406 MR. E. G BAKER ON THE 
C. incanescens, Linn. fil., Suppl. 323 (1781). 
C. laburnifolia, Miller, Dict. ed. vii. (1768), non Linn. 
Frutex usque ad 13-16 m. alt. Rami teretes, adpresse sericei. Folia 
trifoliolata, foliolis late obovatis vel oblongo-obovatis obtusis vel mucronulatis 
glabris vel minute pubescentibus, petiolo pubescente suffulta. Racemi ter- 
minales vel oppositifolii, laxe multiflori. Flores lutei. Bracter ad basin 
pedicelli lineares. — Bracteolie in medio pedicelli lineares. Calycis tubus 
pubescens, dentibus laneeolatis acuminatis. Vexillum luteum, lineis per- 
cursum, calyce duplo longius. Ale oblong. Carina apice incurva, 
unguieulata, sepius 17-19 mm. longa. Legumen eylindricum vel oblongo- 
cylindrieum, cum stipite 4-5 em. longum. 
SOUTH AFRICA : Eastern Districts, common, many collectors. Introduced 
as an ornamental plant into Cape Peninsula and now naturalised. 
Porrucugse Basr AFRICA : Delagoa Bay, Junod No. 507! Hb. Schinz ; 
Between Beira and Massi Kessi, Mrs. Evelyn Cecil! Hb. Kew. 
Introduced into cultivation by Franeis Masson in 1774. 
The var. 8. obscura, F. Mey., Com. 23, from near Enon, was diagnosed 
“ foliis saturate viridibus," but, judging from herbarium material, is not 
markedly different from the typical form. 
Series 77. l'lores mediocres vel sat ampli, lutei vel rarius c:erulei, in racemos 
paucifloros vel plurifloros dispositi, rarius solitarii. Carina dorso genu- 
flexa, 10-18 mm. longa. Stipulee + foliaceæ vel rarius ut in €. Fleckii, 
Schinz, parvee, interdum caduco, et in €. damarense, Engler, angusto. 
Hujus seriei legumina mihi cognita oblonga, glabra, stipitata. Herbee 
vel suffrutices, pilis + induti rarius demum glabrescentes, 
294. C. popocarpa, DC. Prod. ii. 133 (1825) ; Guill. § Perr, Fl. Seneg. 
166 ; Benth in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ü. (1843) 589; Baker in 
Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 17. 
C. arvensis, Klotzsch in Peters’ Mossamb. Bot. 53 (1862) 
C. pilifera, Klotzsch, l. c. 54. 
C. physocarpa, Fenzl ex Baker in Oliver, 1l. c. ii. 17 (1871). 
Caulis herbaceus, erectus, e basi vel sursum divarieato- ramosus, hispidus. 
Stipule foliaceze, faleate, erectæ. Folia trifoliolata, foliolis obovatis vel 
oblongis obtusis mucronatis, seepe 10-40 mm. longis 3-8 mm. latis, glabris 
subtus pilis longis raris obtectis, petiolo communi 10-25 mm. longo suffulta. 
Flores sat ampli, flavi, in racemos oppositifolios vel terminales paucifloros 
dispositi vel rarius subsolitarii, Bractew parvæ. Bracteolw lineares, apicem 
versus pedicelli posita. Calyw hispidus, profunde quinque partitus, seg- 
mentis lineari-lanceolatis fere wqualibus. Vexillum ovale, cire. 10-13 mm. 
longum, pallide flavum. Ale vexillo vix minores. Carina rostriformis, 
