20 xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). [Crotalaria. 



sessile, with 3 subsessile linear leaflets, the central one 2 in. long, 

 \ in. broad, glabrous above, beneath with adpressed silky hairs. 

 Flowers in dense heads of 6-8 flowers, terminal on the main stem and 

 branches. Calyx 4 lines long, the bracts linear, not half as long as the 

 calyx, teeth lanceolate, three upper ones reaching halfway down, 

 lower ones narrower and deeper, both tube and teeth densely clothed 

 with bright brown silky pubescence. Corolla bright yellow, slightly 

 exceeding the calyx. Pod sessile, round, densely silky, 4-seeded. — Hey- 

 landia Perrottetii, Spreng. Syst. Veg. iv. 267 j Chrysocalyx Perrottetii, 

 Guill. et Perr. Fl. .Seneg. 160, t. 43, fig. 2. 

 Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet I 



30. C. gracilis, Walp. Rep. i. 591. Stems herbaceous, procum- 

 bent, 1-2 ft., with copious spreading branches, upper part slightly silky. 

 Stipules small, linear. Leaves "nearly sessile, with three subsessile 

 lanceolate leaflets, 1J-2 in. long, f-J in. broad, blunt with a mucro, 

 lateral ones smaller, upper surface glabrous, lower with fine adpressed 

 silky hairs. Flowers in oblong- heads of 3-4 each, terminal on the 

 main stem and branches. Calyx in flower 4 lines long, bracts minute, 

 setaceous, teeth lanceolate, three upper ones reaching halfway down, 

 lower ones narrower and deeper, both tube and teeth densely clothed 

 with bright-brown silky pubescence. Corolla yellowish tinged with 

 red, about equalling the calyx. Pod sessile, roundish, densely silky, 

 4-seeded. — Chrysocalyx gracilis , Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 159. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet ! Heudelot! Ingram! 

 Doubtfully distinct from the preceding. The leaflets are much broader, and only the 

 upper part of the stem is a little silky. 



31. C. macrocalyx, Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. 2, 572. Stem 

 firm, herbaceous, erect or procumbent, lj-2'ft., with copious erecto- 

 patent branches, upper part clothed with short close pubescence. 

 Stipules small, linear. Leaves nearly sessile, with three subsessile 

 leaflets, terminal one oblanceolate, 1J— 2 in. long, f-f in. broad, blunt, 

 retuse or mucronate, upper surface glabrous, lower slightly silky. 

 Flowers in dense rounded heads terminal on the main . stem and 

 branches. Bracteoles small, setaceous, not more than half as long as 

 the calyx. Calyx in flower \ in., in fruit j in. long ; teeth ovate-lanceo- 

 late, reaching three-quarters of the way down, 2J— 3 lines broad, both 

 tube and teeth densely coated with short stiff silky greyish-brown hairs. 

 Corolla bright-yellow ; standard J-| in. broad, slightly exceeding the 

 calyx, the lower part marked with several dark lines radiating from the 

 throat. Pod roundish- oblong, sessile, densely coated with short bright 

 brown silky pubescence ; the seeds usually six. — ^Chrysocalyx Petitiana, 

 A, Rich. Fl. Abyss, i, 159. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot ! Guinea proper, Barter ! 

 Nile Land. Abyssinia, Petit! 



32. C. ebenoides, Walp, Rep. i. 590. Stem herbaceous, erect, 

 12-18 in. high, with copious long spreading or upcurved branches, 



