268 MR. E. G. BAKER ON THE 
high, the very narrow, subsessile leaves, the few flowers, and the rostrate 
carina, which is about 14 mm. long. 
Series 17. Inflorescentia 3—4-flora. Carina dorso rotundata, circ. 12-14 mm. 
longa. Caulis erectus, angulatus, glaber, foliis elliptieis vel ovali- 
ellipticis. 
30. C. Corneri, Taub. et Dewevre in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxx. u. (1894) 
99 nomen ; le. xxxiv. (1895) 94; Th. Durand et Schinz, Etud. Fl. 
Congo, 50 ; De Wild. Fl. Katanga, 50. 
Caulis erectus. — Stipulee nulle. Folia erassiuscula, 18-24 mm. longa, 
11-13 mm. lata, inter congeneres insignia, basi rotundata vel leviter cor- 
data, petiolo +1 mm. longo praedita. Flores majuseuli. Pedicelli glabri, 
11-12 mm. longi. Bractew lineares. Calya glaber ; lacini; lanceolate. 
Vexillum ovato-reniforme, circ. 14 mm. longum. Ale obovales, +12 mm. 
longa, et +7 mm. late. Carina in rostrum longiusculum attenuata. 
Ovarium glabrum. Legumen deest. 
Congo Recion: Katanga, Cornet ; Lukafu, Verdick, Hb. Brux. ; Kunde- 
lungu, Aüssner No. 2779! Hbb. Mus. Brit., Turic. 
I have not seen the pod of this plant, and the calyx rather recalls that of a 
species of Rafnia. 
Series 18. Flores pauci, in racemos laxos dispositi. Carina dorso angulata, 
11-15 mm. longa.  Herbacew, erect», caule alato vel insigniter 
angulato. 
31. C. HOLOPTERA, Welw. ex Baker in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 13 (1871); 
Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. i. 196. 
Annua, glabra, ramosa. Caules erecti, rigidi, late bialati. — Stipule 
angustie, rigidze. Folia pauca, sessilia, oblonga, elliptica vel oblanceolata, 
35-10 em. longa, 12-16 mm. lata. Bractew rigidie, lineares. Pedicelli 
patuli, 6-8 mm. longi. Vexillum carina brevius. Ale flavicantes, carina 
breviores. Carina flavicans, apice in rostrum attenuata. Legumen oblongum, 
18-25 mm. longum, brevissime stipitatum glabrum, 10-12-spermum. 
ANGOLA: Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch No. 1945! Cananbua, Malange, 
Gossweiler No. 1376 ! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
32. C. srENOPTERA, Welw. ex Baker in Oliver, L c. ii. 12 (1871); Hiern, 
Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. i. 196 ; Harms in Baum, Kunene-Sambesi Exped. 
256. 
Caulis erectus, virgatus, glaber, anguste 4-alatus. Stipule rigidæ, angustæ. 
Folia subsessilia, lineari-lanceolata, apice mucronata, 7:5-9:5 cm. longi, 
