38 xlvii. § papilionace2E (baker). [Crotalaria. 



nearly sessile terminal racemes. Bracts linear, minute. Pedicels 

 2 lines long-, at first erect. Calyx broadly campanulate, 2 lines deep, 

 glabrous, the teeth not more than one-third as long" as the tube. Corolla 

 f-f in. long, striate, the standard roundish, more than \ in. broad, the 

 keel much less curved than usual. Pod sessile, cylindrical, 1 \ in. long, 

 \ in. thick, glabrous, many-seeded. 

 Nile Land. Nubia, Kotschyl 



87. C. capensis, Jacq. Hort. Vind. t. 64. Stem suffruticose, 3-4 ft. 

 high, erect, copiously branched, the branches firm, terete, subglabrous. 

 Stipules obovate, emarginate, deciduous, |-f in. long. Petioles 

 1-1 \ in. long, glabrous. Leaflets tjiree nearly sessile obovate, central 

 one f-l| in. long by more than half as broad, the point rounded and mu- 

 cronate, both sides nearly glabrous. Flowers 6-20 in lax short-stalked 

 terminal and lateral racemes. Bracts small, linear, deciduous. Pedicels 

 3-4 lines, thinly silky. Calyx obliquely campanulate, |-§ in. deep, 

 nearly glabrous, teetn reaching about halfway down, lowest lanceolate, 

 the others broader. . Corolla bright yellow, an inch deep. Pod dis- 

 tinctly stalked, 1-1 J in. long, \ in. thick, finely silky when young. — 

 Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 590. Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 46. C. arbo- 

 rescens, Lam.; DC. Prodr. ii. 130. 



Nile Land. Lat. 5° S., 3a°E. ; altitude 3800 ft ; in open forest, Speke and Grant I 

 A common Cape species. 



88. C. striata, DC. Prodr. ii. 131. Stem 1-3 ft. high, sufiruti- 

 cose, erect, the young branches slightly grey-silky. Stipules minute,' 

 setaceous, deciduous. Petioles 1 J-3 in. Leaflets 3, oblong or obovate- 

 oblong, shortly- stalked, the central one reaching 2—3 inches long, 

 12-18 lines broad, blunt with a minute mucro, both sides green, the 

 lower at first slightly silky. Flowers in moderately dense terminal 

 racemes reaching 6-9 in. long, 15-18 lines broad. Bracts setaceous, 

 deciduous, 2-3 lines long, silky. Pedicels 1-1 ^ lines, finely-silky. 

 Calyx \ in. long, the lanceolate-acuminate teeth equalling the tube. 

 Corolla bright yellow, twice the calyx. Pod linear, distinctly stalked, 

 12-18 lines long, 2|-3 lines broad, glabrescent, about 20-seeded. — Bot. 

 Mag. t. 3200. C. Saltiana, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 648. C. pisiformis, 

 Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 162. C. pallida and labumoides, Klotzsch in 

 Peters' Mossamb. Bot. 57. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottetf Island of St. Thomas, G. Don! Jeba 

 on the Quorra, Barter! 



Nile Land. Nubia, Kotschy ! Abyssinia, Salt! At 5°S. lat., 33° E.long. 3800 ft., 

 Speke and Grant ! 



Lower Guinea. Benguela, Wawra ! Loanda and Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



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

 Stewart I 



Also a plant of Natal, the Mascarene isles, Tropical Asia, and America. 



89. C. glaucifolia, Baker. Herbaceous, erect, 2-3 ffc. high, with 

 numerous erecto-patent branches, only the young ones inconspicuously 



