18 xlvii. § PAPiLiONACEiE (baker). [Crotalaria. 



setaceous. Leaves close and numerous, petioles | in. long, slender, with 

 three oblanceolate leaflets with a distinct notch at the apex, the central 

 one 2-4 lines long, 1-2 lines broad, glabrous above, slightly silky 

 beneath. Flowers much scattered, solitary or in pairs, most of them 

 pendulous from the spines. Pedicels 1 line long. Calyx thinly silky, 

 | in. long, teeth lanceolate-acuminate, reaching halfway down. Corolla 

 yellow, twice as long as the calyx. Pod sessile, oblong, |-| in. long, 

 half as broad, finely pubescent, 8-10-seeded. — Benth. in Lond. Journ. 

 Bot. ii. 576. A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 156. 



Nile Land. Nubia, Kotschy! White Nile, Petherick ! Abyssinia, Schimper I 

 Quartin- Dillon I Petit I 



Lower Guinea. Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Stewart 1 (A spineless variety, with much 

 smaller and closer leaves than usual.) 



23. C. cistoides, Welw. mss. A sufiruticose perennial 1-2 ft. high, 

 with numerous erecto-patent rigid slender branches, with a little in- 

 conspicuous adpressed grey pubescence. Stipules none seen. Leaves 

 subsessile; leaflets 3, oblanceolate, 5-6 lines long, rigidly coriaceous, 

 bluntish with a minute mucro, subglabrous above, finely silky beneath. 

 Flowers 2-3 together, subsessile at the end of the branches, or a few 

 solitary in the axils of the upper leaves. Calyx 2 lines long, finely 

 grey- silky, the lanceolate teeth reaching down nearly to the base. 

 Corolla pale yellow, scarcely as long as the calyx. Pod hard, globose, 

 2 lines long, finely adpressed grey-silky, 3-4-seeded. 



Lower Guinea. Huilla and Pungo Andongo, Angola, in sandy thickets, Dr. 

 Wtlwitsch I 



24. C. caudata, Welw. mss. An erect shrub 2-2J ft. high, with 

 numerous rigid erecto-patent woody branches, clothed with incon- 

 spicuous adpressed grey pubescence. Stipules none seen. Leaves sub- 

 sessile ; leaflets 3, oblanceolate, 6-9 lines long, blunt with a mucro, 

 subcoriaceous, both sides pale green with a little adpressed gTey pubes- 

 cence. Flowers 1-6 together at the end of the branches, when clus- 

 tered not pedunculated. Pedicels 2 lines. Calyx 3-3^ lines, adpressed 

 silky, the lanceolate teeth reaching much more than halfway down. 

 Corolla yellow, slightly exceeding the calyx. Pod sessile, oblong, 6-7 

 lines long whilst still immature, densely clothed with fine brown silky 

 hairs, 15-18-seeded. 



Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, 2400-3800 ft., Dr. Welwitsch 1 



25. C. Forbesii, Baker. Stem sufiruticose, 12-18 in. long, erect, 

 slightly branched, densely clothed throughout with fine grey down. 

 Stipules linear, equalling the petioles, which are 2 lines long, slender, 

 pubescent. Leaves with 3 subsessile oblanceolate leaflets, central one 

 4-6 lines long, both sides finely downy. Flowers solitary or in short- 

 stalked clusters of 2-3 in the axils. Pedicel 1 line long, silky. Calyx 

 silky, \ . in. long, teeth lanceolate-acuminate, reaching halfway down. 

 Corolla yellowish, twice as long as calyx ; standard veined, \ in. broad. 



