Crotalaria.] xlvii. § papihonaceje (baker). 23 



Lower Guinea. G-olungo Alto, and Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. WelwiUth I 

 Mozamb. Distr. Island of Zanzibar, Speke! 



38. C. cephalotes, Steud. in Schimp. PI. Abyss. No. 695. Stem 

 simple or with several curved ascending* branches, firm-herbaceous, 

 6-18 in. high, annual, the upper part densely silky, hairs grey, erecto- 

 patent. Flowers in dense sessile rounded heads at the summit of the 

 main stem and branches. Leaves distant on the lower part of the stem 

 but densely aggregated upwards. r No stipules seen. Petioles ^ in. 

 long, compressed and winged upwards, densely silky. Leaflets 3, 

 quite sessile, oblanceolate, central one 1-1 \ in. long, 1-2 lines broad, 

 mucronate, both sides densely clothed with yellow silky pubescence. 

 Pedicels \ in. long, silky. Calyx 1J-2 lines deep, silky, teeth linear- 

 lanceolate, reaching down nearly to the base. Corolla yellow, nearly 

 half as long again as the calyx, the keel long-beaked, much and sud- 

 denly upcurved. Pod sessile, roundish-oblong, \ in. long, 2-seeded, 

 densely coated with yellowish pubescence. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 156. 



Upper Guinea. Niger country ; Nupe, Barter! 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Quartin- Dillon ! Petit ! Madi woods, Speke 

 and Grant! 



Lower Guinea. Huilla, and Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welmtsch ! 



39. C. nubica, Benth. in Bond. Journ. Bot. ii. 581. Stem herba- 

 ceous, 12-18 in. long, diffusely and dichotomously branched, slightly 

 silky. Stipules minute, lanceolate. Petioles | in. long, slender, silky. 

 Leaves with three sessile linear leaflets, the central one 1-1 J in. long, 

 | in. broad, mucronate, upper surface glabrous, lower slightly pubes- 

 cent. Flowers in copious long-stalked lax lateral racemes ultimately 

 3-5 in. long. Bracts minute, setaceous. Pedicels 1 line long, silky. 

 Calyx 1 line deep, finely silky, cut three-quarters of the way down ; 

 teeth lanceolate. Corolla yellow, twice as long as the calyx. Pod 

 sessile, roundish-oblong, 2 lines long, J in. broad, finely silky, 4—6- 

 seeded. — Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 45 ; C. sphcerocarpa var. angustifolia, Hochst. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal, Bidjem! 



Nile Land. Nubia, Kotschy I 



South Central. In the interior, near the Tropic, Chapman and Baines! 



Very near C. sphcerocarpa, but pubescent, and the leaves narrower. A Cape species. 



40. C. sphserocarpa, Perrott. in DC. Prod. ii. 133. Stem her- 

 baceous, a foot long, diffusely branched, glabrous. Stipules small, 

 linear. Petioles \ in. long, glabrous. Leaves with three sessile ob- 

 lanceolate leaflets, central one an inch long, \-% in. broad, mucronate, 

 both surfaces glabrous. Flowers in copious long-stalked lateral and 

 terminal lax racemes ultimately 3-5, inches long. Bracts minute, se- 

 taceous. Pedicels 1 line, spreading. Calyx 1 line long, glabrous, the teeth 

 linear-lanceolate, reaching three-quarters of the way down. Corolla 

 yellow, twice as long as the calyx. Pod shortly-stalked, roundish- 

 oblong, glabrous, \ in. broad, 2 lines long, 2-4-seeded.— Guill. et Perr. 

 Fl. Seneg. i. 167 ; C. polycarpa, Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 580. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet! Eeudelot! Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! 



