272 MR. R. Q. BAKER ON THE 
NyasALAND : Buchanan (1895) No. 394! Hb. Kew. ; S.W. Nyasaland, 
Kagehi, Stuhlmann No. 3477! Hb. Schweinfurth. 
Porruaursk East AFRICA: Lion’s Creek, Schlechter No. 12210! Hbb. 
Kew., Turic. 
A common Asiatic species reaching China and N. Australia. 
Series 22. Flores in racemum laxissimum 2—4-florum dispositi. Carina 
eire. 17-18 mm. longa. Annua, foliis lineari-lanceolatis. 
38. C. Boknwir, Taubert in Engler, Pflanzenwelt Ost- Afr. €. 204 (1895). 
Annua, erecta, fere e basi parce ramosa, usque ad 30-35 em. alta, adpresse 
sericea, niox glabrescens. Caulis teres vel subteres. Rami suberecti. 
Stipulw minute. Folia lineari-lanceolata vel lanceolata, apice acuminata, 
6-10 em. longa, cire. 10-11 mm. lata, superne primum parce pilosa, mox 
glabra, petiolo 2-3 mm. longo suffulta. Flores majusculi, pedicellati. 
Bractew circ. 1 mm, longs. Pedicelli circ. 5 mm. longi. Calyx totus cire. 
10 mm. longus, dentibus lanceolatis 7-8 mm. longis tubo subtriplo longioribus. 
Vexillum oblongum, hamato-apiculatum, dorso sub apice vix pilosum, lineis 
purpureis insigniter striatum. Ale oblique oblong. Carina eymbiformis, 
longe rostrata, marginibus villosulo-ciliatis. Ovarium stipitatum, preter latus 
ventrale densiuscule fusco-pubescens glabrum. Legumen deest. 
UGANDA : River Wala, Boehm No. 88! Hbb. Berol., Turic. 
A branched annual with lanceolate acuminate | aves, small stipules, and a 
lax raceme of 2-4 rather large flowers. 
Series 23. Flores majusculi, in racemos longe peduneulatos laxe 3—9-floros 
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dispositi, Carina dorso rotundata, 18-20 mm. longa. Caulis elongatus, 
flexuosus, angulatus. 
39. C. WeLwirscuit, Baker in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 13 (1871); Hiern, 
Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. i. 196. 
Caulis elongatus. — Stipule lanceolate. Folia coriacea, ovata vel oblonga, 
basi rotundata vel cuneata, apice acuta et mucronata, 6-8 em. longa, 2—4:5 em. 
lata, superne glabra, subtus strigoso-pubescentia, petiolo 10-22 mm. longo 
suffulta. Bractew lanceolate. Calyæ totus cire. 11 mm. longus ; lacinize 
tubo longiores, pubescentes. Vexillum suborbiculari-obovatum. Ala late 
oblong, circ. 20 mm. long et +9 mm. late. Carina apice acuta, aliis sub- 
eequilonga. Legumen oblongum, circ. 28 mm longum, glabrum, stipitatum, 
ANGOLA: Pungo Andongo, between Quibunda and Quitage, Welwitsch 
No. 1938! Hb. Mus. Brit. ; Benguella, Bailundo Distr., Wellman! Hb. 
Kew. 
