363 
‘lachnosema, Stapf :in ag Bull. 1910, 329; Baker f. 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. xlii. 
Naraguta, large ee plant 3 “i high, flowers yellow with 
orange veins, No. 
Ropp, 4600 ft., 19 July, No. 455. 
— to the Cameroons. 
crepitans, Hutchinson, sp. ; affinis C. 
Steud., sed Saez medio peticeltoram “ieee calyce Seed 
breviter sericeo-pubescente differt 
Herba erecta 1 m. alta; caulis va art pluricostatus, circiter 
6 mm. crassus, minute et crebre pubescens, sicco pallide Paget 
internodiis 2-3 cm. longis. Folia trifoliolata; petioli 2-2-5 
longi, parce pubescentes; stipulae lineari- subulatae, Pibias 
circiter 6 mm. longae, appresse pubescentes ; foliola obovato- 
oblanceolata, apice rotundata et conspicue hirsuto-mucronata, 
basi cuneata, 4-6 cm. longa, 1-5—-2-5 cm. lata, supra viridia et 
dense fungoso-maculata, infra pallida et breviter albido- pube- 
scentia; nervi laterales utrinsecus 8-9 infra crassi et prominentes 
marginem versus conjuncti. Racema usque ad 25 cm. longi; 
pedicelli 5-7 mm. longi, albo-pubescentes; bracteae lineari- 
subulatae, acutissimae, 6-8 mm. longae, 2 mm. latae, extra 
pubescentes; bracteolae 2 medio pedicellorum insertae, subulatae, 
3 mm. longae. lores flavi, brunneo-purpureo striati. Calyx 
1-3 em. longus; lobi lanceolato-deltoidei, acuti, circiter 7 mm. 
longi, basi 4 mm. lati, parce pubescentes. Vexillum glabrum, 
oblongo-obovatum, 1-5 cm. longum, 8 mm. latum, usque 4 mm. 
longum. Alae et carina apice firme conniventes, circiter 1+5 em. 
longae. Ovariuwm glabrum, nigrum. /ructus immaturus 3 cm. 
gen So niger. 
RTHERN NicerIA. Plains between Hepham and Ropp, 
4600 ft, 5 July, 3 ft. high, flowers yellow, standard petal striped | 
brown-purple at the base, wings also at the base and on the 
back edges, pods rattle when ripe, H. V. Lely No. 378. 
The upper surface of the leaves of this species are everywhere 
closely infested with the fungus Parodiella perisporioides, kindly 
identified by Miss E. M. Wakefield. It gives the leaves a 
densely black mottled appearance. 
Crotalaria naragutensis, Hutchinson, sp. nov.;  affinis 
Pechuelianae, Schinz, sed —S longiore lobis multo angustioribus, 
carina longe acuminata dififert 
Frutex robustus, ramosus, 1-5-2 m. altus; rami costati, 
dense et molliter cinereo-tomentelli. Folia trifoliolata, laxe 
disposita; petioli 2-5-3 cm. longi, tomentelli, stipulae caducae, 
subulatae, 4 mm. longae; foliola obovata, late emarginata et 
mucronulata, basi cuneata, terminalia lateralibus paullo majora, 
2-4-5 em. longa, 1-5-2-5 cm. lata, supra glabra, infra minute 
ieee pubescentia ;- nervi laterales utrinsecus 6-8, a costa 
sub angulo 45° abeuntes, marginem versus evanidi, venis vix 
ovalein. petioluli circiter 1-5 mm. longi. Racemi terminales, 
