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Series 5. Flores in racemum multiflorum densum dispositi. Carina +5 mm. 
longa, dorso rotundata. Annua erecta, herbacea, pilis rufescentibus et 
patulis vestita. 
9. C. CYLINDROSTACHYS, Welw. ex Baker in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 15 
(1871) ; Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. i. 197. 
Annua. Stipule subulata. Folia ovata vel elliptica, apice acuta, 3*5- 
50 em. longa, 16-18 mm. lata, pilis ferrugineis utrinque vestita, petiolo 
3-7 mm. longo preedita. Flores flavi, in racemum spiciformem 2-10 em. 
longum dispositi. Bractew lineares, longs. Calyx pilis ferrugineis vestitus, 
in toto 3-3°5 mm. longus; lacinie lanceolate. — Vezillum lineis purpureis 
notatum, carince subequilongum, 5 mm. longum. Ale lineis notate, oblongee- 
Carina apice in rostrum non attenuata. Legumen subglobosum, pilis ferru- 
ginels dense vestitum. 
ANGOLA : Huilla, between Eme and Ivantala, Welwitsch No. 1941! 
Malange, G'ossweiler No. 1351! Hb. Mus. Brit. ; Huilla, Antunes & Dekindt 
No. 3167 ! Hb. Mus. Paris. 
GERMAN EAST AFRICA : Ugogo, Hannington! Hb. Kew. ; Uzamba, Han- 
nington! Hb. Kew.; lIrumba, Stuhlmann No. 4218! Ussihe, Stuhlmann 
No. 4211 ! Mlalo, Stuhlmann No. 205! Hb. Berol. 
HHobEsIA : Victoria, C. F. Monro No. 1045! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
Series 6. Flores parvi, in racemum elongatum densum dispositi. Annua, 
erecta, superne ramosa, foliis anguste linearibus superne glabris subtus 
pubescentibus. 
6. C. PASSERINOIDES, Taubert in Engler, Pflanzenwelt Ost- Afr. C. 204 (1895). 
Caulis cire. 6 dm. altus. Stipulg parvs. Folia anguste linearia, apice 
acuta, 15-20 mm. longa, 2:5-3:0 mm. lata, superne glabra, subtus adpresse 
pubescentia. Racemi terminales, elongati, inferne foliati. Flores parvi, 
numerosi. Calyx totus 3 mm. longus, dentibus acutis. Corolla in exempl. 
Hb. Berol. jam delapsa, ignota. Legumen parvum, ellipsoideo-globosum, 
calycem 1:5-2-plo excedens, 3-4 mm. longum, hirtum, brevissime stipitatum, 
monospermum. 
GERMAN Kast AFRICA : Tabora, Stuhlmann No. 621! Hb. Berol. 
Dr. Taubert states that this recalls in habit Passerina annua, Wikst. 
Series 7. Flores in racemos laxos dispositi. Carina 6-10 mm. longa. 
Suffrutices vel herbs» rigidi, subspinescentes. Folia oblonga vel ovata 
vel rami subaphylli. 
T. C. THEBAICA, DC. Prod. ii, 128 (1825) ; Baker in Oliver, l. e. ii. 11; 
Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. 25; Muscher, Fl. Egypt. i. 472. 
Spartium thebaicum, Delile, FI. d'Égypte, 220, t. 87. fig. 1 (1812). 
RKamosissima, diffusa, patentim et breviter pilosa, ramis rigidis divaricatis, 
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