280 MR. E. G. BAKER ON THE 
British Easr Arrica: North of Mombassa to Lamu and Witu, Whyte! 
Hb. Mus. Brit. ; Ribe, Wakefield ! Hb. Kew.; Rabai, Taylor! Hb. Mus. 
Brit. ; Nyika Country, Wakefield ! Hb. Kew. 
UGANDA : Scott Elliot No. 1188 ! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
ZANZIBAR: Hildebrandt No. 931 ! Hb. Mus. Brit. : Stuhlmann No. 882! 
Hb. Berol. | 
GERMAN East AFRICA : Usambara, //olst No. 8791! ; Usaramo, Stuhlmann 
No. 8218! Hb. Berol. 
Portuguese Basr ArRICA: Morumben, R. Schlechter No. 12103 ! Hb. 
Mus. Brit. 
51. C. Lepermannu, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 
Caulis erectus, ramosus, 30-50 em. altus. Rami virgati, subteretes. 
PW subnullæ. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis oblanceolatis 7-12 mm. longis 
‘d-4°5 mm. latis subtus strigosis, petiolo 6-9 mm. longo instructa. Flores 
"" in capitula densa aggregati, pedicellis tenuibus. ( alye 3 mm. longus, 
externe pubescens, dentibus acutis tubo subæquilongis. — Vexillum 4-5 mm. 
longum, in sieco luteum, striatum, extus, pubescens. Ali oblongee, cum ungue 
4—5 mm. longs. Carina dorso angulo fere recto curvata, inde in rostrum rectum 
attenuata, in toto +7 mm. longa. Legumen subsphieroideum, 4-5 mm. longum. 
CAMEROONS : Markt Singwe, Bambuttuberge, Ledermann Nos. 1717 and 
1725 ! Hb. Berol. ; Fossong Wendschen, Leder mann No. 1544! Hb. Berol. 
This plant is allied to C. nyikensis, Baker ; the flowers are aggregated 
in dense heads at the end of the stem and branches, but the flowers are 
distinctly smaller. 
52. C. NYIKENSIS, Baker in Kew Bull. (1897) 250. 
Herba perennis vel suffrutez elatus, erectus, ramosus. Rami graciles, 
virgati, teretes, adscendentes, dense pubescentes. Folia foliolis oblanceolatis 
obtusis mucronatis 6-12 mm. longis 3-6 mm. latis pallide viridibus dense 
pubescentibus, petiolo pubescente 6-13 mm. longo suffulta. KWacemi densi, 
globosi vel oblongo-globosi. Bractew parvæ, lineares, pilosæ. Caly dense 
pilosus, totus circ. 5 mm. longus, dentibus lanceolatis. Corolla pallide 
rubella, calyce duplo longior. Vexillum oblongo-obovatum, carinæ sub- 
æquilongum, + 9 mm. longum, extus dense hirsutum. Ale oblongæ, 
carina breviores, 7-8 mm. longæ. Carina dorso angulo recto curvata, inde 
in rostrum rectum et gracilem attenuata, 9-10 mm. longa. Legumen sessile, 
oblongo-globosum, + 4 mm. longum, dense pilosum, 1-2-spermum. 
NYASALAND : Nyika Plateau, alt. 2000-3000 metres, Whyte! Hb. Kew. 
53. C. Descampsu, Micheli in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxvi. (1897) 53; 
De Wild et Durand, Illustr. Fl. Congo, 69. t. 35 (1899). 
Suffrutez habitu C. nyikensis, Baker. Caules erecti, ad basin lignosi 
