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ad apices ramulorum dispositi. Calyx circ. 4 mm. longus, dense pubescens, 
dentibus lanceolatis vel deltoideis tubo sequilongis. Carina cire. 10 mm. longa. 
Legumen turgidum, pilosum, 6 mm. longum, seminibus 5-6 brunneis. 
NYASALAND : Nyika Plateau, Whyte Nos. 109! 117! Hb. Kew. ; Nyasa- 
land, Buchanan No. 695! Hb. Kew. 
Noticeable on aecount of the short racemes, the flowers being arranged in 
a subumbellate manner. The pods are sessile and oblong-globose, 5-6 mm. 
long. 
Series 55. Flores parviusculi, in racemos laxos paucifloros dispositi. Carina 
ignota, an 8-10 mm. longa? Stipule obsolete. Legumen oblongum, 
glabrum, breviter stipitatum, cum stipite 15-18 mm. longum. 
251. C. ASPALATHOIDES, Lam. Dict. ii. 202 (1786); Harvey in Harvey 
& Sonder, Fl. Cap. ii. 46. 
Fruticulus. Rami virgati, subspinescentes. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis 
euneato-oblongis apice rotundatis vel emarginatis 5-6 mm. longis glabris vel 
strigoso-pubescentibus, petiolo communi 2-3 mm. longo suffulta. Pedicelli 
+ 3 mm. longi. Calyx totus + 4 mm. longus, dentibus 1:0-1:5 mm. longis 
acutis, 10-nervosus, strigoso-pubescens. —Vezillum ignotum. Carina ignota. 
Legumen stipite 2-3 mm. longo suffultum. 
‘APE: Bokkeveld, Drege No. 3334! Hbb. Turic., Mus. Paris. 
The carina would probably be 8-10 mm. long. Shrub rigidly and much 
branched. Pod oblong, glabrous. 
Series 56. Flores mediocres, flavi, in racemos dispositi. Carina dorso rotun- 
data, 85-10 mm. longa. Stipule minute. Legumen oblongo-globosum. 
Frutex, foliis palmatim 4-5, rarius 3-foliolatis. 
258. C. SAHARÆ, Cosson in Bull. Soe. Bot. Fr. xi. (1864) 165, t. 4. 
Tota planta prster petala indumento molli induta, indurato-frutescens, 
divaricato-ramosa. Folia foliolis cum petiolo articulatis oblongis obtusis, 
petiolo communi mediocri. Flores in racemos plurifloros dispositi. Bractee 
anguste, lineares. Corolla flava. Calyx dense sericeo-villosus, laciniis 
lanceolatis. Vexillum alas et carinam subzequans. Carina apice acutiuscula. 
Legumen molliter tomentosum, abortu subdispermum. 
SARARA : H. Duveyrter ! Hbb. Mus. Paris, Kew. 
Noticeable on account of the leaves being 3—4—5-foliolate. 
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