34 xlvii. § papilionace.e (baker). [Crotalaria. 



line long, setaceous, persistent. Pedicels 2-3 lines, finely grey-downy. 

 Calyx \ in., finely grey-downy, the lanceolate-acuminate teeth exceed- 

 ing the tube. Corolla 4 lineSj yellow, the standard conspicuously 

 striated with purple, the keel abruptly hooked. Pod distinctly stalked, 

 linear, 12-15 lines long, 3J-4 lines broad, finely grey-downy, gla- 

 brescent, 20-30-seeded. 



Lower Guinea. Huilla, Benguela, Dr. Welwitsch I 



74. C. comosa, Baker. An erect annual, 2-3 ft. high, with erect 

 short unbranched or sparingly-branched stout sulcate stems finely 

 brown -silky throughout. Stipules 0. Petioles 1-2 in. long. Leaflets 

 3, shortly-stalked, oblanceolate or oblanceolate-oblong, reaching 3-4 

 in. long, 3-12 lines broad, blunt with a mucro, green and glabrescent 

 above, glaucous and finely silky beneath. Flowers in very dense termi- 

 nal heads reaching 6—9 in. long, 8—9 lines broad, comose in bud with 

 the setaceous bracts, which are 3-4 lines long, silky and persistent. 

 Pedicels \-\ line long, densely brown-silky. Calyx 2- 2 J lines, densely 

 silky, with a setaceous bracteole at the base as long as itself, the linear 

 teeth equalling the tube. Corolla bright yellow, nearly twice the calyx, 

 both keel and standard very conspicuously streaked with purple. Pod 

 sessile linear-oblong, 6-7 lines long, 2J lines broad, finely silky, 12-15- 

 seeded. 



Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



75. C. natalitia, Meissn. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 67. Suflhiticose, 

 erect, with numerous long erecto-patent straight finely grey-downy 

 branches. Stipules foliaceous, persistent, semilunate, J— § in. Petioles 

 4-8 lines, erecto-patent. Leaflets 3, reaching an inch long, upper 

 linear or oblanceolate, 2-3 lines broad, lower obovate-oblong, upper 

 surface glabrescent, lower finely grey-downy. Flowers 6—10 in copious 

 lax short-peduncled terminal racemes 12-15 lines broad. Bracts 

 linear, 2-3 lines, soon falling. Pedicels 3-4 lines, erecto-patent, finely 

 downy. Calyx 4 lines, downy, the lanceolate teeth exceeding the tube. 

 Corolla twice the calyx, dull reddish in the dried plant; standard 8-9 

 lines broad. Ovary short- stalked, linear, glabrous, multiovulate. Pod 

 unknown (in the Natal plant linear-oblong, 12-15 lines long, 5-6 lines 

 broad). — Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 46. 



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



76. C. platysepala, Harv. Thes. Cap. t. 29. Shrubby, with finely 

 grey-downy slender branches. Stipules minute, setaceous. Petioles 4-6 

 lines. Leaflets 3, oblanceolate, green and glabrous above, finely grey- 

 downy below, blunt with a mucro, the central one 8—9 lines long. 

 Flowers 10-30 in lax peduncled terminal racemes, reaching 5-6 in. 

 long, an inch broad. Bracts setaceous, very minute. ' Pedicels 1 J-2 

 lines, finely grey-downy. Calyx 2 lines, finely grey-downy, the teeth, 

 which reach over halfway down, oblanceolate-spathulate with a distinct 

 cusp. Corolla bright yellow, 4-4J lines, not streaked ; the standard 



