320 MR. E, G. BAKER ON THE 
C. aurantiaca, Baker, in Kew Bull. (1895) 213, hardly differs specifically 
from C. petiolaris, Franchet. The flowers are rather larger, and the leaflets 
linear-oblong. 
131. C. PSEUDOSPARTIUM, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 
Suf rute erectus, ramosus, cire. 35 em. altus. vel ultra, habitu Sparti 
subsimilis, Caulis teres, glaber, flavo-viridi-corticatus, striatus. Folia tri- 
foliolata, foliolis vix evolutis erassiusculis parvulis elanco-viridibus, petiolo 
communi tereti 20-45 mm. longo suffulta. Racemi pauciflori. Flores inter 
majores generis iis C. laburnifolim subsimiles. Bracteolæ angustee, lineares. 
Calycis tubus campanulatus, dentibus lanceolatis. Ale carina breviores, 
oblongæ. Carina in toto 28-30 mm. longa, dorso rotundata, apice in 
rostrum 12-15 mm. longum subito attenuata. Legumen glabrum, oblongo- 
cylindricum, +4 em. longum, stipite +9 mm. longo suffultum. 
Bnrrisu East Arica : Kikuju, Scott Elliot No. 6607 ! Alt. 1500-1800 
metres, Hb. Kew., etc. 
The noticeable features of this plant are :—(a) the terete, erect, somewhat 
striate, glabrous stem ; (b) the terete petioles and somewhat thick leaflets ; 
(c) the very few-flowered raceme ; (d) the large yellow flowers, allied in 
structure to C. laburnifolia, Linn., and C. petiolaris, Franchet ; (e) the 
glabrous, stipitate, oblong-cylindrical pods. 
132. C. GRANDIBRACTEATA, Taubert in Engl. Pflanzenwelt Ost- Afr. C. 206 
(1895). 
Frater ramulis teretibus glabris. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis lanceolatis 
oblongis vel ovatis novellis sericeis adultis glabris, petiolo eire. 5—6 em. 
longo suffulta. Flores maximi, pauci, pedicellati. Bracter magnae, ovato- 
rotundatæ, mucronate, 7-8 mm. longæ, pedicellis medio bracteolis minutis 
instructis. Vexillum late ovale, circ. 28-30 mm. longum, ungue crasso intus 
albo-lanate. Ale oblique oblongæ, eire. 15-18 mm. longa. Carina dorso 
rotundata, apice longe rostrata, quam vexillum paullo longior, 25-30 min. 
longa. Legumen glabrum, stipitatum, cire. 4 em, longum, stipite circ. 2 em. 
longo suffultum. 
GERMAN East AFRICA: Usambara, Mlalo, //olst No. 521! Usambara, 
Holst No. 8728 ! East Usambara, tngler No. 803! Usambara, Bumbuli, 
Meinhof No. 11 ! Lutindi, Liebusch ! Hb. Berol., etc. 
Series 3. Flores mediocres vel majusculi, in racemos laxos 3-% -floros dis- 
positi. Carina dorso genuflexa, 15-20 mm. longa. Stipule anguste. 
Calycis lobi longi. Hujus seriei legumina mihi cognita inflata, oblonga 
vel oviformia, plus minus villosa. Herbs vel suffrutices, villosi vel 
pube griseo induti. Bracteole ad basin calycis 2, conspieum. Folia 
3-rarius 5-foliolata. 
