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dorso sericeum. Carina dorso rectangulari-curvata, 6—7 mm. longa. Ovarium 
sericeo-villosum. Legumen deest. 
GERMAN Hast ArricA: West Karagwe, Stuhlmann No. 1972! Hb. 
Schweinfurth. 
22. C. LINEARIFOLIA, De Wild. in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot. sér. v. i. (1906) 
251, tab. 45. figs. 3-9. 
Caulis erectus, ramosus. fami subangulares, indumento ferrugineo induti. 
Stipule setaceze, parvee. Folia linearia, cire. 7-9 em. longa, et 8 mm. lata, 
petiolo eire. 5 mm. longo instructa. flores in racemos cire. 8-10-floros 
laxos dispositi. Bractee parva Bracteolæ ad basin calycis adnate, parvæ. 
Caly# 5-6 mm. longus, dentibus tubo subeequilongis acutis. Vexillum circ. 
10 mm. longum et 7 mm. latum. Ale vexillo breviores, cire. 3 mm. late. 
Carina dorso rotundata, uncinata. Legumen ignotum. 
Congo Recion: Lualaba, Capt. Descamps! Hb. Brux. 
23. C. PansoNsr, Bak. fil. in South Nigerian Plants, 24 (1913). 
Caulis erectus, ramosus, 1:3-1:6 m. altus, teres, hirsutus. Stipulie anguste, 
lineares. Folia lineari-lanceolata, apice mucronata, 6-8 em. longa, 5-11 mm. 
lata, adpresse pilosa, costa subtus conspicua, petiolo communi 2-4 mm. longo 
instructa, lores lutei, in racemos elongatos terminales et laterales dispositi. 
Bracter angustie, pedicellis longiores. Calycis tubus hirsutus, dentibus 
brevibus. — Vezillum luteum, lineis brunneis notatum. Carina dorso angulo 
recto curvata, in toto 8-9 mm. longa. Ovarium lineare. Legumen ignotum. 
Nigeria, River Benue, P. Talbot No. 449! Hb. Mus. Brit. ; Lokoja, 
A. C. Parsons No. L. 38! Hb. Kew. 
Closely allied to C. Vogelit, Benth. and C. linearifolia, De Wild. It 
differs from the former by its shorter calyx-teeth and from the latter by the 
broader leaves and acute, not blunt, apex of the carina. 
Series 12. Flores laxe spicati. Carina navieulariformis. | Caulis herbaceus, 
foliis oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis. 
24. C. LEPRIEURI, Guill, & Perr, Fl. Seneg. Tent. i. 162 (1832); Baker in 
Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 14. 
Caulis 5-6 dm. altus, simplex, breviter hirsutus. Stipule nulle. Folia 
utrinque hirsuta, canescente-viridia, breviter petiolata. loves flavidi, parvi. 
Calyx 5-fidus, extus hirsutus, segmentis lanceolatis fere eequalibus. Vexillum 
oblongo-ovale, circ. 6 mm. longum, flavidum, striatulum. — Ale vexillo 
dimidio minores. Carina alis paullo longior, rostriformis, flavescens. 
Legumen erectum, subcylindricum, 12 mm. cire. longum, sessile, canescens, 
+ 26-spermum. 
SENEGAMBIA : Walo, Leprieur. 
I was not able to find the type of this species in the Paris Herbarium, and 
have therefore had to rely on the original description. 
