26 XLVII. § PAriLlONACE^: (baker). [Crotalaria. 



terminal heads like those of the Chrysocalycina. Lower pedicels 2-3 

 lines long-. Calyx 2J-3 lines long, densely silky, the linear-lanceolate 

 teeth reaching down nearly to the base. Corolla pale yellow, slightly 

 exceeding the calyx, the standard { in. broad, copiously streaked with 

 purple. Pod sessile, oblong, scarcely exceeding the calyx, densely 

 silky, 2-3-seeded. 



Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 



Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo and Huilla, Dr. Weltvitsch I 



Habit and pod of the Chrysocalycince, but leaves simple. 



17. C. microcarpa, Hochst. in Herb. Kotschy Nub. Stems herba- 

 ceous, 4—6 in long, diffuse, with copious divaricating slender branches, 

 thinly clothed with spreading brown silky hairs. Stipules minute, 

 setaceous, deciduous. Leaves nearly sessile, with three subsessile, ob- 

 lanceolate leaflets ; central one J in. long, 2 lines broad, mucronate, 

 both sides slightly silky. Flowers very much scattered, in clusters of 

 from 2-4 on a short or elongate naked or leafy peduncle. Bracts seta- 

 ceous, silky, longer than the pedicels. Calyx \ in. long, densely 

 clothed with yellowish silky hairs, teeth lanceolate acuminate, reaching 

 halfway down. Corolla yellow, twice as long as the calyx, petals 

 equal, the standard \ in. broad. Pod \ in. long, sessile, finely silky, 

 | in. thick, about 8-seeded. — Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 573, C. tri- 

 antha, Steud. in Schimp. PI. Abyss. No. 1190, non DC. C. lotoides. A. 

 Rich. Fl. Abyss. 157, non Benth. Maria-Antonia orientalis, Parlatore. 

 C. Maria- Anionics, Ascher. C. dorycnium. A r Rich, in Herb. Hook. 

 p. uniflora, Steud. Flowers usually solitary. 



Upper Guinea. Niger country, Nupe, Barter I 



Nile Land. Nubia, Kotschy! Schweinfurth I Abyssinia, Schimper! Petit! 

 South Central. In tbe interior, near the Tropic of Capricorn, Chapman and 

 Haines ! 



18. C. pisicarpa, Welw. mss. A diffuse very copiously-branched 

 annual with trailing stems 1-2 feet long densely clothed with fine grey 

 spreading pubescence. Stipules setaceous, very minute. Petioles 4-6 

 lines, downy. Leaflets 3, obovate, 9-18 lines long, 6-10 lines broad, 

 blunt with a faint mucro, sometimes slightly emarginate, both sides 

 green, finally subglabrous. Flower* 2=JU in copious rather lax heads 

 on leaf-opposed downy peduncles 6-9 lines long. Bracts very minute, 

 setaceous. Calyx | in. long, very silky, the lanceolate acuminate teeth 

 reaching more than halfway down. Corolla yellow, twice the calyx, 

 the roundish pointed glabrous standard 2J lines broad. Pods sessile, 

 globose, rather oblique, J in. long, firm, turgid, at first densely grey- 

 downy, usually 3-seeded. 



Lower Guinea. Huilla, Angola, in damp pastures, Dr. Welwitsch ! 

 Very distinct. 



19. C. microphylla, Yahl; DC. Prod. ii. 134. Stems herbaceous, 

 6-12 in. long, densely caespitose, the branches firm, spreading, slender, 

 grey, thinly silky. Stipules very minute, linear-lanceolate. Petioles 



