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Pod glabrous within. 
Racemes elongated, many-flowered. : 
Shrubby, stipules obovate, large, persistent . . 87. C. capensis. 
Shrubby, stipules setaceons, deciduous. . . . 88. C. striata. 
Herbaceous, stipules linear. ae: 
Leaflets 12-18 lines broad. . . . . . . 89. C. glaucifolia. 
Leaflets 3-6 lines broad. . . . . .. . 90. €. Lotononis. 
Racemes 4-6-flowered’ 2° fg 2 ot ee a MES. cyanea. 
Pod fall of wool within . . . . «+s «© « « + 92. O lupinoides. 
Pod sessile or subsessile. ; 
Stipules semilunate, persistent . . . . . . . « 93. OC. eylindrocarpa. 
Stipules linear, } eA persistent ©. 1 Oa eee: 
Stipules 0 or minute setaceous deciduous, 
Suffruticose with obovate leaflets. 
Petioles an inch long . . . . . . » « » . 95. G falcata. 
Petioles 14-3 inches long . . . . . . . « . 96. CO. fertilis. 
Herbaceous; leaflets oblanceolate or linear. ioe 
Bracts 3-4 lineslong . . . . . . ~ « 97. C. Dilloniana. 
Bracts very minute. : 
Calyx-teeth deltoid or lanceolate-acuminate 98. C. oligostachya. 
Calyx-teeth linear . . . . . . . ~. 99. OC. Plowdeni. 
Racemes all lateral. Lame 
Flowers 1-4, in axillary racemes or umbels. . . . . . 100. C. lotifolia. 
Flowers in stalked leaf-opposed racemes. 
Pod distinctly-stalked; flowers 3-6 in a raceme. 
Upper calyx-teeth 4 lines broad. 2 2 1 2. . . 101. C. platyealyz. 
Upper calyx-teeth J inch broad . . . . . . ~ « 102. C. Quartimana. 
Pod sessile ; racemes many-flowered. 
Fruticose, with silky leaves . . . . . . +. + « 103. C. polysperma. 
Herbaceous, with subglabrous leaves. ; 
Racemes 6-12-flowered. . . . . ~~. . « . 104. C. astragalina. 
Racemes 20-50-flowered . . . . - ~~ + + 105. C. pycnostachya. 
C. Leaves digitately 5-7-foliolate. 
Group 7. Multifoliolatee.—(The only tropical African spe- ee 
Olea) ek ihe ei ay se 3 9 « 108, OC. cleomifona. 
1. C. thebaica, DC. Prod. ii. 128. Shrubby, a foot or more high, 
very diffuse, branches stiff, grey downy, many of the lower ones 
spinose. Leaves simple, sessile, oblong, coriaceous, undulated, 3-6 
nes long, blunt, both sides silky. Racemes few-flowered, terminal 
and lateral. Calyx 2 lines, the linear teeth exceeding the tube. 
Corolla pale yellow, scarcely exceeding the calyx. Pod twice the 
calyx, oblong, pubescent, sessile, 2—3-seeded.—Spartium thebuicum, 
Delile, Fl. Aigypt. 107. t. 37. fig. 1. 
Nile Land. Nubia, Kotschy! Ehrenberg, and others. 
Frequent in the desert lower down the river. 
2. C. arenaria, Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. ii.474, Stems shrubby, 
prostrate, not more than a foot long, very copiously branched, densely 
grey-villose. Leaves sessile, simple, oblong, 3-4 lines long 4 more 
than half as broad, subcoriaceous, both sides densely silky. Flowers 
4—8 in lax short-stalked racemes. Calyx 2} lines deep, densely tawny- 
silky, teeth linear, reaching down nearly to the base. Corolla pale 
yellow, about equalling the calyx. Pod 5—6 lines long, half as thick, 
