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This is a very curious species on account of the purple flowers and 
the absence of a rostrum to the carina. 
C. coluteoides, Lam. Encyl. ii. 200, is perhaps this species, but the petals 
are not known. 
Series 32. Flores mediocres vel majusculi in racemos paucifloros vel 
plurifloros dispositi. Carina dorso rotundata, 10-15 mm. longa. 
Stipule parve. Legumina oviformia vel oblonga, sessilia vel brevissime 
stipitata.  Frutices vel suffrutices. 
202. C. COLORATA, Schinz in Mém. Herb. Boiss. No. 1, 127 (1900). 
Radix lignosa, flava. Fruticulus ramulis sericeis, Stipulæ parvi. 
Folia trifoliolata, cinereo-sericea, foliolis cuneato-obovatis 15-25 mm. 
longis, petiolo communi 10-17 mm. longo prodita. Flores aurco-flavi, 
mediocres, in racemos paucifloros vel plurifloros dispositi. Bractew anguste. 
Calyx sericeus, 10-12 mm. longus. Vexillum unguiculatum. Ale latze, 
unguiculatze, +11 mm. longe, 6-7 mm. late. Carina apice in rostrum acutum 
attenuata, circ. 11 mm. longa. Legumen oviforme vel oblongum, 18-25 mm. 
longum, sessile, cinereo-sericeum. 
HEREROLAND : Swakopmund, Dinter No. 206! Hb. Berol; Tsoaxaub 
Munding, Dinter No. 48! Hb. Turic. ; Dinter No. 1! Hb. Turic. 
Flowers golden yellow. 
203. C. ERECTA, Schinz in Herb. Schinz. 
C. mollis, E. Meyer, var. erecta, Schinz in Abhandl. Bot. Ver. Prov. 
Brand. xxx. (1888) 161. 
Frutex vel suffrutex erectus, sericeo-hirtus vel hispidus. ^ Sttpule 
anguste. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis cuneato-obovatis 22-30 mm. longis 
15-20 mm. latis sericeo-tomentosis, petiolo 10-15 mm. longo suffulta. 
Flores mediocres, in racemos dispositi. DBractee anguste. Calyx hirtus, 
10-11 mm. longus. Vexillum suborbiculari-obovatum. Carina calyce 
paullo longior, +12 mm. longa, apice rostrata. Legumen oviforme, sub- 
sessile vel breviter stipitatum, cum stipite 25-30 mm. longum. 
GREAT NAMAQUALAND : Near Klein Fontain, Schinz! near Angra Pequena, 
Schenck No. 11; Kolmankop, Range No. 599! Hb. Berol.; Namib, Dr. 
Schäfer No. 1208! Hb. Berol. ; Namib, Dinter No. 1033 ! Hb. Berol. ; 
Warmbad! Marloth No. 4780! Hb. Berol.; Namib, near Angra Pequena, 
Schultze No. 104 ! Hb. Berol. 
204. C. MOLLIS, E. Mey. Comm. 23 (1835) ; Benth. in Hook, Lond. Journ. Dot. 
ii. 575 ; Harvey in Harvey & Sonder, Fl. Cap. ii. 42. 
Diffusa e basi ramosissima, molliter hirta vel pilosa. Radia lignosa. 
Caules subherbacei, 10-30 cm. longi. Stipule parve. Folia trifoliolata, 
