89. C. glaucifolia. 



90. C. Lotononis. 



91. C. cyanea. 



92. C. lupinoides. 



.93. C. cylindrocarpa. 



. 94. C. recta. 



Crotalaria.] xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). 11 



Pod glabrous within. 

 Kacemes elongated, many-flowered. 



Shrubby, stipules obovate, large, persistent . . 87. C. capensis. 

 Shrubby, stipules setaceous, deciduous . . . . 88. C. striata. 

 Herbaceous, stipules linear. 



Leaflets 12-18 lines broad 



Leaflets 3-6 lines broad 



Kacemes 4-6-flowered . 



Pod full of wool within 



Pod sessile or subsessile. 



Stipules semilunate, persistent 



Stipules linear, \ inch, persistent .... 

 Stipules or minute setaceous deciduous. 

 Suffruticose with obovate leaflets. 



Petioles an inch long 95. C. falcata. 



Petioles 14-3 inches long 96. C.fertilis. 



Herbaceous ; leaflets oblanceolate or linear. 



Bracts 3-4 lines long 97. C Dilloniana. 



Bracts very minute. 



Calyx-teeth deltoid or lanceolate-acuminate 98. C. oligostachya. 



Calyx-teeth linear 99. C. Plowdeni. 



Racemes all lateral. 



Flowers 1-4, in axillary racemes or umbels 100. C. lotifolia. 



Flowers in stalked leaf-opposed racemes. 



Pod distinctly-stalked) flowers 3-6 in a raceme. 



Upper calyx-teeth 4 lines broad 101. C. platycalyx. 



Upper calyx-teeth | inch broad 102. C. Quartiniana. 



Pod sessile ; racemes many-flowered. 



Fruticose, with silky leaves 103. C. polysperma. 



Herbaceous, with subglabrous leaves. 



Racemes 6-12-flowered 104. C. astragalina. 



Racemes 20-50-flowered 105. C. pycnostaehya. 



C. Leaves digitately 5-7-foliolate. 



Group 7. Multifoliolatse. — (The only tropical African spe- 

 cies) 106. C cleomifolia. 



1. C. thebaica, DC. Prod. ii. 128. Shrubby, a foot or more high, 

 very diffuse, branches stiff, grey downy, many of the lower ones 

 spinose. Leaves simple, sessile, oblong", coriaceous, undulated, 3-6 

 lines long", blunt, both sides silky. Racemes few-flowered, terminal 

 and lateral. Calyx 2 lines, the linear teeth exceeding- the tube. 

 Corolla pale yellow, scarcely exceeding the calyx. Pod twice the 

 calyx, oblong, pubescent, sessile, 2-3-seeded. — Spartium tfiebaicum, 

 Delile, Fl. ^Egypt. 107. t. 37. fig. 1. 



Nile Land. .Nubia, Kotschy ! Ehreriberg, arid others. 

 Frequent in the desert lower down the river. 



2. C. arenaria, Benth. in Land. Journ. Bot. ii. 474. Stems shrubby, 

 prostrate, not more than a foot long, very copiously branched, densely 

 gTey-villose. Leaves sessile, simple, oblong, 3-4 lines long by more 

 than half as broad, subcoriaceous, both sides densely silky. Flowers 

 4-8 in lax short-stalked racemes. Calyx 2J lines deep, densely tawny- 

 silky, teeth linear, reaching down nearly to the base. Corolla pale 

 yellow, about equalling the calyx. Pod 5-6 lines long, half as thick, 



