344 © MR. E. G. BAKER ON THE 
No. 8414! Hb. Turic.; Durban, Wood No. 249! Hb. Turic. ; South Africa, 
Reg. Orient, Schlechter No. 6697! Hb. Turic. ; Port Natal, Krauss No. 469! 
Hb. Mus. Brit. 
EAST GRIQUALAND: Clydesdale, near River Umzimkulu, 7yson No. 2757! 
Hb. Turic. 
This plant has rather small, yellow flowers, with dark purple veins in 
terminal, lax, elongate racemes. The Mascarene €. Bernieri, Baill., is a 
close ally. 
Var. nov. SEPTENTRIONALIS, Bak. fil. 
Directa, puberula, ramosa. Foliola linearia. Flores majores. Calyæ cive. 
à mm. longus, dentibus brevibus. Vexillum lineatum. Ale vexillo breviores. 
Carina falcata, margine interiore pubescente, apice curvata, acuta, in toto 
10-12 mm. longa.. Legumen oblongum, 20-23 mm. longum. 
GERMAN Kast ArRIOA : Stuhlmann No. 7436! Hb. Berol., Hb. Schinz. 
Differs principally in having a longer carina. 
Var. nov. MALANGENSIS, Bak. fil. 
Caulis erectus, virgatus, in longitudinem striatus, cire. 40 em. altus. 
Folia trifoliata, vel suprema 2-foliolata, foliolis angustioribus 25-60 mm. 
longis 1°5-2-0 mm. latis, petiolis brevioribus 4-10 mm. longis instructa. 
Flores parviuseuli, in racemum terminalem dispositi. Racemi 6-10 cm. 
longi. Bractew cire. 2 mm. longs. Calyx circ. 3°5-4:0 mm. longus, 
dentibus brevibus. Carina faleata, apice acuta, lineis atro-purpureis notata, 
in toto circ. 7-8 mm. longa. Legumina pubescentia, oblonga vel oblongo- 
cylindrica. 
ANGOLA: Malange, Mechow No. 468! Hb. Schinz. 
Differs from the type in the very narrow leaflets and the shorter petioles. 
An interesting little plant occurs on the Island of Mayotte. Tt is a close 
ally of C. lanceolata, Mey., but the carina is smaller, only +5 mm. long. It 
was collected by Boivin No. 3426, Hb. Berol. 
171. C. FALCATA, Vahl ex DC. Prod. ii. 132 (1825) ; Benth. in Hook. Lond. 
Journ, Bot. ii. 585 ; Baker in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 40. 
Species ad C. striatam, DC., accedens, primo intuitu facile distinguenda 
caule magis fruticoso et diffuse divaricatim ramoso. Caulis ad 0:5—0*6 m. 
attingens, sursum tenuiter sericeus. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis obovatis inter- 
mediis 24-32 mm. longis et 18-24 mm. latis, superne glabris subtus tenuiter 
sereiceis, petiolo communi cire. 20-24 mm. longo instructa. Flores in 
'acemos longiuscule pedunculatos dispositi. Bractew minute. Calyx sericeus, 
cire. 5-6 mm. longius, dentibus lanceolatis. Corolla flava. Carina falcata, 
incurva, in toto circ. 8-10 mm. longa. Legumen sessile, cylindricum, 
25-30 mm. longum, juvenile sericeum, 15-20-spermum. 
