374 MR. E. G. BAKER ON THE 
10-17 mm. longis strigoso-pubescentibus, petiolo communi 6-8 mm. longo 
suffulta. Flores parviusculi, capitato-congesti, numerosi. Dractee parvee. 
Pedicelli ferrugineo-pubescentes. Calyx totus 3°5 mm. longus, dentibus 
acutis. — Vexillum. +5 mm. longum, flavum, striatum, ungue pubescente. 
Ale oblongs, carine subæquilongæ. Carina dorso rotundata, flava, 5:5 mm. 
longa. Ovarium lineari-oblongum. Legumen deest. 
GERMAN Hasr Arrica: Uhehe, Utsehungwe Berg, 1600 m., Frau 
Hauptmann Prince! Hb. Berol. 
The flowers are small, in a globose head, with the leaves some distance 
from the flowers. 
230. C. ASTRAGALINA, Hochst. in Schimp. Herb. Abyss. No. 808; Baker in 
Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 43 (1871) ; Sehweinfurth in Bull. Herb. 
Boiss. (1896) App. ii. 226. 
C. striata, A. Br. in Flora, xxiv. (1841) 280, non DC. 
C. abyssinica, D. Dietr. Syn. iv. 933 (1841). 
Caules tenues ramosi.  Stipule obsolete. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis in 
typo euneato-oblongis vel cuneato-ellipticis 15-25 mm. longis 6-8 mm. latis 
glaueo-viridibus subtus et margine adpresse pilosis, petiolo communi 
10-15 mm. longo suffulta. Flores parvi, in typo in racemos breves densi- 
floros dispositi. Bractew parvæ, anguste. Bracteole parvæ. Calyx totus 
3-4 mm. longus; lacinim lanceolate. — Vexillum lineis violaceis notatum, 
5-6 mm. longum. Carina 5-6 mm. longa. . Legumen oblongum, 10-12 mm. 
longum, subsessile, 10—14-spermum. 
ABYSSINIA : Schimper (1863-68) No. 560! Hb. Mus. Brit. ; near Gapdia, 
Schimper (1842) No. 808! Hb. Mus. Brit. : near Arnam, Schimper (1844) 
No. 1495 ! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
ERITREA, Bogos, Hildebrandt No. 571! Hb. Mus. Brit.; Mt. Alam Kale, 
Schweinjurth & Riva No. 1656! Hb. Turic. ; Dr. Terraciano No. 325! Hb. 
Turic.; Maragus, Pappi No. 113 ! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
NIAMNIAMLAND : Schweinfurth No. 3909 ! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
The following forms are described by Dr. Schweinfurth :— 
Forma I. Racemus elongatus, longe pedunculatus. 
ERITREA : Ambelaco, Schweinfurth No. 281 (1894). 
Forma II. Racemus congestus, subcapitatus, longe pedunculatus, foliolis 
ovalibus vel obovatis. 
ERITREA : Ginda, Schweinfurth No. 397 (1891) ; Ambelaco, Schweinfurth 
No. 279 (1894) ; south from Ginda, Schweinfurth No. 1899 (1892). 
Forma III. Prostrata vel diffusa, parviflora, pedunculis abbreviatis, 
rariflora. 
Erirrea : Ambelaco, Schweinfurth No. 278 (1894); Gaba, Schweinfurth 
