1 KF Slip B. 1H. Mill tibrarg SOURCE i JJorth (Earalttta USSML neraity Forestry QK391 dk v.2 fell ]fi \\\\\ Hill I"3"" °H H'LL L S00427207 M yg/HlSFkfy^ NEW CA THIS BOOK IS DUE ON THE DATE INDICATED BELOW AND IS SUB- JECT TO AN OVERDUE FINE AS LIBRARY OLD ( Plea 1992 100M/10-80 FLORA OF TROPICAL AFRICA, FLOKA OF TROPICAL AFRICA. DANIEL OLIVER, F.R.S., F.L.S., KEEPER OF THE HBRBABTUM AND LIBRARY IN THE ROYAL GARDENS, KEW, AND PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON. ASSISTED BY OTHER BOTANISTS. VOL. II. LEGVMINOSjE TO FICOIDEjE. PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE FIRST COMMISSIONER OF HER MAJESTY'S WORKS. LONDON : L. REEVE & CO., 5, HENRIETTA STREET, COVE NT GARDEN. 187L MU)E AND PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BECCLES CONTENTS. Page Conspectus of the Orders v11 Order XLVII. Leguminoeaa l Suborder 1. Papilionaceae 2. Csesalpiniese 258 3. Mimosese 321 Order XLV1II. Rosacea? • 364 XL1X. Saxifragacese 382 L. Crassulaceae 385 LI. Droseracese ^ LII. Hamamelideae 403 L1II. Halorageae 404 LIV. Rhizophorese 406 LV. Combretacese 4l3 LVI. Myrtacese 436 LVII. Melastoraaceae 439 LVIII. Lythraceae 464 LIX. Onagrarieae 486 LX. Samydacea3 492 LX1. Loasacese . . . , 50° LXII. Turneraceae 501 LXIII. Passiflore* ^°3 LXIV. Cucurbitaceae 521 LXV. Begoniaceae 569 LXVI. Cactaceae -.58° LXVII. Fiooideae 581 CONSPECTUS OF THE ORDERS CONTAINED IN THE SECOND VOLUME. Class. I. DICOTYLEDONES. Subclass I. POLYPETAL^. Cohort XI. Kosales (continued from Vol. I. p. 4). Flowers regular or irregular, usually hermaphrodite. Stamens more or less distinctly perigynous. Styles distinct (except Brexia). XLVII. Leguminos^. Trees, shrubs or herbs. Leaves compound or simple. Flowers irregular or regular. Stamens definite or indefinite, free or connate. Carpel solitary; ovules 1-2-go, attached to the ventral suture. XLVIII. Rosacea. Herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves usually alternate and stipu- late, simple or compound. Flowers regular (polygamous or dioecious in Pygeum, Bra- yera, Cliffortia). Stamens usually indefinite. Carpels 1 or more, free or consolidated with the receptacle ; ovules 1 or 2. Seeds exalbnminous. XLIX. Saxifragaceje. Herbs or a shrub {Brexia). Leaves alternate or opposite, exstipulate. Flowers regular, hermaphrodite. Stamens iso- or diplostemonous ; fila- ments free. Pistil syncarpous, digynous (or monogynous in Brexia) ; ovules oo. L. Crassulace^. Herbs, usually succulent. Leaves opposite or alternate. Flowers regular, hermaphrodite. Stamens iso- or diplostemonous ; filaments free or epipetalous. Pistil apo- or syncarpous; carpels as many as petals, usually oo -ovulate. Seeds albuminous. LI. Droserace^e. Glandular-pilose herbs. Flowers regular, hermaphrodite. Ovary 1-celled with 2-5 simple or bipartite styles. LII. HAMAMELiDEiE. (Myrothamnus only.) Glabrous shrub. Leaves opposite. Flowers spicate, dioecious, achlamydeous. Stamens 4-8. Pistil 3-4-carpellary, multi- ovulate. LIII. Halorage^e. Herbs, often aquatic. Flowers small, hermaphrodite or uni- sexual. Petals 4, fewer or 0. Stamens definite. Ovary inferior, 1-4-celled ; ovules solitary, or few definite. Cohort XII. Myrtales. Flowers regular or subregular, usually hermaphrodite. Pistil syncarpous, inferior (or free in some BMzophoracea}) ; style 1 (4 in Anisojihyllea). Leaves simple. LIV. Rhizophorace^e. Usually littoral trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, stipulate (alternate, exstipulate in Anisophyllea). Flowers regular, hermaphrodite. Calyx-lobes valvate. Ovary 2-5-celled, inferior or superior. LV. Combretace^e. Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite or alternate. Stamens definite. Ovary inferior, 1-celled. LVI. Myrtace^e. Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite or alternate, entire. Flowers regular or subregular, hermaphrodite or polygamous. Stamens co, perigynous. Ovary inferior, 2-5-celled ; ovules 2-co . LVII. Mklastomace^:. Herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, usually 3-5-nerved. Flowers regular, hermaphrodite. Stamens usually twice as many as petals ; anthers viii CONSPECTUS OF THE ORDERS. usually appendaged and dehiscing by pores. Ovary adnate to calyx-tube or free, 2-oo -celled, ovules indefinite (ovary 1-celled in Memecylon). LVIII. Lythrace^e. Herbs, shrubs or trees. Calyx lobes valvate, often alternating with intermediate or external teeth. Petals often crumpled. Stamens definite. Ovary free (except in last three genera, p. 465), 2-co -celled ; ovules rarely definite. LIX. Onagraeie^:. Herbs or shrubs. Flowers regular. Calyx-lobes valvate. Petals imbricate, stamens iso- or diplostemonous. Ovary inferior, 4-2-celled. Ovules indefinite or solitary, axile. Cohort XIII. Passiflorales. Flowers regular or irregular. Stamens perigynous (or hypogynous in some Passiflorece). Pistil syncarpous; ovary free or adnate, 1-celled with parietal placentation, or 3-celled with axile placentation. LX. Samydace^. Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, often with translucent dots or lines. Flowers small, regular, hermaphrodite. Stamens definite or indefinite. Ovary free or ^-inferior, sessile, l-cbium. Style abruptly bent near the base 3. Crotalaria. Tube of stamens not slit along the top. Calyx-teeth much exceeding the tube. Wings connate at the apex ; keel rostrate 4. Lupinus. Wings free ; keel obtuse . . . >. . . 5. Argyroix>bium. Calyx-teeth shorter than the tube 6. Adenocarpus. Tribe 2. Trifoliese. — Stamens 10, diadelphous (monadelphous in Ononis); anthers uniform (except in Ononis). Pod two-valved, not articulated. Erect often annual herhs, with three sessile or stalked toothed leaflets. Stamens monadelphous ; anthers dimorphous 1. Ononis Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Petals quite free from the staminal column. Pod usually linear, many-seeded (rarely oblong, few- seeded). Pod linear, straight 8. Parochetus. Pod linear, falcate, rarely oblong, straight .... 9. Trigonella. Pod linear, falcate or usually spirally twisted . . . .10. Medicago. Pod roundish, 1-2-seeded 11. Melilotus. Petals adnate to the staminal tube 12. Trifolium. Tribe 3. Iiotese. — Stamens monadelphous or diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Pod two-valved (exceptionally indehiscent) , not articulated. Erect herbs or undershrubs, with imparipinnale leaves and entire leaflets. Stamens monadelphous ; pod indehiscent. Pod ovoid, straight, included 13. Anthtllis. Pod linear, falcate, exserted 14. Helminthocarpum. Stamens diadelphous ; pod two-valved 15. Lotus. Tribe 4. Galegese. — Stamens monadelphous or diadelphous ; anthers usually uniform. Pod two-valved (exceptionally indehiscent), not articulated. Erect, rarely climbing herbs, shrubs or trees, with imparipinnate or exceptionally simple entire leaves. Anthers apiculate. Calyx-teeth long ; hairs fixed by the centre. Stamens monadelphous 17. Cyamopsis. Stamens diadelphous 18. Indigofera. Calyx teeth very short ; hairs basifixed 21. Mundulea. Anthers blunt. Pod indehiscent. Pod one-seeded ; leaves gland-dotted 16. Psoralea. Pod many-seeded ; leaves not gland-dotted. Pod membranous, inflated, entire 26. Colutea. Pod compressed ; sutures toothed 27. Biserrdla. Pod subligneous, ultimately dehiscing. Calyx-teeth obsolete or very short 22. Milletia. Calyx bilabiate, the upper lip very large .23. Platysepaldm. Pod flat, membranous, subindehiscent. Upper stamen free at base only 19. Sylitra. Tipper stamen free throughout . .27. Lessertia. Pod herbaceous or membranous, soon dehiscing. Flowers in leaf-opposed and terminal racemes . . . .20. Tephrosia. Flowers in axillary racemes. Calyx-teeth lanceolate. Leaves simple 24. Microcharis. XLVII. § PAPILIONACEJE (BAKER). 3 Leaflets numerous 28. Astragalus. Calyx-teeth very short 25. Sesbania Tribe 5. Hedysarese. — Stamens monadelphous or diadelphous ; anthers dimor- phous or uniform. Pod articulated {except in Pseudarthria) . Herbs or shrubs, usually erect, with imparipinnate or exceptionally abruptly pinnate leaves. Leaves without stipellae. Stamens diadelphous. Filaments dilated upwards. Pod echinate ; leaves simple 30. Scorpiurus. Pod smooth; leaves pinnate . , 31. Ornithopus. Filaments filiform. Pod compressed laterally. Leaflets numerous; pod one-jointed 33. Onobrychis. Leaflets 1-3; pod 2-3-jointed . 31. Taverniera. Pod terete 34. Alhagi. Stamens monadelphous. Leaflets four, opposite . - 41. Arachib. Leaflets three . 40. Stylosanthes. Leaflets two or 4 digitate 42. Zornia. Stamens diadelphous (in two sets of five each). Calyx bilabiate. Pod much exserted 37. jEschynomene. Pod not exserted. Bracteoles minute 38. Smithia. Bracteoles very large 39. Geissapsis. Calyx five-toothed. Pod straight 3$. Ormocarpum. Pod circinate 36. Herminiera. Leaves stipellate. Pod not articulated 44. Pseudarthria. Pod articulated. Pod bent back, included in the calyx 45. Uraria. Pod compressed, straight ; calyx herbaceous 43. Desmodium. Pod subterete, straight ; calyx glumaceous 46. Alysicarpus. Tribe 6. Viciese. — Stamens usually diadelphous. Anthers uniform. Pod two- valved, not articulated. Scandent herbs {rarely shrubs) with abruptly pinnate leaves ending in a tendril or bristle. Leaflets entire, or in Cicer dentate. Herbs with 10 stamens. Leaflets dentate 47. Cicer. Leaflets entire. Tube of stamens oblique at the mouth 48. Vicia. Tube of stamens truncate at the mouth 49. Lathyrus. Shrubs with 9 stamens 50. Abrus. Tribe 7. Phaseoleae. — Stamens diadelphous or monadelphous. Anthers usually uniform. Pod two-valved, not articulated. Scandent, rarely erect, herbs with pinnately trifoliolate leaves. Style bearded or penicillate at the apex. Keel twisted spirally. Style hooded at the apex 62. Physostigma. Style not hooded .63- Phaseolus. Keel not spiral. Stigma oblique. Pod many-seeded, not hypogaean. Pod subterete 64. Vigna. Pod marked with external transverse lines between the seeds 66. Pachyrhizus. 4 XLVIl. § PAPILIONACEJS (BAKER). Pod 1-2-seeded, thrust below the ground to ripen . .65. Voandezia. Stigma terminal. Bracts large, persistent 52. Clitoria. Bracts minute, deciduous. Pod compressed, not winged 68. Dolichos. Pod tetragonous, 4-winged 67. Psophocarpus. Style glabrous. Nodes of the racemes swollen. Racemes paniculate 58. Spatholobus. Racemes simple. Petals subequal. ' Pod 1-2-seeded 60. Dioclea. Pod many-seeded. Upper lip of the calyx the longest 61. Canavalia. Lower lip of the calyx the longest 59. Galactia. Standard much exceeding the wings and keel . . . .56. Erythrina. Standard much shorter than the wings and keel . . .57. Muguna. Nodes of the racemes not swollen. Leaves not gland-dotted. Flowers large and showy 51. Centrosema. Flowers minute. Bracts scariose persistent 53. Shuteria. Bracts minute 'deciduous. All the anthers fertile 54,. Glycine. Alternate anthers abortive 55. Teramnus. Leaves copiously gland-dotted. Ovules 4 or more 69. Cajanus. Ovules 1-2. Pod compressed. Stems twining 70. Rhynchosia. Stems erect 71. Eriosema. Pod turgid 72. Flemingia. Tribe 8. Dalbergiese. — Stamens monadelphous or diadelphous. Anthers uniform. Pod indehiscent. Erect or scandent shrubs or trees, with imparipinnate leaves and entire leaflets. Pod not drupaceous. Side-leaflets alternate. Anthers basifixed. Pod linear or oblong 73. DalberGia. Pod suborbicular 74. Ecastaphyllum. Anthers versatile. Calyx campanulate. Pod falcate 75. Drepanocarpus. Calyx turbinate". Pod suborbicular oblique . . . .76. Pterocarpus. Side-leaflets opposite. Wings free from the keel 77. Ostryocarpus. Wings adnate to the keel. Pod not winged 78. Lonchocarpus. Pod winged 79. Derris. Pod drupaceous 80. Andira. Tribe 9. Sophorece. — Stamens 10, free. Anthers uniform. Pod not articulated, indehiscent or two-valved. Trees or shrubs, erect or scandent, with simple or digi- tately trifoliolate or imparipinnate leaves with entire leaflets. Leaves simple. Pod sessile ; anthers shorter than filaments. Bracteoles large, persistent 81. Dalhousiea. Bracteoles smaller ; deciduous 82. Baphia. Pod long-stalked ; anthers exceeding filaments 83. Leucomphalus XLVTI. § PAPILI0NACE2E (BAKER). 5 Leaves digitately trifoliolate 84. Camoensia. Leaves imparipinnate. Corolla papilionaceous. Pod flattish, membranous 85. Calpurnia. Pod turgid moniliform . . 86. Sophora. Pod coriaceous, not moniJiform 87. Ormobia. Petals uniform 88. Cadia. Tribe 10. Swartziese. — Stamens indefinite. Petals 6, 1, or 0. Trees or shr.ubs. Leaves simple or imparipinnate. Leaflets entire. Stamens inserted at the base of the calyx. Petals 6 89. Baphiopsib. Petal solitary 90. Swaktzia. Stamens inserted half-way up the calyx. Petals none .91. Cordyla. 1. LOTONONIS, DC. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 476. Calyx turbinate, the four upper teeth often more or less connate. Standard oblong ; keel bluntly upcurved : wings much shorter and smaller. Stamens all connate in a tube slit along the top ,• anthers alternately shorter and versatile, longer ' and basinxed. Pod linear- oblong or linear, compressed or turgid, many-seeded, continuous within. — Herbs or undershrubs with digitately triioliolate leaves. A large genus almost confined to the Cape. Flowers subsessile in the axils of the leaves. Standard exceeding the keel 1. L. tenuis. Keel exceeding the standard. Keel equalling the calyx 2. L. Leobordea. Keel distinctly exserted 3. L. clandestina. Flowers in many-flowered congested racemes. Stipules foliaceous 4. L. Bainesii. Stipules linear > 5. L. angolensis. 1. L. tenuis, Baker. A copiously branched diffuse annual half a foot high with slender thinly grey-silky branches. Stipules setaceous, very minute. Leaflets linear, the central one 6-10 lines long, |-J line broad, acute, the lateral ones very much shorter, inconspicu- ously grey-silky. Flowers 1-2 on very short pedicels in the axils of the leaves. Calyx ± in. long, thinly grey-silky, the five teeth dis- tinct, the lower three linear, as long as the tube, the two upper ones lanceolate, shorter. Corolla yellowish, the standard slightly exceeding the keel, which slightly exceeds the calyx. Pod linear, 5-6 lines long, 1 line broad, upcurved, turgid, slightly torulose, 21-24-seeded, inconspicuously grey-silky. Lower Guinea. Angola ; Mossamedes in sandy ground by the river Beco, Dr. Welwitsch ! Very different in babit from any other species. 2. L. Leobordea, Benth. in Land. Journ. Bot. 2, 607. Stems under six inches long, procumbent, copiously and diffusely branched, herbaceous, clothed like the rest of the plant with yellowish silky pubescence. Stipules lanceolate, \ in. Petiole \-\ in. Leaflets 8, 6 xlvii. § papilionace.e (baker). [Lotononis. sessile, linear or oblanceolate, about J in. long, ^ in. broad, apex slightly rounded mucronate. Flowers in sessile clusters of 2-5 each in the axils of the leaves. Calyx 2— 2J lines long-, between tubular and campanulate, the upper teeth lanceolate-acuminate, reaching about half way down, the lowest setaceous. Corolla pale yellow, the keel about equalling the calyx. Pod linear- oblong, turgid, about equalling the calyx. — Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 61 ; L. platycarpos, Viv. PI. ^Egypt. dec. 4, 14 ; Leobordea lotoides, Delile, Frag. PI. Arab. 23, fig. 1 : L. persica and sphoerosperma, Spach. Ann. Sc. Nat. xix. 235 ; Xero- carpus abyssinicus, Schweinf. Fl. iEthiop. 21 j Leobordea abyssinica, Hochst. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! A desert species, extending to Egypt, Persia, Beloochistan, and the Cape. 3. Ii. clandestina, Benth. in Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 61. A diffuse copiously di- or trichotomously branched annual with finely silky stems under a foot long. Stipules foliaceous, linear or oblanceolate, 3—4 lines long, deciduous. Petioles 3-6 lines long. Leaflets oblanceolate, silky, 4-8 lines long, bluntish with a faint mucro. Flowers 2-6 in subsessile umbels in the axils of the leaves. Pedicels very short. Calyx densely grey-silky, 4 lines long, the 4 upper teeth linear, shorter than the tube, the lowest tooth deeper linear-setaceous. Corolla yel- lowish, only the silky, densely villose keel distinctly exserted. Pod linear, 4—4^ lines long, 1 line broad, turgid, straight, glabrescent, 10-12-seeded. Lower Guinea. Benguella in the sands of the seashore, Dr. Welwitsch I South Central. In the interior near the Tropic, Chapman and Baines ! Also a Cape species. 