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U, Harms, Lcguminosae africanae. IX, 3g]_ 



C. leplopoda Harms n. sp. (Sect. Sphaerocarpae), — Suffrulicosa, 

 ad I m alta, caulibus laxis lenuibus elongatis paiiUo flexuosis, parce liir- 

 sulis demum glabrescenlibus; folia satis parva, trifoliolata, pcliolo ienui 

 piloso vel pilosulo, 5 — 15 mm longo, foliolis obovato-oblongis vcl obovalts 

 vel oblongis, basin versus saepc angxistatis, apice obtusis vel rolundalis, 

 supra parce pilosuliSj sublus paullo pallidioribus villosulis vcl pilosulis, 

 7 — 22 mm longis, 4 — 9 mm latis; stipulae lanceolatae brevissimne; pe- 

 dunculi graciles tenues saepe longi vel breves parce birsuli vel subglabri. 

 apice florem imicum vel flores 2 — 3 rarius usque G racemose digcslos 

 ferentes, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis; calyx hirsutus (juvenilis angustus dense 

 villoso-hirsutus), dentibus lanceolatis acutis, ad 6 — 7 mm longus; corolla 

 exserta, vexillo extus pilosulo, purpureo-striato, carina rectangule curvala 

 in rostrum longum altenuala^ 9 — 10 mm longa; legumen subgloboso-ovoi- 

 deum, dense hirsuto-villosum, 7^ — 10 mm longum. 



Nyassasee-Gebiet: Kyimbila, Kilambo-Mbaka-Mittellauf, GOO — 700 m, 

 Graswiesen (A. Stolz n. 1528. — August 1912; buschig, bis 1 m boch, 

 Stengel hellgrun, Blatter meergrun, unterseits weiBlichgrun, Bluten gelbj. 



Verwandt rait G. pilidicarpa Taub., davon vcrschieden durch die viel geringere 

 Behaarung sowic groCere Bluten und Fruchte. 



C. poliochlora Harms n. sp. (Sect. Spkaerocarpae). — Suffrulicosa 

 caulibus compluribus e trunco basali lignoso ortiSj decumbentibus vel ad- 

 scendentibuS; dense breviter hirsuto-villosulis serius glabrescenlibus, paullo 

 flexuosis, lenuibus; folia trifoliolata^ parva, petiolo 5—7 mm longo, villo- 

 sulo, foliola oblongo-oblanceolata vel oblanceolata vel oblonga, obtusa vel 

 obtusiuscula, vel acuta, saepe brevissime mucronulata, ± hirsula, 5 

 • 3 mm longa; racemi pluriflori, laxiflori, rarius paucillori, rbacbi breviter 

 incano-hirsulula vel villosula, tenui, bracleolis brevissimis lanceolatis, pedi- 

 cellis brevibus; calyx incano-villosulus, dentibus lanceolatis acutis, fere 

 4 mm longus; corolla exserta glabra (vexillo exlus parce villosulo), carina 

 fere rectangule curvata, in rostrum longiusculum altenuala, G mm longa; 

 legumen parvum subglobosum, subsericeo-pubescens, ad 6 mm longum. 



Nyassa-IIochland: Bez. Iringa, Ilembula, 1300 m (A. Stolz n. 2680. 

 Juoi 1914; im Grase kriechend, Stengel und Blatter graugrun, BlQlcn 

 gelb mil braun). 



Verwandt mit C. sphaerocarpa G. et P.; ausgezeiclinet durch graubehaarlen 

 Stengel und Blatter. Es entspringen aus holzigeni Grundstock meLrere kricchende oder 

 ^'infsteigende ctwas hin und hergebogene Stengel, 



C. Adolfi Harms n. sd. (Sect. Eticrotalaria § Grandillorae). — Fru- 



ticulus ad 2 m altus, ramulis adpresse brevissime incano-pubescentibus vel 

 puberulis; folia trifoliolata, peliolo 2—4 cm longo pubcscente, fobola ob- 

 'onga vel obovato-oblonga usque obovata vel ovata, basi acuta vel obtusa, 

 »pice obtusa vel saepe rotundata emarginulata et mucronulata, rarius acuta, 

 supra brevissime puberula vel subglabra, sublus adpresse incano-villosa 

 vel villosula, 2—6 cm longa, 1—3,5 cm lata; racemi pauciflori vel pluri- 



