rowing to the base. Flowers not present, evidently borne in 

 racemes. Capsule shortly peduncled, orange-yellow, the three 

 persistent stigmas being divaricate, subcarnose, not membranous, 

 as in Uoiiralodiscus 16-18-seeded. Seeds shining, reddish or 

 brownisli black, about f line long. 



Crotalaria minima Baker fil., sp. n. Annua. Caulis erectus 

 ramosus circiter ^-pedalis, ramulis pilis albidis appresse obtectis. 

 Folia parvissima 3-foliolata, foliola oblanceolata prfecipue subtus 

 pilis albidis appresse obtecta, petiolis foliolis brevioribus. Stipulse 

 breves lineari-subulatfe. Flores inter minores generis brevipeduncu- 

 lati, axillares solitarii. Bracteae parvae lanceolatcT. Pedunculi 

 una cum sepalis appresse albidi. Sepala lauceolata acuminata. 

 Vexillum ovatum quam vexillum OrotaJaria Janiesii angustius, 

 circiter 2^ lin. longum. Carina acutiuscula. Ovarium sessile. 

 Legumen late ellipsoideum circiter 3^ lin. longum, pedicello 

 recurvo, circ. 7-spermum. 



Hab. Galla Highlands, Giuia, Dr. Donaldson Smith. In flower 

 and fruit, Nov. 1894. 



Apparently an annual, with an erect much branching stem and 

 slender root. Leaves quite small, covered with appressed white 

 hairs, 3-foliolate ; leaflets oblanceolate, about 2 lines long ; petiole 

 generally about 1 line long ; leaflets sessile or very shortly petiolu- 

 late at the end of the petiole. Flowers small, axillary, solitary, 

 borne on a short recurved peduncle (about 1 line long), when dry 

 of a yellow colour. Sepals lanceolate, acuminate. Standard ovate, 

 2| lines long, not nearly so broad as in Crotalaria Jamesii (see 



