36 xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). [Crotalaria. 



Stipules obsolete. Petioles J- J in. long*. Leaflets 3, linear, 1-1 £ in. 

 long*, J in. broad, both sides glabrous. Flowers in lax 6— 12-flowered 

 racemes, terminal on the stem and branches. Pedicel about equalling 

 the calyx, which is \ in. deep, teeth linear, not reaching quite half- 

 way down. Corolla under \ in. long-; standard ovate, acute, yellow, 

 veined with reddish, keel with a long- beak. Pod sessile, linear, J in. 

 long-, 2 lines thick, glabrous, slightly upcurved. — C. Afzelii, R. Br. mss. 

 in Herb. Brit. Mus. 



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



81. C. lanceolata, E. Meyer. Comm. PL Afr. Aust. 24. Stem suf- 

 fruticose, 2-6 ft. high, with a few long straight erecto-patent branches, 

 upper part slightly pubescent. Stipules none. Petioles 1-2 in. long, 

 slender, erecto-patent, glabrous. Leaves with three linear subsessile 

 leaflets, central 2-4 in. long, J— § in. broad, narrowed to both ends, 

 mucronate, both surfaces nearly glabrous. Flowers in long-stalked 

 lax many-flowered racemes terminal on the main stem and branches, 

 sometimes 6 in. long, 1 in. broad. Pedicels 2 lines long. Bracts very 

 small, ovate-mucronate. Calyx campanulate, thinly silky, \ in. long, 

 teeth deltoid-mucronate, not more than half as long as the tube. 

 Corolla \ in. long, petals bright yellow, striated with purple, standard 

 3 lines broad, keel about the same breadth with the point much up- 

 curved. Pod cylindrical, sessile, very silky when young, 1J— 1 \ in. 

 long, 2 lines thick, ultimately black and glabrous. — Benth. in Lond. 

 Journ. Bot. ii. 585. Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 43. C. mossambicensis, Klotzsch 

 in Peters' Mossamb. Bot. 61 t. 10. 



Nile Land. Zungomero and banks of the Nile at Chopeh, SpeJce and Grant I 



Mozamb. Distr. Mozambique, Peters I Zambesi, Dr. Kirk! 



Also a plant of Mauritius, Natal, and Cape Colony. It may be C. pallida, Aiton, 



DC. Prod. ii. 134. C. cleomoides, Klotzsch i.e., is apparently a form of this, with the 



calyx-teeth rather longer and more cuspidate than in the type. 



82. C. tigrensis, Baker. A low copiously-branched shrub with 

 woody ascending glabrous branches. Stipules obsolete. Petioles firm, 

 1|— 2 lines long. Leaflets 3, oblanceolate, 5—6 lines long, 1 J— 2 lines 

 broad, emarginate, subcoriaceous, glabrous. Flowers in short-stalked 

 moderately lax 6— 12-flowered terminal racemes. Pedicels \— 1 line 

 long, thinly silky. Bracts lanceolate, very minute. Calyx broadly 

 campanulate, \ in. deep, thinly silky, the lanceolate teeth reaching 

 nearly half down. Corolla f in. deep, bright yellow ; the standard 

 3 lines broad, the keel much incurved. Pod sessile, linear, glabrous, 

 8-9 lines long, \ in. thick, 6-8-seeded. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper 1 



83. C. Kirkii, Baker. Stem suffruticose, erect, prominently striate, 

 slightly adpressed grey-silky upwards, with a few long ascending 

 branches. Stipules none. Petioles 1-1 J in. long, straight, slightly 

 silky. Leaves with 3 linear subsessile leaflets, central 3-4 in. long, 

 2-4 lines broad, mucronate, green and glabrous above, subglaucous, 



