378 MR. E, G. BAKER ON THE 
brevius. le carina breviores. Carina falcata, calyce longior, circ. 8 mm. 
longa. Ovarium hirsutum. Legumen 25-30 mm. longum, oblongum, 
hirsutum, polyspermum. 
GAZALAND : Near Chirinda, alt. 1270 m., C. F. M. Swynnerton Nos. 397! 
1498 ! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
A small herb with yellow flowers, allied to C. Airkiz, Baker, and C. pallida, 
Dryand. The bracteoles are linear and adnate to the calyx near the base, 
4-5 mm. long. 
239. C. LATHYROIDES, Guill. & Perr. Fl. Seneg. Tent. 1. 162 (1830-33) ; 
Baker in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 35. 
Annua e basi ramosa, ramis divaricatis patentibus. — Stipule subnulle. 
Folia trifoliolata, foliolis linearibus. 30-40 mm. longis 15-25 mm. latis, 
subtus strigoso-pubescentibus superne glabris, petiolo communi 10-15 mm. 
longo suffulta. Flores in racemos breves dispositi, rubro-striati, parviusculi. 
Dractee parve. Calyx ad medium 5-fidus, dentibus lineari-lanceolatis. 
Vexillum ovale, flavum, lineis rubro-fuscis striatum. Ale oblong. Carina 
rostriformis, alis longior, falcata, 6-8 mm. longa.  Legumen pendulum, 
oblongum, 12-20 mm. longum, sessile, cire. 24-spermum, fere glabrum, 
seminibus ovato-compressis fusco-flavescentibus. 
SENEGAMBIA: Perrottet ! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
SIERRA Leone: Afzelius! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
Cameroons: Preuss No. 625! Hb. Kew., etc. 
240. C. CYLINDRICA, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. i. 154 (1847). 
C. tigrensis, Baker in Oliver, l. c. ii. 36. 
Radix crassa. Caulis basi suffruticosus, erectus, cinero-pubescens vel fere 
glaber. Stipule obsolete. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis oblongis vel oblanceo- 
latis obtusis 15-35 mm. longis 4-6-9 mm. latis pulverulenti-pubescentibus, 
petiolo communi 5-6 mm. longo suffulta. Flores parviusculi, in racemos 
breves dispositi. Bracteœw minute. Calyæ leviter sericeus, dentibus lanceo- 
latis. Flores lutei. Vexillum supra unguem bicarunculatum. Carina 
lutea, striata, 8-10 mm. longa. Legumina sessilia, lineari-oblonga, 16-18 mm. 
longa, 6-8-sperma, glabra vel pubenti-cinerea. 
ABYSSINIA : Near Adoua, Petit! Hb. Mus. Paris ; Abyssinia, Schimper 
(1863-68) No. 259! Hb. Mus. Brit, 
This is apparently not the C. cylindrica of Chiovenda in Ann. Ist. Dot. 
Roma, viii. 400. 
241. C. supcAPITATA, De Wild. in Ann. Mus. Congo, sér. Iv. i. 186 (1903). 
Erecta. Rami pilis appressis sparse induti. Stipule setacee, 1-2 mm. 
long. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis superne glabris ovato-lanceolatis apice 
mucronulatis lateralibus 30-45 mm. longis 5-12 mm. latis, petiolo communi 
