Crotalaria.\ xlvii. § PAPiLiortACEiE (baker). 43 



as long as the leaves. Leaflets 8, shortly -stalked, obovate-oblong, 

 acute, mucronate, both sides silky, the central one 2 in. long-. Flowers 

 6-8 in lax long-peduncled lateral racemes. Bracts linear, 2-3 lines. 

 Pedicels 1 ±-2 lines, densely silky. Calyx 6-8 lines long-, with a pair 

 of small lanceolate bracteoles at the base, densely silky, the lanceolate 

 teeth reaching three-quarters of the way down. Corolla equalling the 

 calyx ; standard roundish, densely silky on the back. Ovary linear, 

 sessile, silky, ovules 20 or more. Pod unknown. 

 Nile Land. Banks of the White Nile, Von Harnier* 



104. C. astragalina, Hochst. in Schimp. Mb. Abyss. No. 808. Stems 

 about a foot long, slender, herbaceous, copiously and diffusely branched, 

 slightly silky upwards. Stipules obsolete. Petioles |-1 in. long, 

 erecto-patent, glabrous. Leaflets 3 subsessile oblanceolate, central 

 1-1 J in. long, \ in. broad, mucronate, upper surface glabrous, lower 

 slightly silky. Flowers in copious long-stalked dense lateral racemes 

 of 6-12 each. Bracts minute. Pedicel 1 line, cernuous. Calyx thinly 

 silky, \ in. deep, teeth lanceolate-acuminate, reaching halfway down. 

 Corolla \ in. long ; standard yellow, conspicuously veined with purple, 

 keel sharply upcurved. Pod sessile, cylindrical, J-| in. long, 2 lines 

 thick, silky when young, 10-14-seeded. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. 155. C. 

 striata, A. Br. in Flora, 1841, 280 non DC. C. impressa. Nees. Cat. 

 Sem. Wrat: 1841, 3 ? 



Nile Land. Nubia, Ehrenberg (fide Schweinfurth). Abyssinia, Schimper! 

 Quar tin- Dillon. 



105. C. pycnostachya, Benth. in Land. Journ. Bot. ii. 584. Stem 

 herbaceous, 12—18 in. high, erect, simple or with several spreading 

 branches, striate, finely silky upwards. Stipules minute, setaceous. 

 Petioles J in., spreading, glabrous. Leaflets 3 sessile, oblanceolate, 

 central 1—1 J in. long, |— f in. broad, mucronate/ both sides glabrous or 

 nearly so. Flowers 20-50 in dense nearly sessile lateral racemes 

 2-3. in. long. Bracts long, setaceous, deciduous. Pedicels glabrous, 

 very short, cernuous. Calyx campanulate, glabrous, 1 line deep, upper 

 teeth triangular, reaching about halfway down, lower lanceolate. 

 Corolla bright yellow, not striate, 2 lines long; standard roundish, \ in. 

 broad, keel short beaked, much upcurved. Pod subsessile, oblong- 

 cylindrical, f in. long, finely downy, about 10-seeded. — C. melilotvides, 

 Steud. A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 155. 



Nile Land. Nubia, Kotschy! Cienkowsky. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin- 

 Dillon. 

 A well-marked species, with racemes like those of Melilotus officinalis. 



106. ^C. cleomifolia, Welw. mss: Suffruticose, 2J-3 ft. high, the 

 stout branches inconspicuously grey-silky. Stipules 0. Petioles 12-18 

 lines. Leaflets 5, short- stalked, oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, gla- 

 brous above, finely grey-silky below, the central one reaching 3-3i in. 

 long, 12-15 lines broad, narrowed gradually to a faintly mucronate 



