380 MR. E. G. BAKER ON THE 
albo-pilosis, petiolo tenui elongato suffulta. KRacemi laterales, oppositifolii, 
sessiles, densiflori, sepe 20-flori et ultra. Flores parviusculi, breviter pedi- 
cellati. Calycis lobi lanceolati, acuti, pilosi. Petala flavescentia. Vexillum 
aurantiacum, Legumina fere sessilia, adpressa, subpendula, inflata, dorso 
compressa, parce pubentia, 12—14-sperma, seminibus brunneis rugulosis. 
ITALIAN SOMALILAND: Torda Goseia, Macaluso No. 93. 
Near C. astragalina, Hochst., but I have not seen this species. 
Series 49. Flores parviusculi, numerosi, in racemos sepissime terminales, 
rarius laterales dispositis. Carina falcata, subfalcata vel subrect- 
angularis, 6-10 mm. longa. Stipule 0. Bracteze lineares, conspicue. 
Legumina oblonga, deflexa. Herbæ erectze, sepius elatee. 
245. C. comosa, Baker in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 94 (1871); Hiern, Cat. 
Welw. Afr. Pl. i. 203. 
Erecta, usque ad 6-10 din. alt., caulibus suleatis brunneo-sericeis. Folia 
trifoliolata, foliolis oblaneeolatis linearibus vel ellipticis apice mucronatis 
90-65 mm. longis 5-30 mm. latis viridibus subtus sericeis, petiolo communi 
50-65 mm. longo praedita. Floresin racemos densissimos multifloros dispositi. 
Bractew setaceæ, persistentes. Pedicelli sericei. Calyx totus eire. 5 mm. 
longus, dense sericeus. Corolla lutea. Vexillum purpureo-lineatum. Ale 
oblongae. Carina dorso rotundata, 6-7 mm. longa, apice acuta, rostro brevi. 
Legumen sessile, lineari-oblongum, 12-15 mm. longum, sericeum, 12-17- 
spermum. 
CoNao Raion : Leusfu, Vanderyst, Hb. Brux.; Kitobola, A. Flamigni 
No. 139! Hb. Brux. 
ANGOLA: Golungo Alto, Welwitsch No. 1959! and No. 1960! Hb. Mus. 
Brit. ; No. 1961! Hb. Mus. Brit. (forma foliolis latioribus). 
246. C. VATKEANA, Engl. in Hochsgebirgsflora, 245 (1895). 
Caulis erectus, simplex vel pauci ramosus, superne strigoso-pilosus, 2—4 dm. 
longus. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis oblongo-elliptieis vel oblongis acutis 
2-4 em. longis 8-13 mm. latis strigoso-pilosis, petiolo communi circ. 1 em. 
longo praedita. Bractew lineari-lanceolatze, pedicellum superantes, 3 mm. 
longe. Flores mediocres, in racemum terminalem multiflorum dispositi. 
Calyx oblique cupuliformis, sordide violescens, lacinia anteriore quam 
posticæ 23-plo quam intermedi 2-plo longiore. Vewillum obovatum, circ. 
6 mm. longum. Ale lineari-oblongs, obtuse. Carina subrectangularis, 
acuta, 7-8 mm. longa, rostro 3 mm. longo instructa. Legumen lineari- 
oblongum, circ. 17 mm. longum, dense molliter pilosum. 
ABYSSINIA : Dschan Meda, Schimper (1863) No. 1221 ! Hbb. Berol., Mus. 
Brit. 
