Orotalaria.] xlvii. § papilionacea: (baker). 35 



slightly downy on the back. Ovary linear, sessile, finely downy, multi- 

 ovulate. — Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 43. 



South Central. Banks of Lake Ngami, McCabel 



77. C. emarginata, Bojer ; Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 584. Stem 

 erect, suffruticose, striate, densely clothed with short grey pubescence. 

 Stipules none. Petioles \ in., erect, silky. Leaves with three- sessile 

 oblanceolate leaflets, f in. long, J-f in. broad, conspicuously emargi- 

 nate, densely silky on both sides. Flowers in stalked many-flowered 

 terminal racemes 2-3 in. long. Bracts minute. Pedicels silky, 1 line 

 long. Calyx silky, broadly and obliquely campanulate, 2 lines deep, 

 teeth lanceolate-acuminate, about equalling the tube., Corolla three 

 times as long as the calyx, bright yellow, conspicuously striated, 

 standard 4 lines broad, keel beaked and much upcurved. Ovary villose, 

 multiovulate. Pod unknown.— C. eylindrica, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 154 ? 



Mozamb. Distr. Island of Peinba, north of Zanzibar, Bojer 1 

 The description of the Abyssinian C. cylindrica, which I have not seen, agrees with 

 this as far as it goes. 



78. C. protensa, Welrv. mss. Stems suffruticose trailing 2-4 ft. 

 long, the outer branches ascending, slender, finely grey-silky. Stipules 

 setaceous. Petioles 6-9 lines. Leaflets 3, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 

 subcoriaceous, glabrous above, clothed with short adpressed grey hairs 

 beneath, the central one 2-3 in. long, 8-12 lines broad, the uppermost 

 leaves casually simple. Flowers 6—12 in moderately dense long-pedun- 

 cled terminal racemes. Bracts linear, 2-3 lines. Pedicels 3-4 lines, 

 finely grey-downy. Calyx 5 lines long, coriaceous, densely adpressed 

 grey-silky, the lanceolate teeth reaching three-quarters of the way 

 down. Corolla bright yellow, slightly exceeding the calyx, the orbicu- 

 lar pointed standard | in. broad, a little silky on the back. Ovary 

 linear-oblong, sessile, densely brown-velvety. Pod not seen. 



Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, 2400-3800 feet, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



79. C. zanzibarica, Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 584. Stem suf- 

 fruticose, erect, prominently striate, clothed with dense short grey 

 pubescence. Stipules none. Petioles j in. long, slender, spreading, 

 pubescent. Leaves with three oblanceolate leaflets, central 1 J in. long, 

 \ in. broad, point rounded slightly mucronate, upper surface dark 

 green, glabrous, lower paler, densely but finely silky. Flowers 12-20 

 in lax many-flowered terminal racemes. Bracts minute. Pedicels | in. 

 silky, spreading. Calyx silky on the back, the rest nearly glabrous, 

 obliquely campanulate, not more than \ in. deep, the teeth deltoid 

 mucronate, one-third as long as the tube. Corolla bright yellow, ^ in. 

 long, standard § in. broad, the keel with a long beak. Ovary densely 

 silky. Pod unknown. 



Mozmb. Distr. Island of Zanzibar, Bojer 1 



80. C. lathyroides, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. i. 163. Stem herba- 

 ceous, about 2 ft. high, with copious glabrous terete ascending branches. 



