366 MR. E. G. BAKER ON THE 
-10 mm. longæ, 5 mm, late. Bractew ad basin pedicelli, ovate. Calya 
extus tenuiter pubescens, ad $ partitus; laciniw foliaceæ, supreme quam 
ali latiore. Vexillum dorso pallide brunneum; carina 7-11 mm. longum. 
Legumen cum stipite 30-40 mm. longum. 
ABYSSINIA : Mt. Aber, Schimper (1840) No. 860! Hb. Kew.; Sehimper 
(1863-68) Tigré, No. 448! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
ERITREA : Ambelaco, Schweinfurth No. 275! (1894), Geleb, Schiveinfurth 
Nos. 11421 1557 ! (1891), Amba, Schweinfurth No. 1372! (1891), Hb. Berol. ; 
Mensa, Terraciano y Pappi No. 917! Ham-ham, Terraciano & Pappi 
No. 711! Hb. Rom. : Hamasen, Ragazzi No. 2031 Hb. ltom.; Mensa, 
Terraciano § Pappi No. 1933! Hb. Rom. ; Amasen, Pappi No. 5334! 
Hb. Rom. 
The vexillum is light brown on the back, on the other side pale gold. The 
wings are yolk-coloured, the keel pale citron-gold, with black veins or 
greenish, the pod, without stipe, 25-28 mm. long. 
Series 38. Flores parvi, graciliter pedicellati. Carina 5-6 mm. longa. 
Stipule lineari-lanceolat». Legumen oblongo-oviforme, stipitatum, 
glabrum. Annua diffusa. 
212. ©. ORIXENSIS, Willd. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Neue Schr. iv. (1803) 217; 
DC. Prod. 3. 131; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. (1843 
588; Baker in. Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 97. 
C. macropoda, Hochst. in Sehimp. Herb. Abyss. No. I611; A. Rich. 
Tent. Fl. Abyss. i. 157. 
Caules prostrati vel suberecti, pilis longis et patentibus induti. Stipulw 
5-6 mm. longæ. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis oblongo-ellipticis vel oblongo- 
obovatis lateralibus inæquilateralibus 15-28 mm. longis 9-14 mm. latis, 
petiolo communi 20-30 mm. longo prædita. Flores in racemos laxissimos 
3-6-floros dispositi. Pedicelli graciles. Bracteolæ sub calyce retroflexæ. 
Bractew conspicuæ, cordato-ovatæ persistentes. Calyæ sericeus, tubo brevi, 
laciniis tubo longioribus. Corolla calyce vix longior. Carina dorso genu- 
flexa. Legumen cum stipite 20-22 mm. longum, stipite cire. 5-6 mm. 
longo. 
ABYSSINIA: Prov. Sana, Schimper (1844) No. 1611! Hb. Mus. Brit.; Quartin 
Dillon, Hb. Mus. Paris. 
A diffuse annual with conspicuous bracts, and small flowers on slender 
pedicels. 
It was originally described in a paper entitled ** Botanische Bemerkungen 
auf der Hin- und Rückreise von Tranquebar nach Madras,” von Herrn 
Missionür Rottler, mit Anmerkungen von Herrn Professor C. L, Willdenow. 
