Crotalaria.] xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). 15 



13. C. polygaloides, Welw. mss. Stem a foot, herbaceous, 

 erect, copiously branched, densely clothed with short grey silky pu- 

 bescence. Leaves close, subsessile, linear, erecto-patent, 9-18 lines 

 long", 2-2J lines broad, blunt, narrowed gradually at the base, both 

 surfaces thinly grey-silky, subglaucous beneath. Flowers 10-30 in 

 rather close terminal racemes, the lower ones fascicled and reaching 

 down among the leaves. Bracteoles minute, setaceous. Pedicels ^ in. 

 long, thinly silky. Calyx 2-2 \ lines long, finely silky, the linear teeth 

 reaching down nearly to the base. Corolla yellowish, half as long 

 again as the calyx, very fugacious. Pod linear-oblong, 3-4 lines long, 

 a line thick, glabrous when mature, slightly recurved, 8-9-seeded. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius I 



Lower Guinea. Angola, Golungo Alto, 1000-2400 ft., Dr. Welwitsch ! 



14. C. cylindrostachys, Welw. mss. An erect annual 1-2 ft. high, 

 with densely brown-silky stems and several erecto-patent branches 

 overtopping the primary one. Stipules minute, setaceous, moderately 

 persistent. Petioles 2—3 lines, densely silky. Leaves simple, oblong, 

 1-2 in. long, acute, faintly mucronate, persistently brown-silky on 

 both sides. Flowers up to 40-60 in moderately dense terminal 

 racemes 4-6 in. long, ^ in. broad. Bracts setaceous, 1-2 lines. Pe- 

 dicels erecto-patent, | in. densely silky. Calyx turbinate, 1J-2 lines, 

 with two setaceous bracteoles at the base, the lanceolate teeth a*s long 

 as the tube. Corolla yellow, 3 lines, the standard conspicuously veined 

 with purple. Pod roundish-oblong, sessile, J in. long, densely clothed 

 with a mass of bright light-brown silky hairs, 1-2-seeded. 



Lower Guinea, Angola ; Huilla, in woody meadows, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



15. C. calycina, Schrank. ; DC. Prod. ii. 129. Herbaceous, spar- 

 ingly branched, the whole plant clothed with long yellowish-brown 

 silky hairs. Leaves linear, sessile, 2-3 in. long, £-| in. broad, silky 

 beneath. Eacemes lax, terminal and lateral. Bracts large foliaceous. 

 Calyx reaching 9-12 lines long, clothed with stiff silky hairs, the teeth 

 reaching down nearly to the base, the upper ones |-| in. broad. 

 Corolla sulphur-yellow, about equalling the calyx. Pod sessile, glab- 

 rous, 12-18-seeded, about as long as the calyx. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot! 



Nile Land. Unyoro plateau, Speke and Grant ! 



Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch 1 . 



Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, Dr. Kirk! 



A common E. Indian species, reaching China and North Australia. 



16. C. anthyllopsis, Welw. mss. A diffuse copiously branched 

 erect annual reaching a foot high, with densely brown-silky erecto- 

 patent or horizontal branches. Stipules setaceous, 2-3 lines long, sub- 

 persistent. Petiole 2-3 lines long. Leaves simple, the upper ones 

 oblong or lanceolate, 1-2 in. long, acute, the lower ones roundish, 

 blunt, texture between papyraceous and coriaceous, both sides densely 

 clothed with persistent adpressed brown silky hairs. Flowers in dense 



