Crotalaria.] xlvii. § papilionace2E (baker). 37 



thinly adpress"ed grey-silky beneath. Flowers in long- stalked terminal 

 racemes finally 4-5 in. long-. Pedicels erecto-patent, 2 lines long. 

 Calyx broadly campanulate, membranous, glabrous, about a line deep, 

 teeth subulate, dilated at the base, shorter than the tube. Corolla ap- 

 parently yellowish, distinctly veined j standard J in. broad, roundish 

 with a mucro, wings J in. broad, both considerably shorter than the 

 keel, which is nearly ^ in. round at the. broadest part, 6-7 lines long, 

 narrowed gradually to a long upcurved point, the edges and the lower 

 part of the back a little ciliated. Ovary linear, multiovulate. Pod not 

 seen. 



Mozamb. Distr. Island of Zanzibar, Dr. Kirhl 



General habit of C. lanceolata, from which it differs in calyx and corolla. 



84. C. intermedia, Kotschy in Sitzungsb. Acad. Wien. 1864, 362 t. 3. 

 An erect sparingly-branched annual 2-3 ft. high, with firm terete 

 straight erecto-patent subglabrous branches. Stipules 0. Petioles 

 1-2 in. Leaflets 3, shortly- stalked, . linear, green, subglabrous, 

 reaching 4-6 in. long, 3-6 lines broad. Flowers in a few very lax 

 terminal racemes reaching 6-12 in. long, 15-18 lines broad. Bracts 

 linear, minute. Pedicels 1J-2 lines, slightly grey-downy. Calyx 

 2 lines, broadly campanulate, subglabrous, the deltoid acuminate teeth 

 shorter than the tube. Corolla bright yellow, 8-9 lines ; the pointed 

 standard f in. broad, very conspicuously veined with purple. Pod sub- 

 sessile, linear, 1J-2 in. long, ^ in. broad, glabrescent, 20-30-seeded. 



Nile Land. Banks of the White Nile near Gondokoro, Knoblecher. Unyoro in 



fallows and grassy ground, Spehe and Grant ! 



Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto, in fields of Phaseolus, Dr. Wdwitsch I 



We have imperfect specimens of a closely-allied plant, with a similar calyx and 



corolla, but with a shrubby stem and much shorter leaflets, gathered by Mr. Consul 



Petherick, on the White Nile. 



85. C. ochroleuca, G. Dm, Gard. Diet. ii. 138. Stem suflruti- 

 cose, 2-3 ft., erect, terete, with long ascending branches. Stipules 

 deciduous. Petioles 1J in., spreading, glabrous. Leaflets 3, linear, 

 subsessile, 2-3 J in. long, 4-5 lines broad, both sides glabrous. Flowers 

 in moderately lax 6-12-flowered racemes terminal on the main stem and 

 branches. Pedicel \ in., with a minute bract at the base. Calyx cam- 

 panulate, nearly \ in. deep, teeth linear, not more than a quarter as 

 long as the tube. Corolla pale yellow ; standard § in. long, f in. broad, 

 narrowed to a point, keel with a long beak. Pod linear-oblong, 1^ in. 

 long, | in. thick, glabrous, sessile. 



Upper Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, G. Don in Herb. Brit. Mus. I 



86. C. brevidens, BentJi. in Land. Journ. Bot. ii. 585. Stem her- 

 baceous, erect, striate, slightly branched, nearly glabrous. Stipules 

 minute, setaceous or obsolete. Petioles £-§ in., glabrous, erecto- 

 patent. Leaves with three subsessile linear leaflets, central 2-3 in. 

 long, \ in. broad, narrowed to both ends, mucronate, upper surface 

 quite and the lower nearly glabrous. Flowers in elongate few-flowered 



