200 XLiv. LEGUMiNOS^. [Crotolaria 



27. C. parvula Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 25. 



HuiLLA. — Flowers greenish-yellow, rather inconspicuous. In ex- 

 posed grassy places around the great lake of Ivantala and near Ferrao 

 da Sola ; fl. and fr. Feb. to May 1860. No. 1971. 



28. C. erythrophleba Welw. exBaker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 25. 

 HuiLLA.— A pretty annual, nearly 2 ft. high, with branches virgate 



and as well as the leaves silvery-silky ; wings of the corolla deep- 

 yellow ; standard and keel marked with parallel purple lines. In the 

 more open sandy forests, near Mumpulla, in company with Alvesia 

 rosmarinifoUa Welw. Herb. No 1636 and with species of Protea ; a 

 single specimen ; fl. June 1860. No. 1983. 



29. C. prolongata Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 25. 

 PuNGO Andongo.— Sporadic, in grassy places on the banks of the 



Cuanza near the Calemba islands, along the margins of forests between 

 Condo and Quisonde ; fl. and fr. March 1857. No. 1955. 



30. C. argyraea Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 26. 

 MossAMEDES. — A herb apparently with rather fleshy root which at 



length turns woody, perennial or at least persisting for several years, 

 glaucescent ; stems ascending, snow-white, flnely velvety ; leaves 

 glaucescent ; flowers deep-yellow ; pods puberulous. Sporadic, at 

 the sandy banks of the Rio de Sal along the Serra de Montes Negros ; 

 (also a single specimen near Sacco de Giraul, in July 1859) ; fl. and fr. 

 13 August 1859. No. 1972. 



31. C. ivantulensis Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 26. 

 HuiLLA. — An undershrub, 2 to 4 ft. high ; stems numerous, branched 



at the apex, copiously blooming. Abundant, in tall-grassy meadows 

 around the great lake of Ivantala ; fl. and fr. Feb. and March 1860. 

 No. 1975. 



32. C. ramosissima Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 26. 



HuiLLA. — Flowers yellow. In wooded meadows near Catumba in 

 the territory of LopoUo ; fl. and fr. March 1860. No. 1973. 



33. C. amoena Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 26. 

 HuiLLA. — Flowers yellow. In the thickets of the drier pastures 



between Ferrao da Sola and Jau ; seen by Welwitsch in no other place ; 

 fl. and fr. April 1860. No. 1924. 



34. C. cordata Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 27. 

 HuiLLA. — A herb, 2 to 3 ft. high, straight or obliquely ascending ; 



stipules large, cordate at the apex ; flowers deep-yellow. In grassy 

 woods near the lake Ivantala, two specimens ; fl. and young fr. Feb. 

 1860. No. 1917. Stem and spreading branches subscandent when old ; 

 flowers yellow. Sparingly, in grassy places near the stream of Morro 

 de Lopollo, in company with Osmunda regalis L. (Herb. No. 165) ; fl. 

 and fr. April 1860. No. 1918. 



35. C. versicolor Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 28. 

 PuNGO Andongo.— An annual herb, 1 to 2 ft. high, branched from 



the base ; branches elongated, prostrate-ascending ; leaves trif oliolate ; 

 leaflets green, rather thick-fleshy; calyx herbaceous-green; standard 

 copper-red outside, violet-blue nearly marine-blue inside ; wings pale- 

 blue ; keel yellowish-green at the base and middle, marked with violet- 



