Crotalaria.} xlvii. § papilionace^ (baker). 39 



grey-pubescent. Stipules linear, 6-9 lines, persistent. Petioles reach- 

 ing 2-2 J in. Leaflets 3, shortly-stalked, obovate, 1J-3 in. long, 

 12-18 lines broad, blunt with a faint mucro, glaucous, glabrous. 

 Flowers in lax terminal racemes reaching a foot long. Bracts minute, 

 setaceous, deciduous. Pedicels 2-3 lines. Calyx subglabrous, § in. 

 the tube very shallow, the teeth linear-lanceolate. Standard violet- 

 blue internally, slightly exceeding the calyx ; wings and keel sulphur- 

 yellow, shorter. Ovary short- stalked, linear^oblong, thinly grey-silky. 

 Pod unknown. 



Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, 2400-3800 ft., Dr. Welwitsch I 



90. C. Lot ononis, Welrv. mss. Herbaceous, diffuse, glabrous, 

 copiously branched, a foot or more high. Stipules 3-5 lines, setaceous, 

 persistent. Petioles 9-15 lines. Leaflets 3, rather fleshy, glabrous, 

 subcoriaceous when dried, lanceolate, subacute or bluntish with a 

 mucro, reaching 18-21 lines long, the upper J-|, the lower \ in. 

 broad. Flowers up to 12-18 in copious lax short-peduncled lateral 

 and terminal subsecund racemes. Bracts \\ line, setaceous, persistent. 

 Pedicels 1J-2 lines, glabrous, cernuous. Calyx f in., glabrous, the 

 lanceolate teeth exceeding the tube. Corolla glabrous, reddish when 

 dried, just equalling the calyx. Ovary short- stalked, linear, glabrous, 

 ovules about 20. Pod unknown. 



Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, in damp sand, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



91. C. cyanea, Baker. A perfectly glabrous erect annual under a 

 foot high with a few open very slender branches. Stipules minute, 

 setaceous. Petioles 1-2 in. Leaflets 3, lanceolate, 12-21 lines long, 

 4—8 lines broad, subacute, those of the lower leaves shorter and 

 blunter. Flowers 4-6 in very lax lateral and terminal distinctly- 

 stalked racemes. Bracts minute, setaceous. Pedicels in flower 1 J-2 

 lines, finally 3-4 lines, cernuous. Calyx \ in., the linear teeth reach- 

 ing down nearly to the base. Corolla whitish-green, the standard 

 violet, just as long as the calyx. Pod linear-oblong, with a pedicel as 

 long as the calyx, 9-10 lines long, f in. broad, glabrous without and 

 within, thin, 18-20-seeded. 



Lower Guinea. Huiila, Benguela, 5500 ft., in pastures, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



92. C. lupinoides, Hochst. in Herb. Kotschy Nub. No. 41. Stem suf- 

 fruticose, the branches long, spreading, curved, upper part thinly silky. 

 Stipules none. Petioles about 1 in. long/ glabrous, spreading. Leaflets 

 three subsessile oblong-obovate, central 1-1 J in. long, J-f in. broad, 

 upper surface glabrous, the lower thinly silky. Flowers in elongate 

 many-flowered lax stalked terminal and lateral racemes, the main ones 

 ultimately 8-12 in. long. Bracts minute, setaceous. Pedicels silky, 

 cernuous, \ in. long. Calyx slightly silky, 2-3 lines deep, teeth lan- 

 ceolate, reaching about halfway down. Corolla bright yellow, not 

 striated, \ in. deep. Pod short-stalked, cylindrical, much curved up- 

 wards, 8-10 lines long, under J in. thick, silky on the outside, and 



