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



35. C. atrornbens, Hochst. in Herb. Kotschy, Nub. No. 265. Stem 

 firm-herbaceous, erect, 1J— 3 ft. high, with copious erecto-patent 

 branches, upper part thinly clothed with spreading" bright silky hairs. 

 Stipules small linear. Leaves nearly sessile, with three subsessile 

 leaflets, terminal one oblanceolate, 1-1J in. long, ^-§ in. broad, obtuse 

 or mucronate, upper surface glabrous, lower thinly clothed with ad- 

 pressed silky pubescence. Flowers in dense rounded heads, terminal 

 on the main stem and branches. Calyx in flower \ in. long, bracts 

 setaceous, shorter than the calyx, teeth linear, reaching three-quarters 

 of the way down, densely coated with bright brown silky pubescence. 

 Corolla equalling the calyx, yellow, tinged with red, the standard 

 2 lines broad, slightly silky on the back. Pod sessile, quite twice as 

 long as broad, f in. long, silky, 8-10-seeded. — Benth. Lond. Journ. 

 Bot. ii. 572 ; Chrysoealyx rubiginosa, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 158 ; 

 Crotalaria iodina, Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. I.e. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrott'et I Guinea, Nupe, and Jeba on the Quorra, 

 Barter ! 



Nile Land. Nubia, Kotschy ! 



36. C. dumetoruxn, Baker, Stems firm-herbaceous, erect, 1-2 ft. 

 high, densely clothed upwards with brown velvety pubescence. Stipules 

 setaceous, very minute. Petioles 3—6 lines. Leaflets 3, oblanceolate 

 or oblanceolate-oblong, the central one 2-3 in. long, 8-12 lines broad, 

 blunt with a mucro, subcoriaceous, both sides with adpressed firm short 

 silky hairs. Heads round or oblong, 6-12-flowered, terminal, usually 

 shortly peduncled. Bracts minute, setaceous. Pedicels | in. Calyx 

 \ in. long, very silky, the lanceolate teeth exceeding the tube. Corolla 

 4 lines long, turning dark reddish-purple when dried. Pod sessile, 

 oblong, persistently densely brown-velvety, hard, turgid, 6-7 lines 

 long, 3-4 lines broad, 3-4-seeded. 



Lower Guinea. Huilla and Pungo Andongo, Angola, Br. Welwitsch I 



37. C. ononoides, Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 572. Stem 1-4 ft. 

 high, trailing or suberect, annual, firm-herbaceous, copiously branched, 

 clothed throughout with erecto-patent bright brown silky hairs. 

 Stipules \ in. long, spreading, silky, linear-setaceous. Petioles 2-3 

 lines long, silky. Leaves with three subsessile linear-oblong leaflets, 

 central one 1-1 J in. long, \-\ in. broad, narrowed to an acute point, 

 upper surface glabrous, lower thinly coated with fine silky hairs. 

 Flowers in dense rounded heads at the summit of the main stem 

 and branches. Pedicel J in. long, very silky. Calyx very silky, 

 f-J in. long, teeth linear, reaching three-quarters of the way down, all 

 the bracts linear-setaceous and as long as the calyx. Corolla purplish- 

 red, rather shorter than the calyx, the standard 2 lines broad, with 

 numerous close distinct darker veins ; keel yellow. Pod § in. long, 

 sessile, twice as long as broad, glabrous, 8-10-seeded. — C. involucrata, 

 Soland. mss. in Hert. Brit. Mus. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! G. Bon I 

 Jf ile Land. Karague, Speke ana Grant ! 



