376 MR. E. G. BAKER ON THE 
233. C. PLOWDENI, Baker in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 41 (1571). 
Caulis herbaceus, striatus, sursum pube griseo indutus. Stipulæ O. Folia 
trifoliolata, foliolis linearibus lineari-lanceolatis vel lineari-oblongis 25-50 mm. 
longis 4-5 mm. latis glabrescentibus, petiolo communi 12-16 mm. longo 
suffulta. Flores parviusculi, in racemos multifloros vel plurifloros dispositi. 
Bractew lineares, parvee. Vexillum lineis purpureis notatum. Ale oblongze. 
Carina dorso suborbicularis, lineis. purpureis percursa, apice acuta, cire. 
8 mm. longa. Ovarium lineare, sessile, griseo-sericeum. Legumen adhue 
ignotum. 
Abyssinia: Plowden! Hb. Kew. 
Allied to C. mesopontica, Tanbert, but the leaves are longer and narrower. 
234. C. Muansa:, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 
Caulis erectus, cinereo-subtomentosus. Stipule subnulle. Folia tri- 
foliolata, foliolis oblongis vel ellipticis 18-35 mm. longis 7-12 mm. latis, 
petiolo pubescente 15-28 mm. longo instructa. Flores parviuseuli, in 
racemum densum terminalem dispositi. Racemi 25-40 mm. longi. Calyx 
4:5-5*0 mm. longus, cinereo-subtomentosus, dentibus acutis tubo brevioribus. 
Vexillum in sicco purpureo-lineatum, +7 mm. longum, unguiculatum. Ale 
oblong, carina paullo longiores. Carina dorso rotundata, lineis purpureis 
notata, +7 mm. longa. Legumen +19 mm. longum, seminibus levibus 
brunneis. | 
GERMAN EAST AFRICA : Muansa, Dr. Stuhlmann (Expedition Emin Pascha) 
No. 4659! Hb. Berol.; Umbugwe and Iraku, Hauptmann Merker No. 158! 
Hb. Berol. 
This plant is cinereous-tomentose, and has an inflorescence of small flowers, 
in a dense head. It is allied to C. Plowdeni, Baker. 
230. C. PYONOCEPHALA, Bak. fil., sp. nov. 
Suffrutex. Caulis erectus, pubescens. Stipulæ setacem, 2 mm. long. 
Folia irifoliolata, foliolis oblongo-obovatis vel ellipticis 10-18 mm. longis 
7-9 mm. latis subtus pubescentibus, petiolo pubescente 2—5 mm. longo 
suffulta. Flores mediocres, flavi, in racemum terminalem dense congesti. 
Racemi 2:5—4:0 em. longi. Pedicelli 2-3 mm. longi, pubescentes, Bractew 
anguste. — Bracteolr 2, ad apicem pedicelli posites. Calya pubescens, in 
toto 4:5-5 mm. longus. Vexillum in sicco luteum, suborbiculari-obovatum. 
Ale oblongæ, carinze subæquilongæ. Carina dorso rotundata, 7-9 mm. longa, 
apice acuta. — Legumen ignotum. 
GERMAN Kast AFRICA: Msamvia, Lake Nyasa Expedition Hauptmann 
Fromm, Muntzner No. 53! Hb. Berol. 
Allied to C. mesopontica, Taubert, and C. emarginata, Bojer. 
The distinguishing features of this species are:—The yellow pubescence 
