394 MR. E. G. BAKER ON THE 
ANGOLA : Loanda, Gossweiler No. 3811 Hb. Mus. Brit. 
The distinguishing features of this plant are the small flowers, in few- 
flowered lateral racemes, and the stipitate oblong pod. 
Series 64. [lores mediocres, pauci, apicem versus peduneulorum dispositi. 
Carina dorso rotundata, sepius 9-14 mm. longa. Stipulm parvi. 
Legumina mihi cognita subsessilia, oblonga. Herbs vel suffrutices, 
diffuse vel prostratee, humiles. 
273. C. excisa, Bak. fil., comb. nov. 
C. humilis, Kcklon & Zeyher, Enum. 174 (1836) ; Benth. in Hook. Lond. 
Journ. Bot. ii. (1843) 574 ; Harvey in Harvey & onder, Fl. Cap. ii. 41 ; 
Dolus & Wolley Dod, Fl. Plants and Ferns of Cape Peninsula, 255. 
C. diffusa, i, Mey. in Linnea, vii. (1832) 151, non Link. 
C. effusa, E. Mey. Com. 25 (1825) ex parte. 
Lotononis difusa, Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. 177 (1836). 
Lotononis perplexa, Eckl. & Zeyh. 1. ¢., non Benth. 
Ononis exeisa, Thunb. Fl. Cap. 586 (1823). 
Humilis, diffusa, ad basin valde ramosa.  Ramuli filiformes, minute 
pubescentes vel glabri.  Stipule parvee. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis obovatis 
oblongis vel supremis linearibus 5-10 mm. longis 3-6 mm. latis, adpresse 
pubescentibus, petiolo communi 5-8 mm. longo preedita. Flores mediocres, 
ad apicem peduneulorum solitarii vel gemini. Bractew parve. — Bracteole 
angustee. Calyw totus 6-7 mm. longus, dentibus acutis. Vexillum 10—11 mm. 
longum. Ale carinam vix æquans. Carina 10-11 mm. longa, dorso rotun- 
data, apice acuta.  Legumina subsessilia, oblongo-cylindriea, minute vel 
adpresse pubescentia. 
CAPE: Common near Cape Town, Eehlon & Zeyher! Hb. Kew.; Green 
Point, Macowan, Herb. Normale, No. 1832! Hb. Mus. Brit. ; Paarl and 
Groenekloof, Drege! Cape Peninsula, Wolley Dod No. 1334! Hb. Mus. 
Brit. ; Sea Point, Bolus No. 2998 ! Hb. Mus. Brit. ; Sandy places on Olifants 
River, Clanwilliam, Meklon $ Zeyher ; Western Region, Hopefield, Schlechter 
No. 5330 ! Hb. Turic. ; Western Region, Rivierzonderend, Schlechter 
No. 5636! Hb. Turie. 
274. C. ANGUSTISSIMA, Æ. Mey. Comm. 26 (1835); Benth. in Hook. Lond. 
Journ. Bot. ii. (1843) 576 ; Harvey in Harvey § Sonder, Fl. Cap. ii. 42. 
Tenuissima, diffusa, e basi valde ramosa. Stipule minute, Folia trifolio- 
lata, foliolis angustissimis lineari-subulatis vel  lineari-cuneiformibus 10- 
15 mm. longis subtus adpresse et tenuiter pubescentibus, petiolo communi 
20-30 mm. longo prædita. Flores majuseuli, sæpissime solitarii. rarius bini, 
apicem versus pedunculorum dispositi. Corollam non vidi, ex. cl. E. Meyer 