4. L. Bainesii, Baker. Stem under a foot long, slender, procum- bent, herbaceous, irregularly branched, quite glabrous. Stipules 2-2J lines long, cordate-ovate acuminate, unequal-sided. Petioles \ in. glabrous. Leaflets 3, sessile, linear, the central one J— f in. long, J in. broad, base narrowed, point slightly rounded mucronate, glabrous. Flowers in dense umbellate heads of 8-10 each on leaf-opposed glab- rous peduncles an inch long. Bracts inconspicuous. Calyx subsessile, infundibuliform, -J- in. deep, slightly silky, teeth very short, subdeltoid. Corolla reddish, three times as long as the calyx, the keel and standard subequal, the wings small and shorter. Pod not seen. South Central. In the interior near the Tropic of Capricorn, Chapman and Baines ! Belongs to the section Polylobium of Harvey. Very near the Cape L. umbellata in general habit, bracts, and stipules, differing by its narrower leaves, want of pubescence, and very short calyx-teeth. 5. L. angolensis, Welw. mss. A copiously-branched' glabrous f>erennial herb with trailing stems more than a foot long. Stipules inear, 2-3 lines, moderately persistent. Petioles 3-12 lines. Leaflets 3, subsessile, oblanceolate, glabrous, the central one 6-12 lines long, Lotononis.] xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). n 7 bluntish with a faint mucro. Flowers 6-18 in dense racemes on leaf- opposed peduncles 6-3,6 lines long-. Pedicels J-l line long, with a minute linear bracteole. Calyx \ in., turbinate, glabrous, the 4 upper teeth lanceolate-deltoid, shorter than the tube, the lowest narrower. Corolla pale yellow, twice the calyx, the standard ovate- acuminate, the keel-petals 1 line broad. Pod linear, compressed, 6-8 lines long-, 4 in. broad, upcurved, glabrous, 15-20-seeded. Lower Guinea. Angola ; Huilla and Pungo Andongo, Dr. Welwitsch I Identical with the last in general habit ; differing principally in the stipules and calyx-teeth. 2. ROTHIA, Pers. j JBenth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 477. Calyx deeply 5-cleft, with subequal divisions. Standard spathulate in our species ; wings narrow ; keel-petals scarcely adhering to one another. Stamens united in a tube slit above ; anthers small, uniform. Ovary sessile, multiovulate ; style straight glabrous ; stigma capitate. Pod lanceolate, falcate, inflated, dehiscing by the upper suture. — Annual diffuse herbs. Two closely allied species, the other inhabiting India and Tropical Australia. The genus forms an exception to the rest of the Tribe by its uniform anthers. 1. R. hirsuta, Baker. A diffusely branched annual about half a foot high, the branches densely clothed with long silky grey pubes- cence. Petioles 3 lines. Leaflets 3, subsessile, oblanceolate, 6-9 lines long, acute, both sides silky. Flowers 2-5 on short pedicels, sessile or nearly sessile from the axils of the leaves. Calyx silky, 2-2i lines deep, the lanceolate teeth reaching more than halfway down. Corolla whitish -violet not exserted. Pod sessile, \ in. long, very silky, many- seeded. — Xerocarpus hirsutus, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 169. t. 44. Upper Guinea. Senegal, Perrottet ! Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimpcr! Nubia, teste Beniham. Lower Guinea. Huilla, Angola, 5500 ft. Dr. Welwitsch ! 3. CROTALARIA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PL i. 479 Calyx with 'a campanulate tube and five distinct equal or subequal teeth. Petals subequal ; standard orbicular or ovate with a short claw ; keel distinctly suddenly or gradually rostrate, much upcurved. Ovary sessile or stalked, bi- or multi-ovulate ; style abruptly bent upwards near the base, bearded along the inner side. Stamens united in a tube slit along the top ; anthers dimorphous. Pod sessile or distinctly stalked, round, oblong, or linear, continuous within, turgid. — Herbs or shrubs with simple or digitately trifoliolate (in one Trop. African species multifoliolate) leaves. Flowers in racemes sometimes congested, ter- minal or leaf-opposed or rarely in the axils of the leaves. Bracts and stipules usually minute, setaceous. A large genus spread throughout. the Tropical regions of both hemispheres, with its head-quarters in Tropical Africa. Several species extend to the Cape. 4. C, spartea. 5. C. atenopterq. 6. C. holoptera. 7. C. unifiora. 8. (7. retusa. 9. 0. Welwitschii. 10. C. verrucosa. 8 xlvii. § PAPILIONACE.E (baker). [Crotalciria. A. Leaves simple. Group 1. Simplicifolise. Rigid copiously-branched shrubs. Pods 2-3-seeded . . . 1. C. thebaica Pods 6-8-seeded 2. C. armaria. Herbs or Jaxly-branched undershrubs. Stems and leaves glabrous or subglabrous. Stipules minute, setaceous. Leaves linear.'' Stems terete. Corolla slightly exceeding the calyx 3. C. glauca. Corolla three times the calyx . . . Stems winged. Narrowly 4-winged, leaves numerous Broadly 2-winged, leaves few or none Leaves oblanceolate. Flowers solitary Flowers racemose Leaves oblong, acute Stipules foliaceous, persistent Stems and leaves conspicuously downy or silky. Corolla 1 4-2 times the calyx. Pod stalked 11. C. Vogelii. Pod sessile. Pod 5-6 times the calyx 12. C. Leprieurii. Pod 1^ times the calyx. Pod glabrous, 8-9-seeded 13. C. polygaloides, Pod pubescent, 1-2 seeded " 14. C. cylindrostachys. Corolla equalling or scarcely exceeding calyx. Pod glabrous, 12-18 seeded 15. C. calycina. Pod silky, 2-3-seeded 16. C. anthyllopm. B. Leaves digitately trifoliolate. Group 2. Oliganthse. — Pods round or oblong. Flowers scattered 1-4 together, lateral, very rarely terminal. Very diffuse annual herbs. Pods small round sessile. Glabrous, leaves subsessile 17. C. microcarpa. Downy, leaves stalked 18. C.pisicarpa. Pods short-stalked small oblong . . ■ 19. 6'. microphylla. Pods distinctly stalked, large, oblong. Silky, leaflets oblanceolate, flowers 2-3 together . . . .20. G.podocarpa. Glabrous, leaflets linear, flowers solitary , 21. C. polyclados. A robust diffuse usually spinose annual 22. C. spinosa. Unarmed shrubs. Leaves subsessile, stipules 0. Pod small, hard, round, 3-4-seeded ......... 23. 0. cistoides. Pod oblong, 15-18-seeded* 24. C. caudata. Leaves distinctly-stalked, distinctly stipulate. Pubescent, leaflets oblanceolate, Hunt, 4-6 lines long . . 25. C. Forbesii. Pubescent, leaflets obovate, blunt, 12-16 lines long . . .26. C. variegata. Glabrous, leaflets linear, acute 27. C. ervoides. Group 3. Chrysocalycince. — Pods small, round or oblong. Flowers in dense round or oblong terminal heads. Leaves sessile or subsessile. Shrubby, leaves crowded 28. C. abscondita. Herbaceous, leaves scattered. Pod round, 3-4-seeded, Leaflets linear 29. C. Perottetii. Crotalaria.] xlvii. § papilionace^ (baker). 9 Leaflets oblanceolate 30. C. gracilis. Pod oblong, 6-8-seeded. Calyx-teeth 2^-3 lines broad 31 . C. macrocalyx. Calyx-teeth 1 line broad 32. C. ebenoides. Leaves distinctly stalked. Fruticose or suffruticose. Leaflets an inch broad, densely brown-silky beneath . . 33. C. densicephala. Leaflets \ inch broad, inconspicuously grey-downy . . .34. C. nigricans. Herbaceous. Heads shortly peduncled. Leaflets 3-4 lines broad, pod 8-10-seeded 35. C. atrorubens. Leaflets 8-12 lines broad, pod 3-4-seeded 36. C. dumetorum. Heads sessile, very dense. Corolla red, pod 8-10-seeded 37. C. ononoides. Corolla yellow, pod 2-seeded 38. C. ce Group 4. Sphoarocarpae. — Annuals with small round sessile few-seeded pods and small copiously racemose flowers. Racemes both lateral and terminal. Leaflets linear, seeds 4-6 39. G. nubica. Leaflets oblanceolate, seeds 2-4 40. C. sphcerocarpa. Racemes terminal only, not prolonged, into the axils of the upper leavqs. Pods distinctly, stalked, pedicels cernuous 41. G nutans. Pods sessile, pedicels rigidly erecto-patent. Corolla turning black, the standard densely argenteous on the back .42. C. filicaulis. Corolla not turning black, 3 lines long, the standard gla- brous on the back 43. C. tenuirama. Corolla not turning black, 2 lines long, the standard thinly brown-silky on the back 44. C. hyssopifolia Racemes terminal only, prolonged into the axils of the upper leaves. Leaflets of upper leaves a line or less broad. Corolla \ inch long, dull greenish-yellow 45. C parvula. Corolla 3-4 lines long, bright yellow, veined with red . .46. C. erythrophleba. Leaflets of upper leaves 3-6 lines broad 47. C. prolongata. Group 5. Oocarpee. — Herbs or shrubs with elongated racemes and large oblong or rounded pods, riot more than twice as long as broad. Pods distinctly stalked. Fruticose. Pod glabrous, oblong ; stems and leaves silvery . . . . 48. C. argyrcea. Pod oblong; stems finely grey-downy 49. C. ivantulensis. Pods densely silky. Pod subglobose, 4 lines long 50. C. ramosissima. Pods oblong, 12-15 lines long. Leaves sessile ; stipules minute setaceous . . . . 51. C. amcena. Leaves long-stalked: stipules large, adnate to the petiole 52. C. cordata. Herbaceous. Bracts large cordate-ovate 53. C. orixensis Bracts minute, setaceous. Stipules setaceous, 3-4 lines long 54. C. versicolor. Stipules 0, or very minute. Pod an inch long 55. C. Doniana. Pod half an inch long 56. C. Onobrychis. Pods subsessile or sessile. Stipules semilunate, 3-6 lines long, persistent. 10 xlvii. § papilionacejs (baker). [Crotalaria. Herbaceous ; calyx 3-4 lines ; pods glabrescent. Pubescence of stem short, racemes terminal . . . . 57. C. goreensis. Pubescence of stem brown, spreading, racemes lateral . 58. C. flexuosa. • Shrubby ; calyx 8-2 lines, pod velvety . . . . , . . 59. C. elata. Stipules none, or very minute, setaceous, deciduous. Fruticose. Kacemes distinctly peduncled 60. C. orthoclada. Eacemes extending into the axils of the leaves. Pod oblong, compressible, 4-6-seeded 61. C. virgatula. Pod round, hard, 1-seeded 62. C.fiorida. Herbaceous. Calyx-teeth deltoid, equal to the tube 63. C. Steudneri. Calyx-teeth lanceolate, exceeding the tube. Racemes all terminal 64. C. maxillaris. Racemes both lateral and terminal r 65. C. senegalensis. Group 6. Cylindrocarpae. — Pod linear or linear-oblong, 12-30-seeded. (Flowen racemose, except sometimes in C. lotifolia.) Racemes terminal only or both terminal and lateral. Stem and young leaves clothed with (comparatively long) spreading hairs. Stipules setaceous. Corolla scarcely as long as the calyx 66. C. montana. Corolla half as long again as the calyx. Calyx { inch long 67. C vncana. Calyx 6-9 lines long. Shrubby with obovate blunt leaflets 68. C. Grantii. Herbaceous with ovate acute leaflets 69. C. Stewartii. Stipules foliaceous, semilunate. Pod distinctly stalked ; lateral racemes numerous . . 70. C. fulgida. Pod sessile ; lateral racemes few or none. Suffruticose with flowers an inch long . . , . . 71. C. lachnocarpa. A decumbent herb with flowers { inch long . . . . 72. C. decumbens. Stems and leaves beneath shortly grey-downy. Herbaceous. Pod distinctly-stalked, 12-15 lines long, 20-30-seeded . 73. C. uncinata. Pod sessile, 6-7 lines long, 12-15-seeded 74. 0. comosa. Suffruticose or fruticose. Stipules foliaceous semilunate 75. C. natalitia. Stipules 0 or minute setaceous. Calyx-teeth oblanceolate, spathulate cuspidate . . . 76. C. platysepala. Calyx-teeth lanceolate. Leaflets oblanceolate, £-§ inch broad 77. C. emarginata. Leaflets oblong, an inch broad 78. C.protensa. Calyx-teeth deltoid 79. C. zanzibarica. Mature stem and leaves beneath subglabrous. Calyx-teeth shorter than the tube. Corolla 3-4 lines long. Leaflets linear, 1-4 inches long. Calyx-teeth linear ; petiole £-| inch 80. C. lathyroides. Calyx-teeth deltoid mucronate ; petiole 1-2 inches. 81. C. lanceolata. Leaflets oblanceolate, 4 inch long 82. C. tigrensis. Corolla 6-7 lines ; leaflets linear 83. C. Kirkii. Corolla 7-9 lines long. Pod half an inch thick 84. C, intermedia. Pod ^-f inch thick. Keel much curved 85. C. ochroleuca. Keel little curved 86. C. brevidens. Calyx-teeth equalling or exceeding the tube. Pod distinctly-stalked. 89. C. glaucifolia. 90. C. Lotononis. 91. C. cyanea. 92. C. lupinoides. .93. C. cylindrocarpa. . 94. C. recta. Crotalaria.] xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). 11 Pod glabrous within. Kacemes elongated, many-flowered. Shrubby, stipules obovate, large, persistent . . 87. C. capensis. Shrubby, stipules setaceous, deciduous . . . . 88. C. striata. Herbaceous, stipules linear. Leaflets 12-18 lines broad Leaflets 3-6 lines broad Kacemes 4-6-flowered . Pod full of wool within Pod sessile or subsessile. Stipules semilunate, persistent Stipules linear, \ inch, persistent .... Stipules 0 or minute setaceous deciduous. Suffruticose with obovate leaflets. Petioles an inch long 95. C. falcata. Petioles 14-3 inches long 96. C.fertilis. Herbaceous ; leaflets oblanceolate or linear. Bracts 3-4 lines long 97. C Dilloniana. Bracts very minute. Calyx-teeth deltoid or lanceolate-acuminate 98. C. oligostachya. Calyx-teeth linear 99. C. Plowdeni. Racemes all lateral. Flowers 1-4, in axillary racemes or umbels 100. C. lotifolia. Flowers in stalked leaf-opposed racemes. Pod distinctly-stalked) flowers 3-6 in a raceme. Upper calyx-teeth 4 lines broad 101. C. platycalyx. Upper calyx-teeth | inch broad 102. C. Quartiniana. Pod sessile ; racemes many-flowered. Fruticose, with silky leaves 103. C. polysperma. Herbaceous, with subglabrous leaves. Racemes 6-12-flowered 104. C. astragalina. Racemes 20-50-flowered 105. C. pycnostaehya. C. Leaves digitately 5-7-foliolate. Group 7. Multifoliolatse. — (The only tropical African spe- cies) 106. C cleomifolia. 1. C. thebaica, DC. Prod. ii. 128. Shrubby, a foot or more high, very diffuse, branches stiff, grey downy, many of the lower ones spinose. Leaves simple, sessile, oblong", coriaceous, undulated, 3-6 lines long", blunt, both sides silky. Racemes few-flowered, terminal and lateral. Calyx 2 lines, the linear teeth exceeding- the tube. Corolla pale yellow, scarcely exceeding the calyx. Pod twice the calyx, oblong, pubescent, sessile, 2-3-seeded. — Spartium tfiebaicum, Delile, Fl. ^Egypt. 107. t. 37. fig. 1. Nile Land. .Nubia, Kotschy ! Ehreriberg, arid others. Frequent in the desert lower down the river. 2. C. arenaria, Benth. in Land. Journ. Bot. ii. 474. Stems shrubby, prostrate, not more than a foot long, very copiously branched, densely gTey-villose. Leaves sessile, simple, oblong, 3-4 lines long by more than half as broad, subcoriaceous, both sides densely silky. Flowers 4-8 in lax short-stalked racemes. Calyx 2J lines deep, densely tawny- silky, teeth linear, reaching down nearly to the base. Corolla pale yellow, about equalling the calyx. Pod 5-6 lines long, half as thick, 12 XLVIl. § PAPILIONACE.E (BAKER). \ Crotalaria. oblong, sessile, densely tawny-silky, 6-10-seeded. — C. thebaica, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. i. 160, nan DC. Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet! Roger I Very similar to the last in general habit, but not spinose. 3. C. glauca, Willd. ; DC. Prod. ii. 127. An erect glabrous annual 1-3 feet high with slender erecto-patent terete branches. Stipules se- taceous, 2-3 lines. Leaves linear, nearly sessile, 1-3 in. long, acute, mucronate, subcoriaceous, the primordial ones lanceolate. Flowers in copious 2— 8-flowered very lax peduncled terminal and lateral racemes. Bracts minute, setaceous. Pedicels 3—4 lines. Calyx 3 lines, glabrous, the linear-lanceolate teeth reaching more than halfway down. Corolla half as long again as the calyx, the standard very much recurved. Pod linear-oblong, pendulous, 6-12 lines long, 4-5 lines thick, gla- brous, distinctly stalked, 8-12-seeded. — C. acutifolia, Steud. in Schimp. PI. Abyss. No. 829; C. genistifolia, Schum. et Thonn. PI. Guin. 335. "Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot ! Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! Niger country, Thonning ! Vogel ! &c. Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Unyoro, in plantain-groves, and eaten by the people of Madi as spinach, Speke and Grant! Lower Guinea. Angola, in many localities, Dr. Welwitsch ! Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi-land, Dr. Kirk ! 4. C. spartea, R. Br. mss. in Herb. Mus. Brit. Stems slender, herbaceous, glabrous, erect, terete, 1-2 ft. high, with numerous long slender ascending branches. Stipules minute, setaceous, deciduous. Upper leaves sessile, linear, 1-3 in. long, 1-3 lines broad, acute, sub- coriaceous, glabrous, the lowest lanceolate 5-6 lines broad. Flowers in lax 6-12-flowered terminal racemes reaching 4-5 in. long. Pedicels 2-3 lines long. Bracts minute, setaceous. Calyx glabrous, | in., the lanceolate teeth equalling the tube. Corolla 4 lines, the standard purple, 2 lines broad. Pod (not seen mature) linear-oblong, glabrous, sessile, 8-9 lines long, 2 J lines broad, straight, 18-20- seeded. Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! Lower Guinea. Huilla, in woody meadows, Dr. Welwitsch! 5. C. stenoptera, Welw. mss. A glabrous annual copiously branched from the crown of the root with suberect simple or once- forked stems more than a foot high with a narrow wing to each of the four angles. Stipules rigid, setaceous, persistent. Leaves subsessile, linear, 1—4 in. long, 1J— 6 lines broad, narrowed gradually to a mucro- nate point, subcoriaceous, pale green. Flowers 3—5 in very lax long- peduncled subsecund terminal racemes. Bracts linear, very minute. Pedicels 3-4 lines, spreading. Calyx glabrous, 3-4 lines long, nar- rowed at the base, the lanceolate acuminate teeth reaching more than halfway down. Corolla J in. long, yellow veined with violet. Pod oblong, inflated, glabrous, J in. long, 3-4 lines broad, shortly stalked, 12-15-seeded. Lower Guinea. Huilla, in woody meadows, Dr. Welwitsch ! Crotalaria.] XLVil. § PAPILI0NACE2E (baker). 13 6. C. holoptera, Welw. mss. A glabrous rigid annual branched at the crown of the root with suberect 1-3 times dichotomously forked stems with two rigidly coriaceous wings each reaching a breadth of 2-3 lines in the centre of the main stem. Leaves very few, some- times none, oblong or oblanceolate, 18-21 lines long, 6-8 lines broad, bluntish or subacute, very conspicuously mucronate, rigidly coriaceous, pale green. Flowers 3-4 in lax long-peduncled terminal racemes. Bracts rigid, linear,1 very minute. Pedicels 3-4 lines long, spreading. Calyx \ in. long, glabrous, cuneate at the base, the lanceolate acumi- nate teeth exceeding the tube. Corolla yellow, 5-6 lines long. Pod distinctly stalked, oblong, inflated, 7-10 lines long, 5-6 lines broad, glabrous, very blunt, 10-1 2- seeded. Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, 2400-3800 ft., sparingly in sandy thickets, Dr. Welwitsch! ♦ 7. C. uniflora, Baker. Stem herbaceous, slender, procumbent, terete, glabrous, branched copiously and diffusely. Stipules minute, setaceous. Leaves simple, sessile, oblanceolate, |-| in. long, \ in. broad, mucronate, base subcuneate, glabrous. Flowers solitary on leaf- opposed slender glabrous pedicels more than an inch long, with a minute setaceous bract three-quarters of the way up. Calyx glabrous, J in. deep, the teeth lanceolate, reaching down nearly to the base. Corolla not seen. Pod linear-oblong, 6—7 lines long, 3 lines thick, glabrous, slightly upcurved, distinctly stalked. Upper Guinea. Senegambia, JPerrottet! 8. C. retusa, Linn. ; DC. Prod. ii. 125. Sufrruticose, subglabrous, sparingly branched. Stipules minute, setaceous. Leaves simple, ob- lanceolate, sessile, reaching 18-24 lines long, 6-12 lines broad, retuse, faintly mucronate, both sides subglabrous. Flowers in lax terminal racemes 4-6 in. lon'g. Bracts linear, minute. Pedicels 2-3 lines. Calyx |-J in., the teeth exceeding the tube, the upper ones lanceolate- deltoid, lower narrower. Corolla bright yellow, considerably exceed- ing the calyx. Pod distinctly-stalked, linear-oblong, glabrescent, 1J in. long, \ in. thick, 15-20-seeded.— Bot. Mag. t. 2561; Bot. Reg. t. 253. Upper Guinea. Gaboon country, Griffon du Bellay and Duparquel, teste Baillon. Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, Dr. Peters, Dr. Kirk ! A common E. Indian and Malayan species very likely only introduced with us. 9. C. Welwitschii, Baker. A low shrub with slender trailing woody subglabrous branches ascending outwards. Stipules minute, setaceous, moderately persistent. Petioles reaching an inch. Leaves simple, oblong, narrowed gradually to an acute point, glabrous, coria- ceous, the upper ones 2-3J in. long, 9-18 lines broad. Flowers 4-20 in lax long-peduncled terminal racemes reaching 6-7 in. Long, 2 in. broad. Bracts lanceolate, 1J-2 lines, acute, coriaceous, deciduous. Pedicels erecto-patent, 3-6 lines. Calyx | in. long, inconspicuously 14 xlvii. § PAPILI0NACEJ3 (baker). [Crotalana. shortly grey-downy, the lanceolate ultimately reflexed teeth rather exceeding" the tube. Corolla red, not conspicuously veined, glabrous, 9—10 lines deep, the standard f in. broad, the keel \ in. deep, moderately incurved, fringed with a dense mass of grey cottony pubescence. Ovary glabrous, linear-oblong, shortly-stalked, 15-20-ovulate. Pod not seen. Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, at 2400-3800 ft., in sandy meadows, Dr. Welwitschl 10. C. verrucosa, Linn.; DC. Prod. 2, 125. Stems 2-3 ft. high, erect, copiously divaricately branched, thinly adpressed grey-silky upwards. Stipules large, foliaceous, semi-lunate. Leaves nearly sessile, obovate, 2-5 in. long, by generally more than half as broad, glabrous above, thinly adpressed silky beneath when young. Flowers in lax 6-20- flowered terminal and leaf-opposed racemes on peduncles which about equal them. Bracts small, setaceous, silky. Calyx campanulate, thinly silky, \ in. deep, teeth lanceolate, reaching three-quarters of the way down. Standard twice as long as the calyx, greenish-white, streaked with pale-blue within ; wings obovate, yellowish-white at the base, the rest deep blue ; keel whitish-yellow towards the point. Pod 1— 1J in. long, 4-5 lines thick, narrowed, at the base, silky when young, glabrous when mature. — Bot. Mag. t. 3034 j C. ccerulea, J acq. Ic. PI. Rar. t. 144. Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Dr. Welwitsch! Banks of the Gaboon, Mylne! Mann ! Griffon du Bellay ! Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, fide Baillon. A native both of Tropical Asia and America, and the Mauritius. 11. C. Vogelii, Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. 2, 561. Stems 2-3 ft. high, erect, with numerous erecto-patent branches, covered like the rest of the plant with soft spreading yellowish hairs. Leaves mode- rately close and numerous, erecto-patent, short- stalked, linear or linear- lanceolate, 1-2 in. long, \-\ in. broad, mucronate, both sides downy. Flowers 6—12 in copious lax terminal and lateral racemes. Pedicels \-\ in., slender, silky. Calyx 2 lines deep, silky, teeth reaching two- thirds of the way down, three upper ones shorter and lanceolate, two lower ones longer and linear. Bracts linear, minute. Corolla twice as long as the calyx ; standard obovate, yellow, veined with purple ; wings narrow, scarcely veined. Pod f in. long, linear- oblong, on a short stalk, deciduously silky, 8— 12-seeded. Upper Guinea. Niger, country, Stirling on the Quorra, Vogell Nupe, in dry stony soil, Barter! 12. C. Leprieurii, Guill. et Perrott. Fl. Seneg. 168. Stem 1J-2 ft. high, erect, simple, terete, shortly hairy. Leaves short-stalked, simple, linear-lanceolate, 4-5 in. long, hairy on both sides. Flowers in lax racemes. Calyx about a line long, silky, teeth lanceolate, nearly equal. Standard ovate-oblong, subacute, yellow, striated ; wings one-half smaller, oblong, obtuse ; keel rather longer, yellow. Pod J in. long, sessile, about 26-seeded. — Walp. Rep. 1, 590. Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Leprieur. Not seen. Crotalaria.] xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). 15 13. C. polygaloides, Welw. mss. Stem a foot, herbaceous, erect, copiously branched, densely clothed with short grey silky pu- bescence. Leaves close, subsessile, linear, erecto-patent, 9-18 lines long", 2-2J lines broad, blunt, narrowed gradually at the base, both surfaces thinly grey-silky, subglaucous beneath. Flowers 10-30 in rather close terminal racemes, the lower ones fascicled and reaching down among the leaves. Bracteoles minute, setaceous. Pedicels ^ in. long, thinly silky. Calyx 2-2 \ lines long, finely silky, the linear teeth reaching down nearly to the base. Corolla yellowish, half as long again as the calyx, very fugacious. Pod linear-oblong, 3-4 lines long, a line thick, glabrous when mature, slightly recurved, 8-9-seeded. Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius I Lower Guinea. Angola, Golungo Alto, 1000-2400 ft., Dr. Welwitsch ! 14. C. cylindrostachys, Welw. mss. An erect annual 1-2 ft. high, with densely brown-silky stems and several erecto-patent branches overtopping the primary one. Stipules minute, setaceous, moderately persistent. Petioles 2—3 lines, densely silky. Leaves simple, oblong, 1-2 in. long, acute, faintly mucronate, persistently brown-silky on both sides. Flowers up to 40-60 in moderately dense terminal racemes 4-6 in. long, ^ in. broad. Bracts setaceous, 1-2 lines. Pe- dicels erecto-patent, | in. densely silky. Calyx turbinate, 1J-2 lines, with two setaceous bracteoles at the base, the lanceolate teeth a*s long as the tube. Corolla yellow, 3 lines, the standard conspicuously veined with purple. Pod roundish-oblong, sessile, J in. long, densely clothed with a mass of bright light-brown silky hairs, 1-2-seeded. Lower Guinea, Angola ; Huilla, in woody meadows, Dr. Welwitsch ! 15. C. calycina, Schrank. ; DC. Prod. ii. 129. Herbaceous, spar- ingly branched, the whole plant clothed with long yellowish-brown silky hairs. Leaves linear, sessile, 2-3 in. long, £-| in. broad, silky beneath. Eacemes lax, terminal and lateral. Bracts large foliaceous. Calyx reaching 9-12 lines long, clothed with stiff silky hairs, the teeth reaching down nearly to the base, the upper ones |-| in. broad. Corolla sulphur-yellow, about equalling the calyx. Pod sessile, glab- rous, 12-18-seeded, about as long as the calyx. Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot! Nile Land. Unyoro plateau, Speke and Grant ! Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch1. Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, Dr. Kirk! A common E. Indian species, reaching China and North Australia. 16. C. anthyllopsis, Welw. mss. A diffuse copiously branched erect annual reaching a foot high, with densely brown-silky erecto- patent or horizontal branches. Stipules setaceous, 2-3 lines long, sub- persistent. Petiole 2-3 lines long. Leaves simple, the upper ones oblong or lanceolate, 1-2 in. long, acute, the lower ones roundish, blunt, texture between papyraceous and coriaceous, both sides densely clothed with persistent adpressed brown silky hairs. Flowers in dense 26 XLVII. § PAriLlONACE^: (baker). [Crotalaria. terminal heads like those of the Chrysocalycina. Lower pedicels 2-3 lines long-. Calyx 2J-3 lines long, densely silky, the linear-lanceolate teeth reaching down nearly to the base. Corolla pale yellow, slightly exceeding the calyx, the standard { in. broad, copiously streaked with purple. Pod sessile, oblong, scarcely exceeding the calyx, densely silky, 2-3-seeded. Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo and Huilla, Dr. Weltvitsch I Habit and pod of the Chrysocalycince, but leaves simple. 17. C. microcarpa, Hochst. in Herb. Kotschy Nub. Stems herba- ceous, 4—6 in long, diffuse, with copious divaricating slender branches, thinly clothed with spreading brown silky hairs. Stipules minute, setaceous, deciduous. Leaves nearly sessile, with three subsessile, ob- lanceolate leaflets ; central one J in. long, 2 lines broad, mucronate, both sides slightly silky. Flowers very much scattered, in clusters of from 2-4 on a short or elongate naked or leafy peduncle. Bracts seta- ceous, silky, longer than the pedicels. Calyx \ in. long, densely clothed with yellowish silky hairs, teeth lanceolate acuminate, reaching halfway down. Corolla yellow, twice as long as the calyx, petals equal, the standard \ in. broad. Pod \ in. long, sessile, finely silky, | in. thick, about 8-seeded. — Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 573, C. tri- antha, Steud. in Schimp. PI. Abyss. No. 1190, non DC. C. lotoides. A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. 157, non Benth. Maria-Antonia orientalis, Parlatore. C. Maria- Anionics, Ascher. C. dorycnium. Ar Rich, in Herb. Hook. p. uniflora, Steud. Flowers usually solitary. Upper Guinea. Niger country, Nupe, Barter I Nile Land. Nubia, Kotschy! Schweinfurth I Abyssinia, Schimper! Petit! South Central. In tbe interior, near the Tropic of Capricorn, Chapman and Haines ! 18. C. pisicarpa, Welw. mss. A diffuse very copiously-branched annual with trailing stems 1-2 feet long densely clothed with fine grey spreading pubescence. Stipules setaceous, very minute. Petioles 4-6 lines, downy. Leaflets 3, obovate, 9-18 lines long, 6-10 lines broad, blunt with a faint mucro, sometimes slightly emarginate, both sides green, finally subglabrous. Flower* 2=JU in copious rather lax heads on leaf-opposed downy peduncles 6-9 lines long. Bracts very minute, setaceous. Calyx | in. long, very silky, the lanceolate acuminate teeth reaching more than halfway down. Corolla yellow, twice the calyx, the roundish pointed glabrous standard 2J lines broad. Pods sessile, globose, rather oblique, J in. long, firm, turgid, at first densely grey- downy, usually 3-seeded. Lower Guinea. Huilla, Angola, in damp pastures, Dr. Welwitsch ! Very distinct. 19. C. microphylla, Yahl; DC. Prod. ii. 134. Stems herbaceous, 6-12 in. long, densely caespitose, the branches firm, spreading, slender, grey, thinly silky. Stipules very minute, linear-lanceolate. Petioles Crotalaria.] xlvii. § papilionace^e (baker). 17 about a line long. Leaflets three, sessile, obovate, 1-1 \ lines long1 by about half as broad, coriaceous, upper surface grey, glabrous, lower thinly silky. Flowers solitary or in pairs from the axils of the leaves on cernuous pedicels, about equalling the calyx, which is thinly silky, A in. deep, teeth lanceolate, reaching more than halfway down. Corolla yellow, twice as long as the calyx. Pod oblong, £-§ in. long, more than half as broad, short-stalked, glabrous, 10- to 15-seeded. — Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 573; C. pumila. Hochst. et Steud. in Schimp. PL Arab. No. 788. Nile Land. Coast of Nubia, Schweinfurth! Abyssinia, teste Schweinfurth. Also Arabian and Egyptian. 20. C. podocarpa, DC. Prod. ii. 183. Stems herbaceous, erect, 1-2 feet high, with copious erecto-patent branches thinly clothed with long yellowish silky hairs. Stipules lanceolate-falcate, J-J in. long, persistent. Petioles 1-1 J in. long, silky, erecto-patent. Leaves with three sessile oblanceolate leaflets, central one 1-1J in. long, J-§ in. broad, mucronate, both sides thinly silky. Flowers only 2-3 together in long-stalked clusters in the axils of the leaves. Bracts minute, se- taceous. Calyx silky, | in. deep, teeth lanceolate-acuminate, reaching three-quarters of the way down. Corolla yellow, twice as long as the calyx ; standard 4 lines broad, not striated, glabrous ; keel with a dis- tinct beak £ in. long. Pod with a stalk half as long as the calyx, f-1 in. long, \ in. thick, glabrous, 12-18 seeded. — Guill. et Perr. Fl., Seneg. 166; Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 58'9 ; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 158; C. pilifera and arvensis, Klotzsch in Peters' Mossamb. Bot. 54 ; C. physocarpa, Fenzl. Upper Guinea. Senegambia, to the borders of the Sahara, Perrottet I Bidjem ! Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper I Quartin- Dillon! Nubia, KoUchy ! Mozamb. Distr. Mozambique, Dr. Peters I Abyssinian name, Seppere-quasot, according to Schweinfurth. 21. C. polyciados, Welw. mss. A glabrous annual, very copiously branched at the crown of the root, with diffuse slender rigid dichoto- mously-forked stems half a foot long. Bracts minute, setaceous. Pe- tioles 2-4 lines. Leaflets 3, linear, dark green, glabrous, rather fleshy, acute, 6-18 lines long, a line or less broad. Flowers always solitary, usually terminal, on slender peduncles 6-18 lines long with a linear bract a little below the flower. Calyx 3J-4 lines long, the lanceolate- acuminate teeth reaching more than halfway down. Corolla slightly exceeding the calyx, the standard orbicular, pale blue, 4 lines broad, the keel pale yellow. Pod oblong, distinctly stalked, glabrous, 6-8 lines long, 4 lines broad, 10-12-seeded. Lower Guinea. Huilla, Angola, at 5500 ft. Dr. Welwitsch ! 22. C- spinosa, Hochst. