318 MR. E. G. BAKER ON THE 
eo dimidio longioribus. Vexillum reflexum, obo rato-cordatum, apice subeucul- 
latum, ungue intus albo-tomentoso, quam vexillum C. agatiflore, Sehweint., 
minor. Ale faleatie, oblongo-ovate, obtusissime, auriculo uti unguis albo- 
villoso, quam vexillum fere dimidio breviores, 15-20 mm. longa, 6-9 mm. lato. 
Carina 35-40 mm. longa, vexillum superans, oblique oblongo-ovata, apice 
longe rostrata, basi auriculis unguibus  villoso-ciliatis marginibus lanato- 
ciliatis. Ovarium stipitatum, glabrum ; stylus intus superne barbatus. 
GERMAN Hast AFRICA : Pangani, Fischer No. 334 ! Hb. Berol. 
Goetze No. 1311, from Ummamba, is allied to the above, but the wings 
are broader. 
Series 2. Flores magni, in racemos laxos pluri- vel multifloros dispositi. 
Btipule parvo vel obsolete, Carina sepius dorso rotundata, apice in 
rostrum subito attenuata, in toto 20—35 mm. longa. Hujus seriei 
legumina mihi cognita longe stipitata. Frutices vel suffrutices. 
128. C. LABURNIFOLIA, Zinn. Sp. Pl. 115 (1753); DC. Prod. ii. 130 ; 
Baker in Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 84. 
C. Helene, Buscal. & Muschler in Engl. Jahrb. xlix. (1913) 470. 
Clavulium pedunculosum, Desv. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 1, ix. (1826) 407. 
Caulis suffruticosus, erectus, glaber. — Stipule nulle. Folia trifoliolata, 
foliolis ovalibus vel obovato-oblongis apice obtusis vel mucronatis 15-45 mm. 
longis 15-30 mm. latis utrinque glabris, petiolo communi 4-8 em. longo 
suffulta. lores majusculi, in racemos multifloros elongatos dispositi. Bractew 
subulatze, minute. Bracteolw minute, infra medio pedicelli posite. Flores 
flavi. Calyx glaber, laciniis anguste triangularibus acuminatis. Verillum 
lineatum. Carina dorso rotundata, apice subito in rostrum attenuata, rostro 
sursum flexo, in toto 15-25 mm. longa. Legumen insigniter stipitatum, 
glabrum, eylindrico-oblongum, stipite quam calyce longiore, cire. 20-spermum 
vel ultra. 
SUDAN : Upper Nile, Fashoda, Sir S. Baker No. 94! Hb. Schweinf. 
British Basr AFRICA : Kibwesi, Scheffer No. 76! Hb. Berol.: Witu, 
Thomas No. 186 ! Hb. Kew.; Taita Hills, A, Grenfell! Hb. Kew. ; Elgon 
District, Sir Evan James! Hb. Kew. ; near Rabai, Hildebrandt No. 230! 
Hb. Kew. ; Sekoki Forest, Pattiseombe No. 475! Hb. Kew. 
GERMAN East Arrica : Usambara, //olst No. 3200! Hb. Berol. ; Sabaki 
River, Kirk! Hb. Kew.; Kilimanjaro, Merker! Muansa, Stuhlmann No. 4673! 
Between Kilimanjaro and Merue, Uhlig No. 27! Hb. Berol. 
Rnopesta : Victoria Falls, Allen, Hb. Kew.; Manica, Johnston! Hb. Kew. 
TRANSVAAL: Barberton, Gilpin Nos. 845 ! & 917! Hb. Kew.: Houtbosh, 
Rehmann No. 6257! Hb. Kew. 
It also occurs in India, Ceylon, the Philippines, and the Malay Islands. 
I do not think C. Helene, Buseal. & Muschler can be retained as a distinct 
species, It comes from Guasso Nyiro (Herzogin Helena von Aosta No. 1595). 
