26 xlvii. § papilionace^j (baker). [Crotalaria. 



dicels J-l line. Calyx \ in. long, densely silky, the linear-lanceolate 

 teeth exceeding the tube. Corolla 3 lines long, reddish when dried. 

 Pod oblong, sessile, turgid, finely silky, 2 lines long, 2-seeded. 

 Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



48. C. argyrsea, Welw. mss. A diffuse moderately-branched as- 

 cending undershrub, branches silvery with close tomentum like those 

 of Indigofera argentea. Stipules 0. Petioles 9-15 lines. Leaflets 

 fleshy, glabrous, very glaucous, short-stalked, oblanceolate- oblong, the 

 central one 9-15 lines long, 5-8 lines broad, blunt, emarginate. 

 Flowers a dozen or more in a few lax short-peduncled lateral racemes. 

 Bracts 0. Pedicels 1J-2 lines silvery. Calyx 2 lines, broadly cani- 



{mnulate, the upper teeth lanceolate, equalling the tube, the lower 

 inear, a little longer. Corolla \ in. long, bright yellow. Pod dis- 

 tinctly stalked, very hard, oblong, \ in. long, 4 lines broad, glabrous, 

 3-seeded, the upper suture a depression, the lower one a prominent 

 ridge. 



Lower Guinea. Mossamedes, Benguela, Dr. Welwitsch! 



49. C. ivantulensis, Welw. mss. A copiously-branched shrub 2-4 

 ft. high with finely grey-downy straight branchlets. Stipules minute, 

 setaceous, deciduous. Petioles 6-9 Tines, erecto-patent. Leaflets 3, 

 distinctly stalked, oblanceolate, blunt with a faint mucro, reaching 

 l|-2 inches long, 6—10 lines broad, green and glabrous above, glaucous 

 and inconspicuously grey-silky beneath. Flowers 12—20 in close 

 shortly- stalked terminal (rarely lateral) racemes 15-18 lines broad. 

 Bracts minute, linear. Pedicels 1 J— 3 lines, densely grey-silky. Calyx 

 obliquely broadly campanulate, 2 J lines long, densely grey-silky, the 

 deltoid teeth not quite as long as the tube. Corolla bright yellow, 

 twice the, calyx, not striated, the standard glabrous on the back. Pod 

 distinctly- stalked, oblong, 7-8 lines long, 3-3J lines broad, finely 

 grey-silky, 8-10-seeded. 



Lower Guinea. Huilla, Benguela, on the shores of Lake Ivantula, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



50. C. ramosissima, Baker. An erect undershrub with very 

 numerous erecto-patent stiff slender forked finely grey-downy branches. 

 Stipules lanceolate, very minute. Petioles 2-4 lines. Leaflets 3, 

 shortly-stalked, oblanceolate-oblong, reaching 6-12 lines long, 3-6 

 lines broad, blunt with a faint mucro, glabrescent above, finely grey- 

 downy beneath. Flowers 6-12 in very numerous principally terminal 

 lax racemes. Bracts setaceous, very minute. Pedicels ^-1 line, 

 densely silky.. Calyx \ in., thinly grey-silky, the lanceolate teeth ex- 

 ceeding the tube. Corolla bright yellow, glabrous, twice the calyx. 

 Pod globose, distinctly stalked, 4 lines long, persistently clothed with 

 spreading grey-silky hairs, 5-6-seeded. 



Lower Guinea. Huilla, Benguela, Dr. Welwitsch! 



51. C. amcena, Welw. mss. A suberect shrub with numerous as- 

 cending terete branchlets clothed with dense fine grey short pubescence. 