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss. 150. Stem annual only, but almost fruticose in the lower part, 6-18 in. long, the upper part covered with short grey pubescence, with copious spreading brandies and usually with abundant long sharp spines downwards. Stipules minute, 18 xlvii. § PAPiLiONACEiE (baker). [Crotalaria. setaceous. Leaves close and numerous, petioles | in. long, slender, with three oblanceolate leaflets with a distinct notch at the apex, the central one 2-4 lines long, 1-2 lines broad, glabrous above, slightly silky beneath. Flowers much scattered, solitary or in pairs, most of them pendulous from the spines. Pedicels 1 line long. Calyx thinly silky, | in. long, teeth lanceolate-acuminate, reaching halfway down. Corolla yellow, twice as long as the calyx. Pod sessile, oblong, |-| in. long, half as broad, finely pubescent, 8-10-seeded. — Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 576. A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 156. Nile Land. Nubia, Kotschy! White Nile, Petherick ! Abyssinia, Schimper I Quartin- Dillon I Petit I Lower Guinea. Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Stewart 1 (A spineless variety, with much smaller and closer leaves than usual.) 23. C. cistoides, Welw. mss. A sufiruticose perennial 1-2 ft. high, with numerous erecto-patent rigid slender branches, with a little in- conspicuous adpressed grey pubescence. Stipules none seen. Leaves subsessile; leaflets 3, oblanceolate, 5-6 lines long, rigidly coriaceous, bluntish with a minute mucro, subglabrous above, finely silky beneath. Flowers 2-3 together, subsessile at the end of the branches, or a few solitary in the axils of the upper leaves. Calyx 2 lines long, finely grey- silky, the lanceolate teeth reaching down nearly to the base. Corolla pale yellow, scarcely as long as the calyx. Pod hard, globose, 2 lines long, finely adpressed grey-silky, 3-4-seeded. Lower Guinea. Huilla and Pungo Andongo, Angola, in sandy thickets, Dr. Wtlwitsch I 24. C. caudata, Welw. mss. An erect shrub 2-2J ft. high, with numerous rigid erecto-patent woody branches, clothed with incon- spicuous adpressed grey pubescence. Stipules none seen. Leaves sub- sessile ; leaflets 3, oblanceolate, 6-9 lines long, blunt with a mucro, subcoriaceous, both sides pale green with a little adpressed gTey pubes- cence. Flowers 1-6 together at the end of the branches, when clus- tered not pedunculated. Pedicels 2 lines. Calyx 3-3^ lines, adpressed silky, the lanceolate teeth reaching much more than halfway down. Corolla yellow, slightly exceeding the calyx. Pod sessile, oblong, 6-7 lines long whilst still immature, densely clothed with fine brown silky hairs, 15-18-seeded. Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, 2400-3800 ft., Dr. Welwitsch 1 25. C. Forbesii, Baker. Stem sufiruticose, 12-18 in. long, erect, slightly branched, densely clothed throughout with fine grey down. Stipules linear, equalling the petioles, which are 2 lines long, slender, pubescent. Leaves with 3 subsessile oblanceolate leaflets, central one 4-6 lines long, both sides finely downy. Flowers solitary or in short- stalked clusters of 2-3 in the axils. Pedicel 1 line long, silky. Calyx silky, \ . in. long, teeth lanceolate-acuminate, reaching halfway down. Corolla yellowish, twice as long as calyx ; standard veined, \ in. broad. Crotalaria.] xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). 19 Pod sessile, very silky, f in. long-, half as broad, 10-12-seeded. — C. laevigata /3. villosior, Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 577. XMEozamb. Distr. Mozambique, Forbes ! Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk 1 The Mascarene C. laevigata, Lam., differs by its obovate leaflets, longer petiole (4 in. long), and glabrous stem, leaves, and pods. Our plant may be a variety of C. spinosa. 26. C. variegata, Welw. mss. An undershrub with very diffuse flexuose wide-trailing* slender densely grey-downy branches 1—2 ft. long*, 2-4 times forked, the uppermost branchlets divaricate with their leaves much reduced. Stipules linear, 1—2 lines. Petioles equalling" or slightly exceeding the stipules. Leaflets 3, obovate, distinctly stalked, rigidly coriaceous, upper surface grey-green, glabrous, lower covered with dense close persistent brownish or grey silky pubescence, the central one 12-16 lines long, 7-9 lines broad, blunt with a faint mucro. Flowers 1-4 together in copious short-peduncled lateral and terminal umbels. Pedicels 1—2 lines, densely grey-downy. Bracts minute, linear, persistent. Calyx 2J-3 lines long, densely grey-downy, the lanceolate teeth exceeding the tube. Corolla half as long again as the calyx, standard violet, keel and wings yellow. Pod sessile, oblong, finely grey-downy, 4-5 lines long, 2-seeded. Lower Guinea. Huilla, Benguela, Dr. Welwitsch I 27. C. ervoides, Welw. mss. A diffuse perfectly glabrous under- shrub with ascending slender branches 1-2 ft; long, 2-3 times dicho- tomously forked. Stipules rigid, lanceolate, foliaceous, J-J in. long, with one distinct tooth on the outer margin. Petioles 3-6 lines long. Leaflets 3, linear, rigid, acute, the central one 8-12 lines long, 1-2 lines broad, both, sides green, strongly-veined. Flowers few, 1-2 to- gether on short lateral and terminal peduncles. Calyx glabrous, 3|-4 lines long, the teeth reaching more than halfway down, the upper ones lanceolate, the lower linear. Corolla pale yellow, with a tinge of violet, scarcely exceeding the calyx. Pod oblong, sessile, glabrous, 12-15 lines long, 6-7 lines thick, 6-8-seeded. Lower Guinea. Huilla, Benguela, in damp meadows, Dr. Welwitsch / 28. C. abscondita, Welw. mss. An erect undershrub 1-2 ft. high, with numerous ascending straight branches clothed with fine spreading soft grey or brownish hairs. Stipules minute, setaceous. Leaves close, numerous, erecto-patent, quite sessile; leaflets 3, lanceolate, acute, 6-9 lines long, both sides thinly clothed with hairs like those of the stem. Flowers 6-15 in very dense sessile, terminal heads, scarcely pedicellate. Bracts linear, as long as the calyx. Calyx 3i lines long, densely silky, the linear teeth reaching much more than halfway down. Corolla yellowish, scarcely as long as the calyx. Pod roundish, turgid, sessile, hard, densely silky, 3-3J lines long, 4-5-seeded. Lower Guinea. Huilla, and Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch I 29. C. Perrottetii, DC. Prod. 2, 128. Stem herbaceous, 1-2 ft., silky, branched from the base. Stipules small, linear. Leaves nearly 20 xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). [Crotalaria. sessile, with 3 subsessile linear leaflets, the central one 2 in. long, \ in. broad, glabrous above, beneath with adpressed silky hairs. Flowers in dense heads of 6-8 flowers, terminal on the main stem and branches. Calyx 4 lines long, the bracts linear, not half as long as the calyx, teeth lanceolate, three upper ones reaching halfway down, lower ones narrower and deeper, both tube and teeth densely clothed with bright brown silky pubescence. Corolla bright yellow, slightly exceeding the calyx. Pod sessile, round, densely silky, 4-seeded. — Hey- landia Perrottetii, Spreng. Syst. Veg. iv. 267 j Chrysocalyx Perrottetii, Guill. et Perr. Fl. .Seneg. 160, t. 43, fig. 2. Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet I 30. C. gracilis, Walp. Rep. i. 591. Stems herbaceous, procum- bent, 1-2 ft., with copious spreading branches, upper part slightly silky. Stipules small, linear. Leaves "nearly sessile, with three subsessile lanceolate leaflets, 1J-2 in. long, f-J in. broad, blunt with a mucro, lateral ones smaller, upper surface glabrous, lower with fine adpressed silky hairs. Flowers in oblong- heads of 3-4 each, terminal on the main stem and branches. Calyx in flower 4 lines long, bracts minute, setaceous, teeth lanceolate, three upper ones reaching halfway down, lower ones narrower and deeper, both tube and teeth densely clothed with bright-brown silky pubescence. Corolla yellowish tinged with red, about equalling the calyx. Pod sessile, roundish, densely silky, 4-seeded. — Chrysocalyx gracilis , Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 159. Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet ! Heudelot! Ingram! Doubtfully distinct from the preceding. The leaflets are much broader, and only the upper part of the stem is a little silky. 31. C. macrocalyx, Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. 2, 572. Stem firm, herbaceous, erect or procumbent, lj-2'ft., with copious erecto- patent branches, upper part clothed with short close pubescence. Stipules small, linear. Leaves nearly sessile, with three subsessile leaflets, terminal one oblanceolate, 1J— 2 in. long, f-f in. broad, blunt, retuse or mucronate, upper surface glabrous, lower slightly silky. Flowers in dense rounded heads terminal on the main . stem and branches. Bracteoles small, setaceous, not more than half as long as the calyx. Calyx in flower \ in., in fruit j in. long ; teeth ovate-lanceo- late, reaching three-quarters of the way down, 2J— 3 lines broad, both tube and teeth densely coated with short stiff silky greyish-brown hairs. Corolla bright-yellow ; standard J-| in. broad, slightly exceeding the calyx, the lower part marked with several dark lines radiating from the throat. Pod roundish- oblong, sessile, densely coated with short bright brown silky pubescence ; the seeds usually six. — ^Chrysocalyx Petitiana, A, Rich. Fl. Abyss, i, 159. Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot ! Guinea proper, Barter ! Nile Land. Abyssinia, Petit! 32. C. ebenoides, Walp, Rep. i. 590. Stem herbaceous, erect, 12-18 in. high, with copious long spreading or upcurved branches, Crotalaria.] xlvii. § PAPiLioNACEiE (baker). 21 upper part densely silky, hairs bright brown, adpressed, and rather short. Stipules small, linear. Leaves nearly sessile, with three sub- sessile linear-oblong- leaflets, the central one 1J-2 in. long-, |-J in. broad, bluntish with a mucro, lateral ones generally smaller, upper surface nearly glabrous, lower finely silky. Flowers in dense oblong heads terminal on the main stem and branches. Calyx in flower 4 lines long, the two bracts which are attached near the base lanceolate, half as long as the calyx ; teeth lanceolate, the three upper reaching half- way down, two lower ones narrower and deeper, both tube and teeth densely clothed with long bright-brown silky pubescence. Corolla about equalling the calyx, yellow, standard \ in. broad, wings rather shorter, keel much and suddenly upcurved. Pod sessile, roundish- oblong, densely silky, 6-8-seeded. — Chrysocalyx ehmoides, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 158, t. 43, fig. 1. Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Leprieur and Perrottet I Galam and the Sahara, Heudelot 1 33. C. densicephala, Welw. mss. An erect shrub with terete straight woody branches densely clothed with brown silky pubescence. Stipules linear, minute, deciduous. Petioles 3-6 lines. Leaflets 3, oblanceolate, the central one 18-27 lines long, 10-12 lines broad, blunt with a distinct mucro ; side ones much smaller ; texture subcoriaceous; upper surface glabrous, lower densely clothed with persistent bright brown silky hairs. Flowers 20-40 in very dense round or oblong shortly-peduncled terminal heads an inch thick. Bracts minute, seta- ceous. Pedicels very short. Calyx 4J-5 lines, densely brown-silky, the lanceolate teeth reaching down nearly to the base. Corolla slightly exceeding calyx, turning purplish or nearly black when dried ; keel I in. deep, with an abrupt beak and a distinct fringe of whitish cottony pubescence along the base. Ovary oblong, densely brown-silky. Pod not seen. Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 34. C. nigricans, Baker. Stem firm-herbaceous, 2-3 ft. high, clothed throughout with short grey spreading or deflexed silky hairs, copiously branched, with the lower branches erecto-patent and again compound. Stipules small, linear-lanceolate. Petioles 1£— 2 in. long, spreading, silky. Leaves with three subsessile oblanceolate leaflets, central one J-| in. lone1, J in. broad, mucronate, both sides thinly silky. Flowers in rounded heads terminal on the main stem and branches. Calyx nearly sessile, \ in. long, bracts short, roundish or ovate-acuminate, teeth reaching three-quarters of the way down, 2-3 lines broad, oblong-acuminate. Corolla quite included, both tube and wings thinly silky, not more than \ in. long, yellow, but like the leaves and calyx turning black when dried, the standard \ in. broad, the keel ciliated on the base. Ovary densely silky. Young pods globose, sessile^ very silky. Wile Land. Mininga, Spehe and Grant (183) / 22 xlvii. § PAPiLiONACEiE (baker). [Crotalaria. 35. C. atrornbens, Hochst. in Herb. Kotschy, Nub. No. 265. Stem firm-herbaceous, erect, 1J— 3 ft. high, with copious erecto-patent branches, upper part thinly clothed with spreading" bright silky hairs. Stipules small linear. Leaves nearly sessile, with three subsessile leaflets, terminal one oblanceolate, 1-1J in. long, ^-§ in. broad, obtuse or mucronate, upper surface glabrous, lower thinly clothed with ad- pressed silky pubescence. Flowers in dense rounded heads, terminal on the main stem and branches. Calyx in flower \ in. long, bracts setaceous, shorter than the calyx, teeth linear, reaching three-quarters of the way down, densely coated with bright brown silky pubescence. Corolla equalling the calyx, yellow, tinged with red, the standard 2 lines broad, slightly silky on the back. Pod sessile, quite twice as long as broad, f in. long, silky, 8-10-seeded. — Benth. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 572 ; Chrysoealyx rubiginosa, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 158 ; Crotalaria iodina, Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. I.e. Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrott'et I Guinea, Nupe, and Jeba on the Quorra, Barter ! Nile Land. Nubia, Kotschy ! 36. C. dumetoruxn, Baker, Stems firm-herbaceous, erect, 1-2 ft. high, densely clothed upwards with brown velvety pubescence. Stipules setaceous, very minute. Petioles 3—6 lines. Leaflets 3, oblanceolate or oblanceolate-oblong, the central one 2-3 in. long, 8-12 lines broad, blunt with a mucro, subcoriaceous, both sides with adpressed firm short silky hairs. Heads round or oblong, 6-12-flowered, terminal, usually shortly peduncled. Bracts minute, setaceous. Pedicels | in. Calyx \ in. long, very silky, the lanceolate teeth exceeding the tube. Corolla 4 lines long, turning dark reddish-purple when dried. Pod sessile, oblong, persistently densely brown-velvety, hard, turgid, 6-7 lines long, 3-4 lines broad, 3-4-seeded. Lower Guinea. Huilla and Pungo Andongo, Angola, Br. Welwitsch I 37. C. ononoides, Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 572. Stem 1-4 ft. high, trailing or suberect, annual, firm-herbaceous, copiously branched, clothed throughout with erecto-patent bright brown silky hairs. Stipules \ in. long, spreading, silky, linear-setaceous. Petioles 2-3 lines long, silky. Leaves with three subsessile linear-oblong leaflets, central one 1-1 J in. long, \-\ in. broad, narrowed to an acute point, upper surface glabrous, lower thinly coated with fine silky hairs. Flowers in dense rounded heads at the summit of the main stem and branches. Pedicel J in. long, very silky. Calyx very silky, f-J in. long, teeth linear, reaching three-quarters of the way down, all the bracts linear-setaceous and as long as the calyx. Corolla purplish- red, rather shorter than the calyx, the standard 2 lines broad, with numerous close distinct darker veins ; keel yellow. Pod § in. long, sessile, twice as long as broad, glabrous, 8-10-seeded. — C. involucrata, Soland. mss. in Hert. Brit. Mus. Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! G. Bon I Jf ile Land. Karague, Speke ana Grant ! Crotalaria.] xlvii. § papihonaceje (baker). 23 Lower Guinea. G-olungo Alto, and Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. WelwiUth I Mozamb. Distr. Island of Zanzibar, Speke! 38. C. cephalotes, Steud. in Schimp. PI. Abyss. No. 695. Stem simple or with several curved ascending* branches, firm-herbaceous, 6-18 in. high, annual, the upper part densely silky, hairs grey, erecto- patent. Flowers in dense sessile rounded heads at the summit of the main stem and branches. Leaves distant on the lower part of the stem but densely aggregated upwards. r No stipules seen. Petioles ^ in. long, compressed and winged upwards, densely silky. Leaflets 3, quite sessile, oblanceolate, central one 1-1 \ in. long, 1-2 lines broad, mucronate, both sides densely clothed with yellow silky pubescence. Pedicels \ in. long, silky. Calyx 1J-2 lines deep, silky, teeth linear- lanceolate, reaching down nearly to the base. Corolla yellow, nearly half as long again as the calyx, the keel long-beaked, much and sud- denly upcurved. Pod sessile, roundish-oblong, \ in. long, 2-seeded, densely coated with yellowish pubescence. