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verrucosis. Racemi folia 2-plo superantes. Calycis dentes acuti, tubo fere 
duplo longiores. Vexillum calyce longius. Ovarium stipitatum. Legumen 
ferrugineo-sericeum, calycem duplo superans. 
British East Arrica: Between Teita and Wanga, Fischer 179! Hb. 
3erol. 
The plant collected by J. Mildbraed in N.O. Kiwu, Lake Kalago, No. 1526, 
is Closely allied to the above, but the flowers are larger and the racemes 
shorter. 
Series 42. Flores mediocres vel parviusculi, in racemos laxos seepissime 5-12- 
floros dispositi. Carina 6-9 mm. longa. Stipule parve. Legumina 
oblonga vel cylindrica, sessilia. Suffrutices virgati, seepius elati. 
218. C. srssiLIS, De Wild. Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot., sér. v. i. (1906) 257, 
tab. 44. 
Caulis erectus, lignosus, usque ad 60 em. altus, valde ramosus. Rami 
virgati, tenues. Stipule parvæ, setaceæ, caducæ. Folia trifoliolata, sessilia, 
foliolis oblanceolatis linearibus, superne glabris, subtus pilis adpressis vestitis. 
Flores parviusculi, in racemos laterales 5—12-floros laxos dispositi. Bracteæ 
ad basin pedicelli, parvæ. Bracteolæ apicem versus pedicelli, parvæ. Pedicelli 
. ~ : : x . . a . 
cire. 5 mm. longi, graciles. Calycis laeinice lanceolate, acute, tubo longiores. 
Vexillum ovale, circ. 6 mm. longum. Ale oblong, unguiculate. Carina 
dorso geniculata, apice subobtusa. Legumen circ. 14 mm. longum, subsessile, 
oblongum. 
Coxco REaroN : Between Dembo and Kisantu, J. Gillett No. 1560! Hb. 
Brux. 
219. C. oRTHOCLADA, Welw. ex Baker in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. (1871) 29; 
Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. i. 901. 
Sufrutex erectus, virgatus, copiose ramosus. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis 
oblanceolatis apiee mucronatis terminali longiore 10-35 mm. longis 3-8 mm. 
latis, petiolo communi 2-5 usque ad 10 mm. longo suffulta. Flores mediocres, 
lutei, in racemos plurifloros terminales et laterales dispositi.  Bractew 
angustm, pedicello longiores. Calyx extus cinereo-pubescens ; tubus cam- 
panulatus ; laeinie lanceolate. Vexillum luteum, extus hirsutum. Ale 
ovato-oblongse. Carina dorso rotundata, 6-8 mm. longa. Legumen ob- 
longum, hirsutum, sessile, 20-24 mm. longum, multispermum. 
Cameroons ; Samulabo, Ledermann No. 5501! Hb. Berol. 
Conco RraroN : Lulu Lumen, Hendrichs No. 3068 ! forma Hb. Brux. 
ANGOLA : Huilla, Welwitsch No. 1976! along the river Songwe, Gossweiler 
No. 1743! at the Cababa River near Kakonda, Gossweiler No. 43421 Hb 
Mus. Brit. ; Huilla, Antunes & Dekindt No. 3026! Hb. Mus, Paris. 
C. cytisoides, Hils. & Bojer, from Madagascar, is an ally. 
LINN. JOURN.—BOTANY, VOL. XLII. 2p 
