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Cymes lax, 2-3-flowered; coronal-lobes, 
subulate . A é : : . 5. C. microphylla. 
Cymes compact, 7-15-flowered, with branches 
1-2 lin. long; coronal-lobes clavate . 8. C. producta, 
**Corolla-lobes 1-2 lin. long. 
Corolla pubescent within at the base of the 
lobes and in the throat of the tube. 
(N.B.—The hairs are not visible when 
wet). 
Cymes obconic, flat-topped ; corolla shortly 
pointed in bud. 
Leaves linear ; corolla-lobes 3 lin. broad. 7. C. Hensit. 
Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate ; 
corolla-lobes 3-1 lin. broad. . 9. C. Baumii. 
Cymes dense, rounded or subglobose ; corolla 
very obtuse in bud . : . 10. C. Brazza@i. 
Corolla glabrous within. 
Flowers 20 or more in a cyme, rather 
congested. 
Leaves 3-nerved at the base ; sinus- 
pockets truncate, entire or denti- 
culate 4 11. C. Welwitschit. 
Leaves not 3-nerved at the base ; sinus- 
pockets produced into long fili- 
form processes . 3 2 
Flowers 3-16 in a cyme, not con- 
gested. 
Leaves lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, 
2-5 times as long as broad. 
Corolla acute or acuminate in bud, 
its lobes 3—$ lin. broad . . 13. C. oblongifolia. 
Corolla obtuse in bud, its lobes 
1-1i lin. broad. i: . 14. C. Elliotii. 
Leaves linear or. linear-lanceolate 43— 
12 times as long as broad . . 15. C. nigritana. 
Flowers’ solitary or in 2-flowered 
cymes : . 16. C. suffruticosa. 
C. angolensis. 
1. C. decidua, V. HE. Br. A shrub with straight slender 
branches, having a pale grey (glaucous %) bark and rather distant 
nodes, from which arise short, and proportionately stout lateral shoots 
~¢ in. long, bearing leaves and flowers. Leaves subfasciculate on the 
teral shoots, 3-1 in. long, 1-2 lin. broad, linear or linear-spathulate, 
obtuse or subacute, gradually narrowing to the base, subsessile, 
glabrous, Flowers solitary in the axils of the leaves, one or two (or 
More 2) in each tuft of leaves; pedicels 3-74 lin. long, bracteate at 
about: the middle, slender, glabrous. Sepals 1 lin. long, lanceolate, 
acuminate. Corolla-tube campanulate, 1 lin. long; lobes lanceolate or 
Inear-lanceolate, 3 lin. long, twisted in the bud, glabrous. Coronal- 
obes arising from the middle of the corolla-tube, 14-2 lin. long, filiform 
or subulate. Anthers connivent, acuminate. Style shorter than the 
anthers, conical at the apex.— Curroria decidua, Planch. ex Benth. in 