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 156. Upper Guinea. Niger country ; Nupe, Barter! Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Quartin- Dillon ! Petit ! Madi woods, Speke and Grant! Lower Guinea. Huilla, and Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welmtsch ! 39. C. nubica, Benth. in Bond. Journ. Bot. ii. 581. Stem herba- ceous, 12-18 in. long, diffusely and dichotomously branched, slightly silky. Stipules minute, lanceolate. Petioles | in. long, slender, silky. Leaves with three sessile linear leaflets, the central one 1-1 J in. long, | in. broad, mucronate, upper surface glabrous, lower slightly pubes- cent. Flowers in copious long-stalked lax lateral racemes ultimately 3-5 in. long. Bracts minute, setaceous. Pedicels 1 line long, silky. Calyx 1 line deep, finely silky, cut three-quarters of the way down ; teeth lanceolate. Corolla yellow, twice as long as the calyx. Pod sessile, roundish-oblong, 2 lines long, J in. broad, finely silky, 4—6- seeded. — Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 45 ; C. sphcerocarpa var. angustifolia, Hochst. Upper Guinea. Senegal, Bidjem! Nile Land. Nubia, Kotschy I South Central. In the interior, near the Tropic, Chapman and Baines! Very near C. sphcerocarpa, but pubescent, and the leaves narrower. A Cape species. 40. C. sphserocarpa, Perrott. in DC. Prod. ii. 133. Stem her- baceous, a foot long, diffusely branched, glabrous. Stipules small, linear. Petioles \ in. long, glabrous. Leaves with three sessile ob- lanceolate leaflets, central one an inch long, \-% in. broad, mucronate, both surfaces glabrous. Flowers in copious long-stalked lateral and terminal lax racemes ultimately 3-5, inches long. Bracts minute, se- taceous. Pedicels 1 line, spreading. Calyx 1 line long, glabrous, the teeth linear-lanceolate, reaching three-quarters of the way down. Corolla yellow, twice as long as the calyx. Pod shortly-stalked, roundish- oblong, glabrous, \ in. broad, 2 lines long, 2-4-seeded.— Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. i. 167 ; C. polycarpa, Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 580. Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet! Eeudelot! Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! 24 XLVit. § papilionace^: (baker). [Crotalaria. 41. C. nutans, Welw. mss. A copiously dichotomously-branched annual, 1 \-2 feet high with finely yellow-grey silky branches. Stipules linear, deciduous. Petioles 9—12 lines. Leaflets 3, oblanceolate*, 12-18 lines long, 3-4 lines broad, blunt with a very faint mucro, glabrous above when mature, finely adpressed- silky beneath. Flowers very numerous in moderately dense terminal racemes reaching* 6—8 inches long-, 9—10 lines broad. Bracts minute setaceous. Pedicels 1 line long", densely silky, finally cernuous. Calyx 1 line long, densely silky, the lanceolate teeth reaching more than halfway down. Corolla 4 lines long, bright yellow; standard ovate, acute,; keel long-beaked. Pod subglobose, 2-2J lines long^ turgid, glabrescent, 2-seeded, dis- tinctly stipitate. Lower Guinea. Huilla, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 42. C. filicaulis, Welw. mss. An ereot annual about a foot high ; stems densely finely grey-silky, very slender with a few rigid erecto- patent branches, the whole plant turning blackish when dried. Stipules 0. Petioles 1— 1J line. Leaflets 3, shortly- stalked, linear, 3-6 lines long, J-f line broad, acute, slightly grey-silky beneath. Flowers in elongated very narrow terminal racemes, up to 12—15 on the main stem. Bracts linear, very minute. Pedicels J— 1 line, rigidly suberect, densely grey-silky. Calyx 1-1 J line, densely grey-silky, the teeth reaching down nearly to the base, the upper lanceolate, the lower linear. Corolla nearly twice the calyx, yellow, turning blackish when dried, the standard clothed on the back with persistent grey- silky hairs. Pod sessile, roundish, glabrescent, at first finely grey-silky, 2 lines long, 1— 2-seeded. Lower Guinea. Huilla, Benguela, Dr. Welwitsch 1 43. C. tenuirama, Welw. mss. An erect annual 1-2 ft. high with very numerous slender straight efecto-patent finely grey-downy branches. Stipules 0. Petioles 2-3 lines. Leaflets 3 (uppermost leaves casually simple), oblanceolate, 3-6 lines long, blunt with a mucro, pale green above, glaucous and thinly grey-silky beneath. Flowers in terminal elongated narrow racemes, up to 12—20 on the main stems, casually but not usually prolonged into the axils of the upper leaves. Bracts linear, minute. Pedicels J-l line, finely grey-silky. Calyx |- in., finely grey-silky, the lanceolate acuminate teeth equalling the tube. Corolla bright yellow, twice the calyx, the standard streaked with purple, quite glabrous on the back. Pod sessile, roundish-oblong, finely silky, 1-2- seeded. Lower Guinea. Huilla and Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! Very neav C. hyssopifolia. We have imperfect specimens of a closely-allied plant, without fruit, from Sierra Leone, Morson ! and Senegambia, Heudelot ! which approaches C. hyssopifolia, by its smaller corolla and closer racemes. 44. C. hyssopifolia, Klotzsch in Peters' Mossamb. Bot. 55. An erect annual reaching 1J-2 ft. high with numerous ascending finely Crotalaria.'] XLVii. § papilionace^: (baker). 25 grey-downy branches. Stipules 0. Petioles 2-3 lines. Leaflets 3, oblanceolate, 6-9 lines long, subglabrous, green, blunt with a mucro. Flowers in dense sessile terminal racemes up to 30-40 on the main stem. Bracts linear, minute. Pedicels 1-1J line. Calyx 1 line deep, densely brown-silky, the lanceolate teeth reaching more than halfway down. Corolla bright yellow, twice the calyx, the standard densely brown-silky on the back. Pod sessile, roundish, densely silky, 2 lines* long, 2-4-seeded. — C. gracillima, Klotzsch. loc. cit. Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper /'Mininga, Speke and Grant I Mozamb. Distr. Mozambique, Br. Peters! Closely allied to the Cape C. globifera, but smaller in all its parts with densely silky, usually 2-seeded pods. 45. C. parvnla, Welrv. mss. An erect annual under a foot high with numerous finely grey- silky spreading branches from the crown of the root. Stipules very minute, setaceous, deciduous. Petioles 1J-2 lines. Leaflets 3, oblanceolate, 3—6 lines long, blunt with a distinct mucro, slightly grey -silky beneath. Flowers 6-30 in close terminal heads \ in. broad prolonged into the. axils of the upper leaves. Bracts minute, setaceous. Pedicels \— 1 line, finely silky. Calyx 1 line long, silky, the linear- lanceolate teeth exceeding the tube. Corolla greenish- yellow, half as long again as the calyx. Pod sessile, round, \ in. thick, glabrescent, at first thinly brown-silky, 2-seeded. Lower Guinea. Huilla, Benguela, Br. Welwitschl 46. C. erythrophleba, Welrv. mss. An erect annual reaching 2 ft. high with numerous long slender ascending branches clothed with close fine white silky pubescence. Stipules setaceous, very minute. Petioles 2-3 lines, with a tuft of silvery hairs at the base. Leaflets 3, very narrowly oblanceolate, often laterally complicate, 3-4 lines long, J-| line broad, blunt with a mucro, finely argenteous principally be- neath. Flowers 6—15 in close terminal heads and much prolonged into the axils of the upper leaves. Pedicels |-1 line densely silvery. Calyx I in. long, densely grey-silky, the mouth oblique, the teeth as long as the tube. Corolla 4 lines long, bright yellow beautifully veined with fine parallel streaks of purple, the long gradually- beaked keel ex- ceeding the standard. Ovary oblong, subsessile, finely grey- silky, 2-3- ovulate. Pod unknown. Lower Guinea. Huilla, Benguela, Dr. Welwitsch ! 47. C. prolongata, Baker. An erect sparingly-branched annual 1-2 ft. high with thick stems densely clothed with brown-silky pubes- cence. Stipules setaceous, deciduous. Petioles 9—15 lines. Leaflets 3, shortly-stalked, oblanceolate or obovate-oblong, both sides green, upper glabrescent, lower finely silky, the central one 12-18 lines long, 3-9 lines broad, blunt with a mucro which in the upper leaves is lengthened out and hooked. Flowers 20-50 in racemes dense and cylindrical at the end of the branches, but also laxly prolonged down into the axils of the upper leaves. Bracts minute, linear, silky. Pe- FOREST RESOURCES LIBRARY 26 xlvii. § papilionace^j (baker). [Crotalaria. dicels J-l line. Calyx \ in. long, densely silky, the linear-lanceolate teeth exceeding the tube. Corolla 3 lines long, reddish when dried. Pod oblong, sessile, turgid, finely silky, 2 lines long, 2-seeded. Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 48. C. argyrsea, Welw. mss. A diffuse moderately-branched as- cending undershrub, branches silvery with close tomentum like those of Indigofera argentea. Stipules 0. Petioles 9-15 lines. Leaflets fleshy, glabrous, very glaucous, short-stalked, oblanceolate- oblong, the central one 9-15 lines long, 5-8 lines broad, blunt, emarginate. Flowers a dozen or more in a few lax short-peduncled lateral racemes. Bracts 0. Pedicels 1J-2 lines silvery. Calyx 2 lines, broadly cani- {mnulate, the upper teeth lanceolate, equalling the tube, the lower inear, a little longer. Corolla \ in. long, bright yellow. Pod dis- tinctly stalked, very hard, oblong, \ in. long, 4 lines broad, glabrous, 3-seeded, the upper suture a depression, the lower one a prominent ridge. Lower Guinea. Mossamedes, Benguela, Dr. Welwitsch! 49. C. ivantulensis, Welw. mss. A copiously-branched shrub 2-4 ft. high with finely grey-downy straight branchlets. Stipules minute, setaceous, deciduous. Petioles 6-9 Tines, erecto-patent. Leaflets 3, distinctly stalked, oblanceolate, blunt with a faint mucro, reaching l|-2 inches long, 6—10 lines broad, green and glabrous above, glaucous and inconspicuously grey-silky beneath. Flowers 12—20 in close shortly- stalked terminal (rarely lateral) racemes 15-18 lines broad. Bracts minute, linear. Pedicels 1 J— 3 lines, densely grey-silky. Calyx obliquely broadly campanulate, 2 J lines long, densely grey-silky, the deltoid teeth not quite as long as the tube. Corolla bright yellow, twice the, calyx, not striated, the standard glabrous on the back. Pod distinctly- stalked, oblong, 7-8 lines long, 3-3J lines broad, finely grey-silky, 8-10-seeded. Lower Guinea. Huilla, Benguela, on the shores of Lake Ivantula, Dr. Welwitsch ! 50. C. ramosissima, Baker. An erect undershrub with very numerous erecto-patent stiff slender forked finely grey-downy branches. Stipules lanceolate, very minute. Petioles 2-4 lines. Leaflets 3, shortly-stalked, oblanceolate-oblong, reaching 6-12 lines long, 3-6 lines broad, blunt with a faint mucro, glabrescent above, finely grey- downy beneath. Flowers 6-12 in very numerous principally terminal lax racemes. Bracts setaceous, very minute. Pedicels ^-1 line, densely silky.. Calyx \ in., thinly grey-silky, the lanceolate teeth ex- ceeding the tube. Corolla bright yellow, glabrous, twice the calyx. Pod globose, distinctly stalked, 4 lines long, persistently clothed with spreading grey-silky hairs, 5-6-seeded. Lower Guinea. Huilla, Benguela, Dr. Welwitsch! 51. C. amcena, Welw. mss. A suberect shrub with numerous as- cending terete branchlets clothed with dense fine grey short pubescence. Crotalaria.] xlvii. § pa pi lion ace iE (baker). 27 Stipules very minute, setaceous. Leaves sessile. Leaflets 3, oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, the central one reaching" 18-24 lines long, 8-12 lines broad, blunt with a mucro, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous above, persistently clothed beneath with short adpressed grey-silky hairs. Flowers 3-6 in copious lax sessile or shortly-peduncled terminal racemes. Bracts minute, linear. Pedicels 3-6 lines, rigidly erecto- patent, densely brown-silky. Calyx 4|-5 lines, coriaceous, thinly silky, the lanceolate teeth longer than the broadly campanulate tube. Corolla slightly exceeding the calyx, pale-purplish when dried, all the petals thick in^ texture, densely silky on the outside. Pod shortly- stalked, oblong, an inch long, half as broad, densely clothed with per sistent red-brown velvety pubescence, 12-15-seeded. Lower Guinea. Huilla, Angola, Dr. Welwitschl 52. C. cor data, Welrv. mss. A shrub 2-3 ft. high, many times dichotomously branched with very flexuose almost scandent branches clothed with adpressed grey-silky pubescence. Stipules rigidly coria- ceous, forming a wing to the petiole, reaching an inch long, | in. broad, obcordate, cuneately decurrent on the branch. Main petioles 12-16 lines. Leaflets 3, shortly stalked, oblanceolate, reaching 2-3 in. long, 9-12 lines broad, bluntish with a distinct mucro, subcoriaceous, pale green, glabrous above, densely clothed with adpressed persistent grey or brown silky pubescence beneath. Flowers 6-12 in moderately lax shortly-peduncled terminal racemes. Bracts linear, minute. Pedicels 3-4, ultimately 6-8 lines. Calyx \ in. long, densely adpressed- silky, the lanceolate acuminate teeth reaching down nearly to the base. Corolla reddish when dried, slightly exceeding the calyx. Pod shortly stalked, oblong, 12-15 lines long, j in. broad, densely persistently brown-silky, 10-12-seeded. Lower Guinea. Huilla, Angola, sparingly in two places, Dr. Welwitsch I 53. C. orixensis, Roxo. ; DC. Prod. ii. 131. Stems herbaceous, 6-18 in. long, prostrate or suberect, copiously branched from the base, clothed with long spreading silky hairs. Stipules small, linear-lanceo- late, spreading or decurved. Petioles J-l| in. long, , slender, silky. Leaves with three sessile oblong-obovate leaflets, central one f-lj in. long, \ in. broad, mucronate, upper surface glabrous, lower thinly silky. Flowers in copious stalked very lax lateral racemes of 3-6 flowers each. Bracts conspicuous, cordate-ovate, pefsistent, lower ones sometimes \ in. broad. Pedicels slender, spreading, the lowest \ in. long. Calyx silky, \ in. deep, teeth lanceolate-acuminate, reach- ing- three-quarters *of the way down. Corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx. Pod stalked, the stalk half as long as the calyx, f-J in. long, half as broad, glabrous, many-seeded.-^ Wight et Arn. Prod. i. 193 ; Mart, in Denk. Acad. Mun. vi. 157 t. H. . Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 588. C. macropoda, Hochst., A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 157. Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Quartin- Dillon. An Bast Indian species, well marked in the group by its peculiar raceme and large persistent cordate bracts. 28 xlvii. ■§ PAPILIONACE^: (baker). [Crotalaria. 54. C. versicolor, Baker. An erect annual 1-2 ft. high with numerous long finely grey-downy branches curving- upwards from the crown of the root. Stipules setaceous, ^-§ in. long. Petioles 3-6 lines. Leaflets 3, shortly-stalked, obovate-oblong, blunt with a mucro, reaching 2-8 in. long, 12-18 lines broad, glabrescent above, finely erey-silky beneath. Flowers 6-12 in moderately lax short-peduncled lateral racemes 12-15 lines broad. Bracts setaceous, 1-1J line. Pedicels 1J-2 lines, patent or cernuous, densely grey-silky. Calyx J in. long, coriaceous, thinly grey-silky, the lanceolate teeth (J in. broad) reaching down nearly to the base. Corolla slightly exceeding the calyx when expanded, reddish-blue and yellow, the standard gla- brous on the back. Pod distinctly stalked, an inch long, 6-7 lines broad, inconspicuously grey-downy, 8— 12-seeded. Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. WelwiUch ! 55. C. Doniana, Baker. Stem firm-herbaceous, prostrate, more than a foot long, terete, finely-downy, irregularly branched. Stipules 0. Petioles an inch long, spreading, finely-downy. Leaflets 3, sessile, oblong, terminal one 1 J-lf in. long by about half as broad, narrowed to both ends, membranous glabrous and green on both sides. Flowers in few-flowered lax lateral racemes. Pedicels 2 lines long, silky, with small linear-setaceous bracts at the base. Corolla not seen. Pod rather above an inch long, \ in. broad, glabrous, with a pedicel \ in. long. Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, O. Don! Kesembles C. orixensia in general habit and pod, but the pedicels short and bracts minute. 