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Hook. Ic. t. 1350). Keel about 2 lines long, with very short claws, 

 acute. Ovary sessile. Legume pubescent, about 3J lines long and 

 2 lines broad, 7-seeded. 



Allied to Crotalaria Grantiana Harv., but this has thread-like 

 peduncles about 1 in. long. 



Crotalaria trifoliolata Baker fil., sp. n. Suffrutex, caulis 

 erectus elatus ramosus ferrugineo-tomentosus. Folia trifoliolata 

 foliola late obovata utrinque tomentosa, IJ ad fere 2 poll, louga, 

 1-1^ poll, lata, basi cuneata, apice obtusa brevissime petiolulata. 

 Petioli 1-li poll, longi, dense ferrugineo-tomentosi. Stipulte 

 lineari-lanceolatte. Flores inter mediocres generis in racemos 

 dispositi, apices versus congesti et subsessiles inferue dissiti et bre- 

 vissime pedunculati, racemis terminalibus et axillaribus. Bractefe 

 lanceolata?, li-2|- lin. longffi tomentosae persistentes. Calyx ex- 

 terne dense ferrugineo-tomentosus, 3-3| lin. longus. Vexillum 

 late obovatum, carina fequilongum. Carina navicularis acuta. 

 Legumen ignotum. 



Hab. Galla Highlands, Walenso, Dr. Donaldson Smith, No. 213. 



Stem erect, branching, evidently several feet high, covered with 

 a dense ferruginous tomentum. Leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets broadly 

 obovate, more or less covered with white hairs on both surfaces ; 

 midrib below sometimes covered with ferruginous tomentum. 

 Petioles in the specimens before me are nearly all erect and closely 

 adpressed to the stem, 1-1^ in. long, perhaps sometimes a little 

 longer. Flowers racemose, towards the apex densely congested. 

 Buds covered externally with a ferruginous tomentum. Bracts 

 lanceolate, about 1^-2^ lines long. Sepals triangular or lanceo- 

 late, acuminate. Standard about 5 lines long, broadly obovate, 

 with a claw about 1 line long. Standard and keel about of the 

 same length. Keel boat-shaped, with a short claw. Legume not 

 seen. 



Allied to Crotalaria incana L. and C. Beflersii Schwf., from 

 Hodgela, Arabia, collected at an altitude of 650 metres. The stem 

 and petioles of the Somaliland plant are covered with a ferru- 

 ginous tomentum, while in C. Dejiersii they are cinereous. 



Donaldsonia Baker fil., gen. nov. (Plate 355, fig. 1). Flores 

 hermaphroditi regulares. Sepala 5, tenuia elliptica vel ovato-oblonga 

 obtusiuscula, sestivatione imbricata. Petala 5, lineari-oblonga 

 obtusa quam sepala dimidio longiora, hypogyna. Stamina 5, 

 libera petalis opposita disco prominulo exteriora cum staminodiis 

 totidem brevibus solitariis filiformibus alternata, filamenta glabra. 

 Anther® elliptico-oblonga; inappendiculataB dorsifixte. Ovarium 

 ovoideum dense villosum brevissime stipitatum. Stylus simplex, 

 ovario duplo longior glaber, stigmate terminali. Ovula circiter 

 10-12-parietalia. Frutcx. Folia imparipinnata foliolis 4-5-jugis 

 an semper ? cum imparl petiolatis integerrimis. Flores creberrimi 

 paniculatim dispositi. 



D. stenopetala, sp. n. A shrub. Leaves imparipinnata, 

 4-5-jugate'? with terminal leaflet (the leaf material is scanty). 

 Eachis 6 in. long, with about an inch between each pair of opposite 



