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4-8 mm. longis 2-3 mm. latis strigoso-pubescentibus, costa subtus conspicua, 
petiolo communi 4-6 mm. longo suffulta. Flores sec. cl. detectores flavi, in 
sicco rubri. Bractew ad basin pedicelli parvee, anguste. Pedicelli 2-3 mm. 
longi. Calyx totus +5 mm. longus, dentibus lanceolatis tubo longioribus. 
Vexillum calyce longius. Carina dorso angulo recto curvata, hinc in rostrum 
gracilem subito attenuata, in toto 7-8 mm. longa. Legumen globosum vel 
oblongo-globosum, sessile, circ. 5 mm. diam. et 6-7 mm. longum, pubescens, 
1—10-spermum, pedicellis erectis. 
ANGOLA : Huilla, Antunes $ Dekindt No. 3246 ! Hb. Mus. Paris. Alt. 
1790 m. In flower Feb. 1903. 
The eharaeteristie features of this plant are the erect cinereo-pubescent or 
cinereo-tomentose stem, the cuneate-oblanceolate or cuneate-oblong leaflets, 
the Howers, either gathered in racemes or seated in the axils of the leaves, 
the very slender rostrum of the keel, and the several-seeded, oblong, globose, 
erect pods. 
Allied in some respects to C. dura, Wood & Evans, but the carina is 
different. 
Series 14. Flores in racemos laxos dispositi. Carina dorso rotundata, 5-8 mm. 
longa. Legumina subglobosa, oblique oblonga vel late ellipsoidea, 2—6- 
sperma. Fruticuli vel suffrutices. 
84. C. HUILLENSIS, Taubert in Engl. Pflanzenwelt Ost- Afr. C. 205 (1895), 
nomen in obs. 
C. ramosissima, Baker, ex Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 26 (1871) ; Hiern, 
Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. 1. 200, non Roxb. 
Radia lignosa. Caulis ramosissimus, pubescens. Stipule parvee. Folia 
trifoliolata, foliolis oblongo-obovatis vel elliptico-obovatis 6-20 mm. longis 
4-10 mm. latis, petiolo communi 5-9 mm. longo prædita. Flores parviusculi, 
in racemos 6-12-floros dispositi. Bractew 15-2 mm. longs. Calyx totus 
+4 mm. longus, pubescens. Vexillum circ. 575 mm. longum, 4 mm. latum. 
Ale carina breviores. Carina uncinata, 7-8 mm. longa. Legumen sub- 
globosum, brevissime stipitatum, cum stipite 9-10 mm. longum, hirtum, 
5—6-spermum. 
ANGOLA : Huilla, Welwitsch No. 1973! Hb. Mus. Brit., etc. 
85. C. DURA, Wood § Evans in Journ. Bot. xxxv. (1897) 487. 
C. globifera, E. Meyer, var. glabra, Harvey, in Harvey & Sonder, Fl. Cap. 
ii. 44. 
Caules virgati, superne ramosi. Stipule obsolete. Folia trifoliolata, 
foliolis variantibus ex oblanceolato ad lineari-oblongum mucronulatis, termi- 
nalibus 14-18 mm. longis, lateralibus 12-14 mm. longis, minute punctatis 
subtus pubescentibus, petiolo communi 3-12 mm. longo predita. Flores 