56. C. Onobrychis, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 154. Stem 1^ ft. high, erect, branched, the branches downy, striated. Stipules minute. Leaves stalked, leaflets oblong-obovate or elliptical or sublanceolate, acute, silky beneath. Flowers in many-flowered elongated terminal or lateral racemes. Bracts linear. Calyx silky, teeth equal, oblong-lanceolate, acute. Corolla under | in. long, purplish, veined, the standard narrow. Pod oblong, inflated, \ in. long, glabrous, short-stalked. Nile Land. Abyssinia, Quartin Dillon. " Flowers in form and general aspect like those of Onobrychis sativa." Not seen. 57. C. goreensis, Guill. et Perrott. Fl. Seneg. i. 165. Stem herba- ceous or suffruticose, 1-3 ft. high, copiously branched, finely-pubescent throughout, branches erecto-patent deeply striated. Stipules large, lanceolate-falcate, £-^ in. long. Petioles erecto-patent, slightly silky, 1— H in. long. Leaves with three sessile oblanceolate leaflets, central 1—3 in. long, J-f in. broad, mucronate, upper surface glabrous, under more or less finely silky. Flowers in sessile terminal racemose heads, those of the main stem dense 12-20-flowered, those of the branches 4-6-flowered. Bracts minute deciduous. Pedicels 1-1 \ lines long, silky. Calyx 3-4 lines deep, very silky, the teeth lanceolate, reaching halfway down. Corolla yellow, tinged with red, twice as long as the calyx, not striated. Pod sessile, §-f in. long, half as thick, oblong, Crotalaria.] XLVli. § papilionace^: (baker). 29 when young- densely silky, glabrescent, 10-12-seeded.— Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 589. C.falcata, Schum. et Thonn. PL Guin. 335, non Vahl. C. macrostipula, Steud. A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 153. /3. angusti- folia, leaflets linear, not more than 2-3 lines broad. Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet I Boteler I Heudelot ! Guinea Proper Thonning, Don I Vogel, Barter ! Nile If and. Nubia, Kotschy! Abyssinia, Schimper ! Quartin- Dillon and Petit ! Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! /3 Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! Smeathmann ! Banks of the Niger Barter! On the beach at Fernando Po, Mann! 58. C. flexuosa, Baker. Stems 12-18 in. long, herbaceous, copi- ously and diffusely branched, clothed throughout with long spreadino- silky hairs. Stipules \-\ in. long-, lanceolate-falcate. Petioles l-l| in. long, spreading-, silky. Leaves with three sessile oblanceolate leaflets, central 1-1 1 in. long, J=| in. broad, upper surface glabrous, lower thinly silky with long hairs. Flowers in lax 6-8-flowered lateral racemes, which about equal the peduncles. Bracts minute, setaceous. Pedicels \ in. long, cernuous. Calyx silky, f in. long, teeth linear or lanceolate, reaching three-quarters of the way down. Corolla twice as long as the calyx, the standard oblong, the keel with a long beak. Pod ^-f in. long, not quite so thick, round-oblong, sessile, finely-silky, when young glabrescent, 8-9-seeded. South Central. In the interior near the Tropic, Chapman and Baines ! Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk ! General habit just that of the Cape C. obscura, DC, but the flower different and pod shorter. 59. C. elata, Welrv. mss. An erect shrub 2-3 ft. high with woody finely brown-silky terete branches. Stipules linear, semilunate, 3-6 lines. , Petioles 6-14 lines. Leaflets 3, oblanceolate-oblong, 12-18 lines ''long, blunt with a faint mucro, upper surface glabrous when mature, lower finely adpressed brown-silky. Flowers 3-6 together on short leaf- opposed peduncles in a lax raceme 3-4 in. long, 18-21 lines broad. Pedicels 3-4 lines. Calyx 8-9 lines long, clothed with thick brown-silky pubescence, the lanceolate teeth reaching much over half- way down. Corolla yellow, an inch long, the standard 8-9 lines broad, the keel 4 lines deep. Pod subsessile, oblong, 18-20 lines long, 8—9 lines broad, clothed with very dense bright brown silky hairs like those of the calyx. Lower Guinea. Huilla and Golunga Alto, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 60. C. orthoclada, Welrv. mss. An erect shrub with numerous straight erecto-patent branches densely clothed with short adpressed grey pubescence. Stipules 0. Petioles 2-4 lines, adpressed to the branches. Leaflets 3, oblanceolate, reaching 12—18 lines long, 3-4 lines broad, blunt with a distinct mucro, glabrous above, finely grey- silky beneath. Flowers 6-12 in lax short-peduncled terminal racemes 8-9 lines broad. Bracts 2-3 lines, linear, silky, deciduous. Pedicels 1-1 \ line. Calyx 3-3 \ lines, densely grey-silky, the lanceolate teeth 30 XLVII. § PAPILIONACE.E (baker). [Crotalaria. reaching three-quarters down. Corolla bright yellow, half as long again as the calyx, the standard silky on the back. Pod oblong, sessile, an inch long, half an inch broad, 15-20-seeded, finally black, thinly clothed with grey spreading silky hairs. Lower Guinea. Huilla, Benguela, Dr., Welwitschl 61. C. virgattda, Klotzsch in Peters' Mossarrib. Bot. i. 56. Stems' suf- fruticose, 2-3 feet high, with copious ascending curved branches, slightly downy upwards. Stipules very minute. Petioles \-\ in. long, slender. Leaves with three sessile oblanceolate leaflets, central J-f in. long, 1J-2 lines broad, mucronate or emarginate, upper surface glabrous, lower slightly silky. Flowers in lax elongated terminal racemes of 6-9 flowers and also solitary in the axils of many of the leaves. Bracts lanceolate, minute. Pedicel \ in. long, finely silky. Calyx \ in. long, thinly silky, the teeth reaching three-quarters of the way down, upper lanceolate acuminate, lower linear. Corolla yellowish, twice as long as the calyx, standard \ in. broad, keel with a long beak. Pod sessile, silky, oblong, 4-6-seeded. Mozamb. Distr. Mozambique, Dr. Peters ! 62. C. florida, Welw. mss. An undershrub with very numerous rigidly erecto-patent slender deeply sulcate branches inconspicuously grey»downy when young. Stipules 0. Petioles 2-3 lines. Leaflets 3, oblanceolate, rather fleshy, rigidly coriaceous when dry, 4-6 lines long, blunt with a faint mucro, green, subglabrous when mature. Flowers very numerous in sessile terminal racemes which extend down among the leaves and form a large thyrsoid panicle. Bracts minute, setaceous. Pedicels 1-1 \ line, finely silky. Calyx \ in. long, broadly campanulate, finely adpressed silky, the lanceolate-deltoid teeth shorter than the tube. Corolla bright yellow, f in. long, the obpvate blunt standard 4 lines broad. Pods sessile, globose, subacute, 4 lines long, pointed, 1 -seeded. Lower Guinea. Huilla, Angola, abundant, Dr. Welwitsch ! 63. C. Steudneri, Schrveinf. in Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien. xviii. 651. Stem erect, a foot high, branched from the base, hispid throughout. Stipules linear-subulate, \ in. long. Petioles hispid ^-\ in. long. Leaflets three, linear, glaucous-green, glabrous above, silky on the veins beneath, central one an inch long, \ in. broad. Racemes lax- flowered, three or four times as long as the leaves. Bracts equalling the pedicels. Calyx silky, \ in. deep, exceeding its pedicel, cleft half- way down, teeth deltoid. Corolla pale yellow, the long-beaked keel exceeding the standard and wings, twice as long as the calyx. Pod sessile, roundish-oblong, 4 lines long, 10-14-seeded. Nile Land. Abyssinia, Steudner. 64. C. maxillaris, Klotzsch in Peters' Mossarrib. Bot. 58. Stem 2-3 ft. long, erect, suifruticose, with long suberect branches, finely downy upwards. Stipules minute, setaceous. Petioles 1-1 \ in. slightly silky. Crotalaria.} xlvii. § papilionace2E (baker). 31 Leaves with three subsessile oblong leaflets, central 1-1 J in. long, A in. broad, apex rounded mucronate, glabrous above, slightly silky below. Flowers in many-flowered elongate terminal racemes 6-12 in. long. Bracts minute setaceous. Pedicels | in. silky cernuous. Calyx \ in. long, thinly silky, teeth lanceolate-cuspidate reaching more than half- way down. Corolla yellow, twice as long as calyx ; standard § in. broad, striated, silky outside, the keel long-beaked. Pod sessile, ob- long, f in. long, more than half as thick, very silky, 8-12-seeded. C. earinata, Steud. in Schimp. PL Abyss. 772 non 519 ; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 154 in part. Nile Land. Banks of the White Nile, Dr. Brownell! Abyssinia, Schimper! Mozamb. Distr. Mozambique, Dr. Peters ! Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk ! 65. C. senegalensis, Bade in DC. Prod. ii. 133. Stem herbaceous, diffuse, copiously branched, 6-18 inches long, finely downy upwards. Stipules minute, deciduous. Petioles half an inch, slender. Leaves with three sessile oblong or oblanceolate leaflets, central 1-1 \ in. long, \—\ in. broad, acute or rounded and mucronate, upper surface glabrous, lower finely silky. Flowers in copious terminal and lateral long- stalked racemes of 10-30 flowers. Bracts minute, setaceous. Pedicels \ in. long, slender, at first erect, afterwards cernuous. Calyx slightly silky, 2 lines long, the teeth lanceolate, reaching three-quarters of the way down. Corolla bright yellow, twice as long as the calyx, the standard f in. broad. Pod sessile, 4—6 lines long, half as broad, finely pubescent, 10-12-seeded. — Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 165. Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 582. C. macilenta, Delile, Cent. PI. Afric. 35, t. 3, fig. 2. C. remotiflora, Hochst. in Schimp. PI. Abyss. No. 2266. C. eari- nata, Steud. in Schimp. PI. Abyss. 519 non 772. Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet ! Heudelot 1 Brunner ! Nile Land. Nubia, Caillaud, Kotschy ! Abyssinia, Schimper ! Lower Guinea. Loanda and Benguela, Dr. Welwitsch ! Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Luabo, and Zanzibar, Dr. Kirk! Extends south to Natal (Gerrard!) and to the Cape Verde islands. 66. C. montana, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 152. ' Stem erect, 2 ft. high, branched, clothed with long ferruginous hairs. Stipules setaceous, long, acute, silky. Petioles about equalling the obovate leaflets, which are rounded at the apex, glabrous above, slightly pubescent beneath. Flowers in long- stalked 6-8-flowered lax elongate lateral and terminal racemes. Bracts linear; pedicels short; calyx densely clothed with long silky hairs, teeth linear-lanceolate. Corolla scarcely equalling the calyx, standard silky on the back. Pod 2 in. long, terete, cylindrical, very silky. Nile Land. Abyssinia, Quartin- Dillon. Not seen. 67. C. in c ana, Linn. ; DC. Prod. ii. 132. Herbaceous, annual or biennial, erect, reaching 2-4 ft. in height, the divaricate branches clothed with fine spreading brown silky hairs. Stipules setaceous, minute. Petioles 1-2 in. Leaflets 3, obovate, blunt, reaching 12-18 32 xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). [Crotalaria. lines long, glabrescent above, slightly silky beneath. Racemes both lateral and terminal, laxly 6-12-nowered, 2-4 in. long on peduncles 1-4 in. long. Bracts minute, setaceous. Pedicels 1-1 \ lines, silky. Calyx \ in. long, with two setaceous bracteoles at the base, clothed with spreading brown hairs, the lanceolate teeth reaching three- quarters of the way down. Corolla bright yellow, half as long again as the calyx; standard J in. broad. Pod subsessile, linear-oblong, 12-18 lines long, f-J in. broad, turgid, clothed with fine spreading hairs like those of the stem, 20-30-seeded. — C. Schimperi, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 151. Chrysocalyx Sckimperi, Hochst. in Schimp. PI. Abyss. No. 394. Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet ! Sierra Leone, O. Don t Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Petit ! Roth ! Cosmopolitan in the Tropics, but perhaps an introduction in the Old World. 68. C. Grantii, Baker. Sufiruticose, the firm green terete divari- cate branches clothed with short grey fine spreading pubescence. Stipules setaceous, 2-3 lines, persistent. Petioles 1-2 inches. Leaf- lets 3, obovate, reaching 15-18 lines long, 9-10 lines broad, bluntish with a mucro, both sides green, upper glabrous, lower thinly silky. Racemes lateral and terminal, short- stalked, laxly 6-12-flowered. Pedicels \ in., silky. Calyx |— | in. long, densely clothed with long spreading brown -silky hairs, with two small lanceolate bracteoles at the base, the lanceolate teeth reaching three-quarters of the way down. Corolla half as long again as the calyx ; standard brown-silky on the back. Pod subsessile, linear-oblong, 18-24 lines long, 9-10 lines broad, turgid, clothed with fine pale brown spreading hairs, 30-40- seeded. Nile Land. Right bank of the Nile in 5° N. lat. (as C. incana, L), Spelce and Grant ! 69. C. Stewartii, Baker. A sparingly-branched annual, 2-3 ft. high, with moderately robust branches, clothed with fine spreading greyish hairs. Stipules setaceous, persistent, 4—6 lines long. Petioles 1|— 2 in. Leaflets 3, oblong or ovate-lanceolate, narrowed gradually from the middle to a cuspidate point, reaching 2-2|- in. long, 9-12 lines broad, membranous, both sides with a few adpressed hairs. Racemes lax, 3— 12-flowered, reaching 4—5 in. long, both terminal and lateral. Pedicels J in. Bracts 0. Calyx 6-7 lines deep, densely clothed with long spreading brown-silky hairs, bibracteolate at the base, the teeth lanceolate, lj— 2 lines broad, reaching three quarters of the way down. Corolla \ as long again as the calyx, purplish, the standard | in. broad, thinly silky on the back, the keel narrowed gradually into a long beak. Pod (only seen immature) sessile, oblong, densely brown- silky, 10—12- seeded. Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Stewart ! 70. C. fulgida, Baker. An erect annual, 12-18 in. high, very coj>iously branched at the crown of the root; branches 2-3 times forked, clothed with fine spreading grey hairs. Stipules foliaceous, Crotalaria.\ xlvii. § papilionace^e (baker). 33 semilunate, persistent, f- J in. long. Petioles 6-12 lines. Leaflets 3, oblanceolate, the young ones clothed like the stem, the old ones gla- brescent, blunt, with a mucro, reaching 12-15 lines long, 2-4 lines broad. Flowers 4-12, in very lax, copious, lateral and terminal, long- and-short-peduncled racemes more than an inch broad. Bracts obso- lete. Pedicels 2-3 lines, finely silky. Calyx 4 lines, with a pair of deciduous lanceolate bractlets at the base as long as itself; teeth lanceo- late-acuminate, exceeding the tube. Corolla bright yellow, not striated, 8^9 lines long, glabrous ; standard ovate, 8-9 lines broad. Ovary dis- tinctly stalked, linear, glabrescent. Pod unknown. Lower Guinea. Mossamedes, Benguela, in sandy deserts, Dr. Welwitsch ! 71. C. lachnocarpa. Hochst. in.Schimp. PI. Abyss. 780. Stem 3-6 ft. high, suffruticose, branched, deeply striate, densely clothed with long bright brown silky hairs. Stipules £ in. subfalcate, acute, per- sistent. Petioles J-l in. long. Leaves with three oblong- obovate subsessile leaflets, central 1J-3 jn. long, J-l in. broad, both sides thinly silky. Flowers in dense usually terminal racemes, sometimes 6 in. long. Pedicels \ in., very silky. Calyx J-f in. long, densely tomentose, cut three quarters of the way down, upper lobes oblong- lanceolate, lower longer and narrower. Corolla bright yellow, half or a third as long again as the calyx ; petals very thick, standard J-f in. broad. Pod sessile, 1-1 J in. long, | in. thick, densely clothed with close-spreading bright brown silky tomentum, 16-18-seeded. C. lack- nophora, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 151. Upper Guinea. Niger country, Nupe, Barter! Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quar tin- Dillon! and others. Lower Guinea. Huilla and Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch 1 72. C. decumbens, Welw. mss. Annual with trailing moderately- branched stems reaching 2 ft. long, densely clothed upwards with spreading brownish hairs. Stipules semilunate, foliaceous, 3-4 lines long. Petioles spreading, 3—6 lines. Leaflets 3, oblanceolate, the central one 12-21 lines long, subacute, mucronate, both sides green, with a few short adpressed grey hairs. Flowers 6—10, in close long- peduncled terminal heads. Bracts linear, 3—4 lines. Pedicels downy, 1J-2 liDes. Calyx 3 lines, downy, the lanceolate teeth as long as the tube. Corolla twice the calyx, yellowish ; keel purplish. Ovary linear, sessile, silky, multiovulate. Lower Guinea. Huilla and Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 73. C. uncinata, Welw. mss. Herbaceous, diffuse, 1J-2 feet high, with finely grey-downy branches 2-3 times forked ; branchlets erecto- patent. Stipules minute, setaceous. Petioles 6-12 lines. Leaflets 3, lanceolate-oblong, narrowed gradually to a mucronate point, glabrous above, faintly grey-downy below, the central ODe reaching 12-18 lines long, 5-8 lines broad. Flowers up to 20-25 in copious lax usually terminal racemes reaching 6—8 in. long, and an inch broad. Bracts a 34 xlvii. § papilionace.e (baker). [Crotalaria. line long, setaceous, persistent. Pedicels 2-3 lines, finely grey-downy. Calyx \ in., finely grey-downy, the lanceolate-acuminate teeth exceed- ing the tube. Corolla 4 lineSj yellow, the standard conspicuously striated with purple, the keel abruptly hooked. Pod distinctly stalked, linear, 12-15 lines long, 3J-4 lines broad, finely grey-downy, gla- brescent, 20-30-seeded. Lower Guinea. Huilla, Benguela, Dr. Welwitsch I 74. C. comosa, Baker. An erect annual, 2-3 ft. high, with erect short unbranched or sparingly-branched stout sulcate stems finely brown -silky throughout. Stipules 0. Petioles 1-2 in. long. Leaflets 3, shortly-stalked, oblanceolate or oblanceolate-oblong, reaching 3-4 in. long, 3-12 lines broad, blunt with a mucro, green and glabrescent above, glaucous and finely silky beneath. Flowers in very dense termi- nal heads reaching 6—9 in. long, 8—9 lines broad, comose in bud with the setaceous bracts, which are 3-4 lines long, silky and persistent. Pedicels \-\ line long, densely brown-silky. Calyx 2- 2 J lines, densely silky, with a setaceous bracteole at the base as long as itself, the linear teeth equalling the tube. Corolla bright yellow, nearly twice the calyx, both keel and standard very conspicuously streaked with purple. Pod sessile linear-oblong, 6-7 lines long, 2J lines broad, finely silky, 12-15- seeded. Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 75. C. natalitia, Meissn. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 67. Suflhiticose, erect, with numerous long erecto-patent straight finely grey-downy branches. Stipules foliaceous, persistent, semilunate, J— § in. Petioles 4-8 lines, erecto-patent. Leaflets 3, reaching an inch long, upper linear or oblanceolate, 2-3 lines broad, lower obovate-oblong, upper surface glabrescent, lower finely grey-downy. Flowers 6—10 in copious lax short-peduncled terminal racemes 12-15 lines broad. Bracts linear, 2-3 lines, soon falling. Pedicels 3-4 lines, erecto-patent, finely downy. Calyx 4 lines, downy, the lanceolate teeth exceeding the tube. Corolla twice the calyx, dull reddish in the dried plant; standard 8-9 lines broad. Ovary short- stalked, linear, glabrous, multiovulate. Pod unknown (in the Natal plant linear-oblong, 12-15 lines long, 5-6 lines broad). — Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 46. Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 76. C. platysepala, Harv. Thes. Cap. t. 29. Shrubby, with finely grey-downy slender branches. Stipules minute, setaceous. Petioles 4-6 lines. Leaflets 3, oblanceolate, green and glabrous above, finely grey- downy below, blunt with a mucro, the central one 8—9 lines long. Flowers 10-30 in lax peduncled terminal racemes, reaching 5-6 in. long, an inch broad. Bracts setaceous, very minute. ' Pedicels 1 J-2 lines, finely grey-downy. Calyx 2 lines, finely grey-downy, the teeth, which reach over halfway down, oblanceolate-spathulate with a distinct cusp. Corolla bright yellow, 4-4J lines, not streaked ; the standard Orotalaria.] xlvii. § papilionacea: (baker). 35 slightly downy on the back. Ovary linear, sessile, finely downy, multi- ovulate. — Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 43. South Central. Banks of Lake Ngami, McCabel 77. C. emarginata, Bojer ; Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 584. Stem erect, suffruticose, striate, densely clothed with short grey pubescence. Stipules none. Petioles \ in., erect, silky. Leaves with three- sessile oblanceolate leaflets, f in. long, J-f in. broad, conspicuously emargi- nate, densely silky on both sides. Flowers in stalked many-flowered terminal racemes 2-3 in. long. Bracts minute. Pedicels silky, 1 line long. Calyx silky, broadly and obliquely campanulate, 2 lines deep, teeth lanceolate-acuminate, about equalling the tube., Corolla three times as long as the calyx, bright yellow, conspicuously striated, standard 4 lines broad, keel beaked and much upcurved. Ovary villose, multiovulate. Pod unknown.— C. eylindrica, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 154 ? Mozamb. Distr. Island of Peinba, north of Zanzibar, Bojer 1 The description of the Abyssinian C. cylindrica, which I have not seen, agrees with this as far as it goes. 78. C. protensa, Welrv. mss. Stems suffruticose trailing 2-4 ft. long, the outer branches ascending, slender, finely grey-silky. Stipules setaceous. Petioles 6-9 lines. Leaflets 3, oblong-lanceolate, acute, subcoriaceous, glabrous above, clothed with short adpressed grey hairs beneath, the central one 2-3 in. long, 8-12 lines broad, the uppermost leaves casually simple. Flowers 6—12 in moderately dense long-pedun- cled terminal racemes. Bracts linear, 2-3 lines. Pedicels 3-4 lines, finely grey-downy. Calyx 5 lines long, coriaceous, densely adpressed grey-silky, the lanceolate teeth reaching three-quarters of the way down. Corolla bright yellow, slightly exceeding the calyx, the orbicu- lar pointed standard | in. broad, a little silky on the back. Ovary linear-oblong, sessile, densely brown-velvety. Pod not seen. Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, 2400-3800 feet, Dr. Welwitsch ! 79. C. zanzibarica, Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 584. Stem suf- fruticose, erect, prominently striate, clothed with dense short grey pubescence. Stipules none. Petioles j in. long, slender, spreading, pubescent. Leaves with three oblanceolate leaflets, central 1 J in. long, \ in. broad, point rounded slightly mucronate, upper surface dark green, glabrous, lower paler, densely but finely silky. Flowers 12-20 in lax many-flowered terminal racemes. Bracts minute. Pedicels | in. silky, spreading. Calyx silky on the back, the rest nearly glabrous, obliquely campanulate, not more than \ in. deep, the teeth deltoid mucronate, one-third as long as the tube. Corolla bright yellow, ^ in. long, standard § in. broad, the keel with a long beak. Ovary densely silky. Pod unknown. Mozmb. Distr. Island of Zanzibar, Bojer 1 80. C. lathyroides, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. i. 163. Stem herba- ceous, about 2 ft. high, with copious glabrous terete ascending branches. 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, 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 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 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 4:0 xlvii. § papilionace^e (baker). [Crotalaria. within filled with entangled fine silky hairs. — Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 583. Nile Land. Nubia, Kotschy ! Schweinfurth / Distinguished from all the other species by the pod being filled with wool, so that it is most likely the C. farcta, mentioned by name only by R. Brown in Salt's Travels. 93. C. cylindrocarpa, DC. Prod. ii. 133. Stem suffruticose, erect, branched from the base, 1J-2 ft. high, slightly downy. Stipules \-\ in. long, erect, semilunate, persistent. Petioles spreading, 1—1^ in. long. Leaflets three elliptic- oblong, pale green, scarcely pubescent beneath, narrowed towards the base and about as long as the petiole. Flowers in lateral and terminal racemes. Calyx silky, cut down to a shallow cup, teeth linear-lanceolate. Corolla yellow, middle sized ; standard \ in. long, oval, striate. Pod sessile, oblong-cylindrical, sub- compressed, an inch long, short-silky, 10-12-seeded. — Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 164. Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet I Roger I Guinea, banks of the Gaboon, Duparquet (fide Baillon). 94. C. recta, Steud. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 1083. Stems suf- fruticose, 2—3 ft. high, only thinly silky when young, soon quite gla- brous. Stipules 2-3 lines, linear, persistent. Petioles 9-12 lines. Leaflets 3, shortly-stalked, glaucous, glabrous, obovate, reaching 2J-3 in. long, 12-15 lines broad, blunt with a mucro. Flowers in moderately lax terminal racemes reaching a foot long. Bracts linear, persistent, 2-3 lines. Pedicels 2-4 lines. Calyx f in. broadly cam- panulate, glabrous, the teeth equalling the tube, the upper ones deltoid, the lower lanceolate. Corolla J in. long-, the standard exceeding the wings and keel. Pod subsessile, 18-21 lines long, J in. thick, turgid, glabrescent, 20-24-seeded.— Ferret et Gal. Voy. Abyss. 121, t. 10. C. simplex, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 153. Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Quartin- Dillon. Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk I Waller I 95. C. falcata, Vahl; DC. Prodr. ii. 132. Stem fruticose, 2-3 ft. high, diffusely and divaricately branched, slightly silky upwards. Stipules none. Petioles 1 in. long. Leaflets 3, obovate subsessile, central 1-1J in. long, f-1 in. broad, apex rounded mucronate, upper surface glabrous, lower slightly silky in the young plant. Flowers in long-stalked lax terminal and lateral racemes. Bracts minute. Pedicels 1 line long, silky, erecto-patent Calyx slightly silky, \'m. long, the teeth lanceolate, reaching about halfway down. Corolla yellow, rather more than twice as long as the calyx, keel much upcurved. Pod sessile, cylindrical, 1-1 J in. long, \ in. thick, very silky when young, 15-20-seeded.— Benth. in. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 585. C. striata, Schum. et Thon. PI. Guin. 336, non DC. ? Upper Guinea. Niger country, Ansell ! Vogel I More shrubby than C. striata, with shorter petioles, smaller flowers, and broader leaflets. Orotalaria.] xlvii. § papilionace2E (baker). 41 96. C. fertilis, Delile in Ferr. et Gall. Toy. Abyss. 122, 1. 11. Stem sufiruticose, dichotomously branched. Stipules none. Petioles 1 J— 3 in. long. Leaflets 3, obovate, central 2-4 in. long, 1J-2 in. broad. Flowers in long-stalked lax terminal racemes. Bracts nearly obsolete. Calyx broadly campanulate, cut halfway down, teeth lanceolate. Corolla as large as in C, recta, but standard narrower and more pointed and keel more distinctly rostrate. Pod sessile, glabrous, linear, 1J-2 in. long, \— | in. thick. Nile Land. Abyssinia, Ferret and Gallinier ; and a plant gathered by Speke and Grant, in lat. 5° S., long. 33° E., probably_belonga here. 97. C. Dilloniana, Baker. A short erect subglabrous herb with only the young branches finely grey-pubescent. Stipules 0. Petioles 12-21 lines. Leaflets 3, oblanceolate, glabrous, pale green, shortly- stalked, the central one reaching 3— 3J in. long, an inch broad, acute with a mucro. Flowers in dense elongated terminal racemes, finally half a foot long. Bracts 3-4 lines, setaceous, persistent. Pedicels 1-1 1 lines, finely silky. Calyx \ ia^, bractoolate at the base, the three upper teeth linear, exceeding the tube, the lower ones shorter. Corolla yellow, slightly exceeding the calyx, the standard with many dark purple veins. Pod deflexed, sessile, linear, 9-10 lines long, 2 lines broad, finely grey-silky, slightly upcurved, 15-20-seeded. — Chrysocalyx Quartiniana, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 159. Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin- Dillon ! Schweinfurth 1 98. C. oligostachya, Baker. An erect sparingly-branched annual 1J-2 feet high, with slender stems only very inconspicuously grey- pubescent upwards. Stipules 0. Petioles 9-15 lines. Leaflets 3, lanceolate or of the lower leaves obovate-oblong, blunt with a mucro, both sides subglabrous, reaching 1J-2 in. long, the upper 3-6, the lower 8-9 lines broad. Flowers 20-50 in dense long-peduncled ter- minal racemes 7-8 lines broad. Bracts Setaceous, very minute. Pedi- cels-J line, finely downy. Calyx \ in., campanulate, finely downy, the deltoid or lanceolate-acuminate' teeth as long as the tube. Corolla \ in. long, bright yellow ; the round pointed glabrous standard very con- spicuously veined with purple. Ovary linear, sessile, finely grey- downy, with 20 ovules or more. Pod unknown. Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch t 99. C Plowdeni, Baker. Stems herbaceous, finely grey-downy upwards. Stipules 0. Petioles 6-8 lines. Leaflets 3, subsessile, linear-ligulate, glabrescent, green, the central one 1J-2 inches long, 2-4 lines broad, acute. Flowers in dense oblong-conical terminal heads. Bracts minute, setaceous, persistent. Pedicels 1 line, densely grey-downy. Calyx 2 lines, finely grey-downy, the linear teeth ex- ceeding the tube. Corolla bright yellow, half as long again as the calyx, all the petals conspicuously veined with purple. Ovary linear, sessile, finely grey-silky. Pod not seen. Nile Land. Abyssinia, Plowdeni 42 xlvii. § papilionace^ (baker). [Crotalaria. 100. C. lotifolia, Linn. ; DC. Prod. ii. 134. Fruticose, with straight finely grey-silky hranches. Stipules minute, setaceous, deciduous. Petioles l|-2 in., erecto-patent. Leaflets 3, obovate-oblong, glabrous above, finely grey-silky below, bluntish, emarginate or faintly mucro- nate, reaching 2-3 in. long, 12-18 lines broad. Flowers 1-4 together in the axils of many of the leaves, if more than one racemose or um- bellate. Pedicels 3-6 lines. Bracts linear, very minute. Calyx f in., finely grey-silky, the lanceolate teeth exceeding the tube. Corolla nearly twice the calyx, yellow, faintly veined. Pod distinctly-stalked, glabrescent, 1J-2 in. long, J in. broad, 12-15-seeded. Upper Guinea. Cape Coastj Dr. Vogel ! Lower Guinea. Congo, Dr. Welwitsch! A well-known very distinct West India species. 101. C. platycalyx, Steud. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 860. Stem 2 ft. high, herbaceous, erect, slightly branched, thinly silky upwards. Stipules \ in. long, spreading, setaceous, persistent. Petioles 1J-2 in. long, slender, erecto-patent, slightly silky. Leaflets 3, subsessile, the central one 2-2 J in. long, 1J in. broad, acuminate, both sides nearly glabrous. Flowers in few-flowered lax stalked lateral racemes. Pedicel J in. long7 erecto-patent, with two small lanceolate bracteoles at the base and two large ovate bracteoles below the calyx. Calyx slightly silky, | in. deep, teeth foliaceous, reaching three-quarters of the way down, the three lower ones lanceolate-spathulate, 2 lines broad, two upper ones nearly twice as broad, straight on the lower, broadly rounded on the upper side. Corolla yellow; keel long-beaked and much upcurved. Pod long-stalked, oblong-cylindrical, 1J-1 J in. long, | in. broad, glabrous, many-seeded. — Phyllocalyx Quartinianus, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 160, t. 34. Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Quartin- Dillon. 102. C. Quartiniana, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 158. Stem a foot long, herbaceous, with diffuse spreading branches, thinly clothed with spreading silky hairs. Stipules minute, setaceous. Petiole 1J in., silky, herbaceous. Leaflets 3, subsessile broad-oblong, central 1J in. long, f-1 in. broad, acuminate, the upper surface glabrous, lower thinly silky. Flowers in lax long-stalked lateral racemes of 3-4 flowers each. Bracts lanceolate-acuminate, f-1 in. long. Calyx J in. long, teeth lanceolate, foliaceous, reaching three-quarters of the way down, two upper ones \ in. broad, oblique. Corolla reddish, slightly exceed- ing the calyx ; standard f in. broad. Pod glabrous, with a pedicel \ in. long, 1-1 J in. long, f-| in. thick. Nile Land. Abyssinia, Quartin- Dillon. Roth! Habit of C. orixensis and curtipoda, but the pod longer, and flowers larger. 103. C. polysperma, Kotschy in Schweinf. Reliq. Kots. 18, t. 14. Herbaceous, densely rufo-villose. Stipules linear, 3 lines. Petioles 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 44 xlvii. § papilionaceje (baker). [Crotalaria. point, the outermost pair much smaller than the other three. Flowers very numerous, in moderately dense short-peduncled terminal racemes reaching 5-6 in. long, 15-18 line.s broad. Bracts minute, setaceous. Pedicels 1^-2 lines, finely grey-silky '. Calyx 2|-3 lines, the lanceo- late-deltoid teeth shorter than the tube. Corolla bright uniform yellow, more than twice the calyx. Pod distinctly-stalked, linear, 15-18 lines long, 3-3 J broad, at first finely downy, glabrescent, 30-40- seeded. Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch I Very near C. striata, except in the number of leaflets. 