256 MR. E. G. BAKER ON THE 
Cowao Recron: Katanga, S. Ringoet No. 524! Hb. Brux. In flower 
March 1912. 
A slender annual, with very narrow leaves, and very small, pedicellate, 
minute flowers. The carina is distinctly rostrate and 3-4 mm. long. 
Series 4. Flores parviusculi, in racemos laxos dispositi. Carina 5—6:0 mm. 
longa. Annua, ramosissima, pubescens vel hirsuta. 
4. C. BONGENSIS, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 
Annua. Lami tenues, 10-12 em. longi. — Stipule oculo nudo haud 
conspicue. Folia lineari-lanceolata, acuta, 3-5 cm. longa, 3—4:5 mm. lata, 
subtus pilis plus minusve tecta, costa subtus conspicua, petiolo 2-3 mm, 
longo instructa. Racemi axillares, in typo sepius 1-2-3-flori. Bractew 
parva, acute. Flores parviusculi, quam ei C. glauca, Willd., minores, 
Calycis tubus campanulatus ; lacini lanceolate, acute, tubo subeequilonge. 
Ala oblonge, apice obtuse, carina breviores. Carina naviculariformis, dorso 
rectangulari-curvata, apice in rostrum attenuata, unguiculata. Legumen 
subsessile, oblongum, turgidum, 7-8 mm. longum, 3 mm. latum, primum 
pubescens, demum glabrescens, stipite eire. 0*5 mm, longo instructum, circ. 
8-spermum. 
Species ab C. glauca, Willd., primo intuitu differt floribus et leguminibus 
minoribus, foliis plus minusve hirsutis. 
BONGOLAND : Gir, Schweinfurth No. 2135 ! Hb. Kew. ete. 
DavRLAND : Seriba Ghattas, Sehiweinfurth No. 2300! Hb. Kew. etc. 
Var. nov. CAMERUNENSIS, Bak. fil. 
Caulis 20-30 em. altus, ramosissimus. Folia 3-8 em. longa, 4-55 mm. lata- 
Flores in racemos 3-15-floros dispositi. Caly 35. mm., longus. Vexillum 
+4 mm. longum, flavum, lineis purpureis notatum. Carina 5-5'5 mm. 
longa. Legumen oviforme, subsessile, cire. 7 mm. longum. 
CauEROONs : Djauro Putju, Ledermann No. 5376! Hb. Berol. 
A plant gathered at Mashita (Ledermann No. 5366) is allied, but it has 
broader leaves. 
Var. nov. SHIRENSIS, Bak, fil. 
Annua, ramosissima. Folia lineari-lanceolata. Legumen cylindricum, 
10-13 mm. longum. 
NvASALAND : Shire Highlands, Buchanan (1891) No. 57! Hb. Kew. 
The distinguishing features of this species are the copiously branched 
diffuse habit, the linear-lanceolate, shortly petiolate, more or less hirsute 
leaves, the lax racemes, and the turgid, oblong, subsessile, finely glabrescent 
pods which are much shorter than in C. glauca, Willd, 
