258 MR. E. G. BAKER ON THE 
ramulis spinescentibus. Stipule nulle. Folia oblonga vel ovalia, 2-5- 
10 mm. longa, subsessilia vel brevissime petiolata. Flores lutei, lineis fuscis 
striati, pauci, secus ramulos laxe racemosi, brevissime pedicellati. Bracteolw 
parve. Calycis lobi laneeolati, tubo subtriplo longiores. Vexillum 6-7 mm. 
longum. Ale oblong, 5-6 mm. longæ. Ovarium 2-3-0vulatum. Legumen 
sessile, subglobosum vel oblongo-globosum, calyce subduplo longius, 6-8 mm. 
longum, pubescens, 2-3-spermum. 
MIDDLE AND Upper Eavrr, SUDAN, many collectors. 
8. C. xavrriACA, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ, Bot. ii. (1843) 473 ; Boiss. 
Fl. Or. ii. 25; MuschMer, Fl. Ngypt. i. 472. 
Radix longa. Planta ramosissima, rigida, habitu Ephedra. Rami breves, 
sepe fere aphylli, subspinescentes, ramulis tomento brevi canescentibus vel 
) 
3-9 mm. longa, undulata, tomentoso- 
pubescentia, petiolis brevibus. Flores pauci, laxe racemosi, brevissime pedi- 
glabris. Folia rara, ovata vel oblonga, € 
collati. Bracteole parvæ. Calya tomentoso-pubescens, laciniis lanceolatis 
tubo 2-3-plo longioribus, in toto eire, 6-7 mm. longus. Carina calyce 
longior 7-9 mm. longa, dorso angulo fere recto curvata, apice acuta. 
Ovarium 2-3-ovulatum. Legumen ovoideum, calyce 2—3-plo longius, sepe 
cire. 10—12 mm. longum, glabrum vel junius minute tomentellum. 
Eavrr, Supan: Desert of Suez, Bove No. 184! Hb. Kew. ; Upper Egypt, 
Parlutore! Hb. Kew. ; Egypt, Ehrenberg! Hb. Berol.; Waddi Hagga, 
Schweinfurth No. 14! Hb. Turic.; Wadi Chaefera, Sehweinfurth No. 15! 
Hb. Turic.; Nubian Coast, Gabel Ferayeh, Schweinfurth No. 1733! Hb. 
Schweinf. ; Between Kosseir and Ras Benan, Schweinfurth Nos. 1731 & 
17321 Hb. Schweinf. 
A plant collected by [ildebrandt (No. 8884) near Lasgori, Somaliland, is 
very closely allied. 
9. C. ARENARIA, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ, Bot. ii. (1843) 474 ; Baker in 
Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 11, non Zoll. & Mor. 
C. thebaica, Guill. & Perr. Fl. Seneg. Tent. i. 160 (1832), non DC. 
Prostrata, subspinescens, ramulis pilis patenter reflexis dense villosis. 
Stipule nulle. Folia ovato-oblonga vel ovata, 5-10-15 mm. longa, undulata. 
Flores pauci, ad apicem ramorum distanter subspicati. Calyæ villosissimus ; 
laciniz lanceolate, tubo subtriplo longiores. Ale oblonge, 4 mm. longi, 
unguiculate. Carina naviculariformis, 5 mm. longa. Ovarium rufo- 
pubescens, 8-10-ovulatum. Legumen oblongo-globosum vel oviforme, calyce 
duplo longius, 8-12 mm. longum, tomentosum vel villosum, 6—-8-spermum. 
SENEGAMBIA : Lepriewr & Perrottet ! Heudelot ! Roger ! Mb. Kew. ; Dakar, 
Thiebaut No. 197! Hb. Mus. Paris; Environs of Richard Tol, Lefevre! 
Dagana Quallo, Guillemin! Hb. Berol. 