4. LUPINTJS, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 480. Calyx deeply 2-lipped, upper lip entire or emarginate in our species, lower slightly 3-toothed. Standard ovate, wings large, oblong, includ- ing the small upcurved rostrate keel. Stamens united in a close tube. Ovary sessile, oo -ovulate ; style slender, upcurved, glabrous ; stigma capitate ciliate. Legume compressed, silky, septate between the seeds, 2-valved. A large genus, almost entirely American. A few annual species with digitate leaves inhabit the shores of the Mediterranean, of which one extends into Tropical Africa. 1. Ii. Termis, Forsk.; DC. Prodr. ii. 407. Stem 12-18 in. high, not much branched, erect, silky. Petioles 1J-2 in. long, slender, erect. Leaves digitate, with 5-7 sessile oblanceolate leaflets about 1 in. long, 2-4 lines broad, the under side silky. Flowers in lax 4— 12-flowered sessile racemes. Calyx silky, campanulate, 3—4 lines deep, teeth reaching halfway down. Corolla more than twice as long as the calyx ; the standard blue round the border, white within, the wings white, the keel white with a dark blue spot. Pod 3 in. long, J-| in. thick, mucronate, thinly silky. — Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 224. Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Leprieitr and Ptrrottet. Nile Land. Cultivated on the banks of the White Nile, in 15° N. lat., SpeJce and Grant! Nubia, Ehrenberg. Abyssinia, Schimper! Very near L. albus, L., and perhaps not distinct from it. 5. ABGrYROLOBIUM, Eck. et Zeyh.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 480. Calyx deeply bilabiate, two upper teeth free in all the Tropical African species, three lower ones more or less (in one species entirely) connate. Standard suborbicular, wings free, keel slightly upcurved, not rostrate. Filaments usually but not invariably united downwards in a closed tube. Ovary sessile, linear, oo -ovulate ; style upcurved, glabrous, stigma oblique. Pod linear, flattened, faintly torulose. — Undershrubs or herbs with digitately trifoliolate leaves. A genus of moderate size, with its head-quarters at the Cape, outlying representa- tives reaching India, Siberia, and Central Europe. Argyroldbium.] xlvii. § papilionace-e (baker). 45 A herbaceous annual 1.-4. abyssinicum. More or less shrubby perennials. Lower lip of calyx entire 2, A. rimotum. Lower lip of calyx 3-cleft. Flowers many in a head. Pedicels very short ; bracteoles setaceous 3. A. dorycnoides. Pedicels l|-4 lines long ; bracteoles linear-lanceolate. Leaflets blunt, 9-12 lines long 4. A. Schimperianum. Leaflets acute, 12-18 lines long 5. A. cequinoctiale. Flowers 1-4 in lax beads. Flowers usually terminal on leafy branches . . . .6.-4. ramosissimum. Flowers all on naked lateral peduncles 7.-4. virgatum. Flowers solitary 8.-4. Petitianum. 1. A. abyssinicum, Jarib. et Spach, lllustr. PL Or. i. 115. Annual, herbaceous, 6—18 in. high, copiously and diffusely branched, silky up- wards. Stipules minute, setaceous, deciduous. Petioles \~\ in. long*, slender, silky. Leaflets linear or oblanceolate, central |— f in. long, narrowed to both ends, the upper surface glabrous, the lower thinly silkv. Flowers 1—3 in short-stalked axillary racemes. Bracts small, linear. Pedicels 1-2 lines, silky. Calyx J in. deep, silky, the lower lip cleft one-third down, the two teeth of the upper one lanceolate-acuminate. Corolla pale yellow, equalling the calyx. Pod 1-1 J in. long, J in. broad, mucronate, thinly clothed with adpressed silky grey-hairs, 6—9- seeded. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 162. A. modestum, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 1326. Tephrosia modesta, Steud. in Schimp. PI. Abyss. No. 809. Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin- Dillon and Petit! Nubia and Sennaar, Schweinfurth ! 2. A. remotum, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 1324. A copiously branched shrub with stiff erecto-patent subglabrous twigs. Stipules minute, linear, persistent. Petioles | in. long. Leaflets obovate, trun- cate mucronate or emarginate, 3-4 lines long, subcoriaceous, glabrous when mature, green on both sides. Flowers 2—4 terminal on stiff leafy branches. Pedicels a line long, with large ovate scariose bracteoles. Calyx 2 lines deep, thinly silky, the lower lip entire. Corolla not seen. Pod 12-15 lines long, 2 lines broad, » densely clothed with fine spreading grey hairs. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 162. Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 3. A. dorycnoides, Baiter, A diffuse shrub with slender woody branches densely clothed with tawny silky hairs. Stipules setaceous, persistent, equalling the petioles, scarcely over a line long. Leaflets 3, oblong or oblanceolate, pale green, acute, subcoriaceous, clothed especially beneath with silky hairs like those of the branches ; central 5-6 lines long, 2^-3 lines broad. Flowers 3-12 in copious dense terminal heads. Bracteoles setaceous, persistent, exceeding the very short pedicels. Calyx 2£ lines deep, thinly silky, two upper teeth linear -lanceolate, reaching more than halfway down. Corolla yellow, half as long again as the calyx ; standard 2 lines broad, thinly silky on 46 xlvii. 5 papilionaceje (baker). [Argyrolobium. the back. Staminal tube closed. Pcd (only seen immature) linear, densely silky, 8-9-seeded. Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! General habit of A. Schimperianum,, from which it may easily be known by its Bmaller subsessile flowers. 4. A. Schimperianum, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. 1326. A small shrub, with long- woody branches, the 'young- ones densely clothed with brown silky pubescence. Stipules small, linear, silky, persistent. Petioles J— 1 in. long. Leaflets oblong-obovate, central f-1 in. long, J— | in. broad, apex rounded mucronate, the under surface thinly silky. Flowers in dense terminal heads of 3-8 flowers. Bracteoles linear, silky, equalling- the silky pedicels, which are 1J— 2 lines long. Calyx | in. deep, silky, lower lip cut halfway down into three linear teeth, two upper teeth shorter and lanceolate. Corolla yellow, half as long- again as the calyx. Pod 12-15 lines long, 2| lines broad, densely clothed with brown silky hairs, 7-8-seeded. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 163 j Cytisus Schimperianus1 Steud. in*Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 990. A. dasycarpum, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 1326. Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin- Dillon. Kordofan, Cienkowsky. 5. A. sequinoctiale, Welrv. mss. An undershrub about a foot high with many erect slender dichotomously-forked branches densely clothed with spreading grey-brown silky hairs. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, 6-7 lines, persistent. Petioles 3-8 lines. Leaflets obovate-oblong, 12-18 lines long, acute, upper surface thinly, lower more densely clothed with grey and brown silky hairs. Flowers 6-12 in close heads on leaf-opposed peduncles 1-2 in. long. Pedicels densely- silky, 2-4 lines. Bracteoles linear-lanceolate, 2-3 lines. Calyx f in. long, thinly silky, the two lips equal, with lanceolate teeth reaching halfway down. Corolla yellow, J in. long, the standard 5—6 lines broad. Ovary linear, densely silky, multiovulate. Pod not seen. Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla, Benguela, Dr. Welwitsch! 6. A. ramosissinmm, Baker. A very densely branched low shrub with slender finely silky twigs. Stipules minute, setaceous, persistent. Petioles a line or less long. Leaflets oblong or oblanceolate, acute or bluntish, 2-4 lines long, finely silky principally beneath. Flowers 1-4, mostly terminal on leafy branches, rarely on short axillary pe- duncles. Pedicels a line long, with minute setaceous bracteoles. Calyx 2-2 \ lines deep, bilabiate two-thirds of the way down, subglabrous, the teeth of the upper lip linear. Corolla bright yellow, nearly twice the calyx. Ovary linear, densely silky ; ovules 6-8. Mature pod not seen. Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 7. A. virgatum, Baker. A copiously branched shrub 1 J— 2 feet high with very slender twigs which are finely silky when young only. Stipules 2-3 lines long, ovate-acuminate, persistent. Petiole 3-6 lines. ArgyroloUum.] xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). 47 Leaflets oblong" or oblanceolate, acute, 9-15 lines long-, thinly silky principally beneath. Flowers 2-3 together on sparse naked leaf- opposed peduncles 12-18 lines long. Pedicels and silky linear bracts a line long. Calyx 2± lines deep, bilabiate two-thirds of the way down, with a few adpressed silky hairs, teeth of the upper lip linear. Corolla not seen. Pod linear, 12-14 lines long, 2 lines broad, with a few ad- pressed silky hairs, pointed, 7-8-seeded. Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Agrees with the Indian A.flaccidum, J. et S., in pod and general habit. 8. A. Petitianum, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 163. Shrub with branches clothed with white-silky pubescence. Petioles short. Stipules ovate- acuminate, silky, persistent. Leaflets very small obovate, apex rounded mucronate, glaucous, upper surface dotted and slightly silky, the lower more so. Flowers solitary, terminal or axillary. Bracts lanceolate. Lower lip of the calyx with three narrow teeth, teeth of the upper lip ovate-acuminate. Corolla yellow. Pod narrow, compressed, clothed like the rest of the plant with long white silky hairs. Nile Land. Abyssinia, Petit I This we have not seen. 6. ADENOCARPUS. DC; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 481. Calyx with the two upper teeth free, the lower ones more or less thoroughly connate. Petals shortly unguiculate ; standard oblong or roundish ; wings oblong ; keel blunt in our species. Stamens united in a closed tube ; anthers dimorphous. Ovary sessile, multiovulate ; style upcurved glabrous; stigma capitate. Pod linear, compressed, densely viscous. — Silky shrubs with digitately trifoliolate leaves. A small genus, principally Mediterranean. Leaflets oblong, acute ; lower lip of calyx trifid 1. A. Mannii. Leaflets oblanceolate ; lower lip of calyx entire 2. A. benguellensis. 1. A. Mannii, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soe. vi. 8. A woody shrub 5-6 feet high, with rigid erecto-patent densely brown-silky branchlets. Leaves dense, often fascicled. Petioles under a line, densely silky. Leaflets oblong, acute, coriaceous, revolute when dry, 2-3 lines long. Flowers in dense sessile terminal heads. Calyx very silky, 4 lines deep, the two upper teeth lanceolate acuminate, equal to the tube, the lower lip longer, with three setaceous teeth at the apex. Corolla scarcely half as long again as the calyx, the standard 4 lines broad. Pod 9-10 lines long, 2J lines broad, 5-6-seeded. Upper Guinea. Cameroon Mountains, at 8-1200 feet, Mann! who also gathered a variety with smaller leaflets and flowers on Clarence Peak, Fernando Po. 2. A. benguellensis, Welw. mss. A diffuse shrub 3 to 5 feet high, with long spreading finely grey-silky erecto-patent branches. Leaves not so dense as in the other species, but usually fascicled. Petioles 1J-2 lines, finely grey-silky. Leaflets oblanceolate, 3-6 lines long, 48 xlvii. § papilionace.e (baker). [Adenocarpus. bluntish with a faint mucro, not coriaceous, both sides finely grey-silky. Flowers 2-8 in close terminal heads. Calyx turbinate, finely silky, the two upper teeth lanceolate-deltoid, as long as the tube, the lower lip entire, lanceolate, longer. Pod 10-12 lines long, J in. broad, 3-4- seeded. Lower Guinea, Benguela, rocks of the Morro de Topollo, Dr. Welwitsch ! 7. ONONIS. Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 485. Calyx-tube short, lobes equal. Standard orbicular, with a short claw; wings obovate-oblong ; keel incurved, rostrate. Stamens all connate in a closed tube, the alternate filaments all dilated upwards, anthers alternately shorter and versatile and longer and fastened near the base. Ovary more or less stalked, 2-oo -ovulate ; style incurved or inflexed, glabrous ; stigma oblique or capitate. Pod oblong and turgid in our species. — Herbs or undershrubs. A large genus, with its head-quarters round the Mediterranean, of which a single species extends into our limits. 1. O. Cherleri, Linn. ; DC. Prod. ii. 162. Stems herbaceous, slender, 4-8 in. long, copiously and diffusely branched, the whole plant viscous. Leaflets 3, obovate-cuneate, apex inciso-crenate, central one stalked. Stipules adnate, half- sagittate. Flowers copious, axillary, solitary. Calyx i— | in. deep, teeth narrow-linear, reaching down nearly to the base. Corolla between pink and purple, like the oblong turgid pod about equalling the calyx. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. 161 ; Sibth. et Sm. Fl. Gra?c. t. 677 ; 0. parvula, Steud. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. 1102. 0. recli- nata, Schweinf. Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! ATery near 0. reclinata, from which it differs principally by its smaller flowers and pods. 8. PABOCHETUS. Hamilt. ; Benth. and Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 485. Calyx-teeth subequal, two upper subconnate. Petals free from the staminal tube ; standard obovate with a short claw ; wings falcate ob- long ; keel shorter than the wings, abruptly inflexed, subacute. Sta- mens diadelphous, filaments not dilated, and anthers subuniform. Ovary- sessile, oc-ovulate; style inflexed: upwards, glabrous; stigma small, terminal. Pod linear, finally subturgid, obliquely arcuate, two-valved. continuous within. A single species. 1. P. communis, Hamilt.; DC. Prod. ii. 403. Rhizome slender, herbaceous, wide-creeping. Stipules \ in. long, ovate,, membranous. Petioles 3-4 in. long, slender, erect, slightly hairy. Leaflets 3, sub- sessile, obcordate, uniform, f in. long, usually rather broader, mem- branous, nearly glabrous. Peduncles 1 -flowered, arising from the ParocJietus.] xlvii. § papilionace^e (baker). 49 rhizome, similar to ,and rather longer than the petioles. Calvx 3 J lines deep, glabrous, the teeth lanceolate, not reaching- hallway down. Corolla pale purplish, three times as long as the calyx. Pod linear, f-1 in. long, under \ in. broad, acute, many-seeded. P. major , Don, I.e. Bennett, PL Jav. Rar. t. 34. Wight, Ic. t. 483. Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Manganya Hills, 'Dr. Metier! Habit of Oxalig AcetoseUa. A native of the East Indies and Malay islands. 9. TRIGONELLA. Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 486. Calyx tubular with five subequal teeth. Petals free from the stami- nal tube, caducous ; standard obovate ; wings oblong ; keel obtuse, very short. Stamenst diadelphous ; filaments not dilated ; anthers uni- form. Pod linear or oblong, compressed, rostrate, often falcate, few or many-seeded. — Herbs, usually annual, with pinnately trifoliolate leaves. A considerable genus, with its head-quarters in the temperate regions of the Old World. Pod linear, decidedly falcate. Flowers sessile, 1-2 together 1. T. Fcenum-grozcum. Flowers in dense short-stalked racemes . . . ... . 2. T.hamosa. Pod oblong or linear, straight. Pod oblong, scarcely exceeding the calyx, usually 2 -seeded. Flowers sessile, 2-4 together ' 3. T. occulta. Flowers 6-12 in dense short-stalked racemes . . . . 4. T. marginata. Pod linear-oblong, 5-6 seeded 5. T. laciniata. 1. T. Fcenum-grsecum, L. ; DC. Prod. ii. 182. An erect subglabrous annual 1-2 ft. high. Leaflets obovate-cuneate, 8-9 lines long. Flowers solitary or in pairs in the axils of the leaves. Calyx 3— 4 lines long, teeth linear. Corolla bright yellow, under twice the calyx. Pod gla- brous, linear-falcate, long-beaked, 2—4 in. long, 10— 20-seeded. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 165. Nile Land. Abyssinia, probably only cultivated, Schimper ! &c. ; Nubia, KoUchy I Once much cultivated as a forage plant, but now going out ef use. 2. T. ham os a, Litm. ; DC. Prod. ii. 183. Stems annual, herbaceous, 1 ft. or more long, diffusely branched, glabrous. Petioles f-J in. long. Leaflets obovate-cuneate, J in. long, truncate or emarginate, the upper half inciso-crenate, terminal one on a stalk 1-2 lines long. Flowers in copious short axillary racemes of 6-12 flowers each. Peduncles \ in., ending in a weak spine at the apex. Pedicels under a line long. Calyx \ line long, teeth very short. Corolla pale yellow, three or four times as long as the calyx. Pod linear-falcate, \-\ in. long, pro- minently reticulato-rugose, about 4-seeded. — Sibth. Fl. Gr