382 MR. E. G. BAKER ON THE 
249. C. DUMETORUM, Baker in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 22 (1871) ; Hiern, 
Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. i. 199. 
Caulis erectus, indumento brevi ferrugineo indutus, ramosus. Stipule 
minute. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis subtus molliter tomentosis oblongis vel 
obovato-oblongis lateralibus minoribus 20-45 mm. longis intermediis 40— 
80 mm. longis, petiolo communi 5-10 mm. longo suffulta. Flores mediocres, 
in capitula eongesti, capitulis ad ramorum apices dispositis, Bractew an- 
guste. Calyæ extus hirtus. Vexillum in sicco rubro-purpureum. — Ale 
oblonga, carina breviores. Carina apice incurva, acuta, + 7 mm. longa. 
Legumen sessile, elliptico-oblongum, 6-8 mm. longum, pilis ferrugineis dense 
vestitum 3—4-spermum. 
ANGOLA : Pango Andongo, Welwitsch No. 1920 ! Huilla, Welwitsch 
No. 1921! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
Closely allied to C. densicephala, Welw., but the stem is not so stout, the 
heads of flowers are not nearly so large, and the individual flowers are 
smaller. 
250. C. LACHNOCLADA, Harms in Baum, Kunene-Sambesi Fieped. 254 (1903). 
Species ad C. dumetorum, Baker, valde accedens, a qua were discernitur. 
Caulis erectus, usque ad 40 em. altus, dense hirto-villosus. Folia foliolis 
obovatis oblongo-obovatis vel oblongo-oblanceolatis apice rotundatis et mucro- 
nulatis basin versus cuneato-attennatis 2°5-5 em. longis 13-20 mm. latis 
intermediis subduplo majoribus, petiolo communi 7-12 mm. longo praedita. 
Racemi terminales, densi, pluriflori vel pauciflori, breves. Pedicelli brevissimi. 
Caly« + 8 mm. longus. Carina dorso rotundata, 9-11 mm. longo. Legumen 
ignotum. 
ANGOLA: Between Lassingua and  Kuiriri, Baum No. 670! Hb. 
Berol. ete. ; Cutehi River, Gossweiler No. 3141! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
Series 51. Flores mediocres, vel parviusculi, in racemos laxos vel laxissimos 
dispositi. Carina dorso angulo recto curvata, in toto 7-10 mm. longa. 
Stipule parvee. Legumen oblongo-clavatum. 
251. C. LAXA, Franchet in Revoil Comalis, 24 (1882). 
Frutex ramosus, ramis cortice pallide luteo tectis. Folia trifoliolata, 
foliolis obovatis basi cuneatis 5-8 mm. longis pubescentibus, petiolo communi 
pubescente 5-10 mm. longo suffulta. Racemi laxe pauciflori. Bractew ad 
basin pedicellorum, parva. Pedicelli graciles. Calycis lacinia lanceolate, 
extus pubescentes. Vexillum luteum. — Ale carina breviores. Legumen 
basin versus attenuatum, 16-18 mm, longum, pubescens, stipite calycem 
sequante. 
ABYSSINIA : Salt! Hb. Mus. Brit. 
