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96. C. fertilis, Delile in Ferr. et Gall. Voy. Abyss. 122,t.11. Stem 
suffruticose, dichotomously branched. Stipules none. Petioles 14-3 
in. long. Leaflets 8, obovate, central 2-4 in. long, 14-2 in. broad. 
Flowers in long-stalked lax terminal racemes. Bracts nearly obsolete. 
Calyx broadly campanulate, cut halfway down, teeth lanceolate. Corolla 
as large as in C. recta, but standard narrower and more pointed and keel 
more distinctly rostrate. Pod sessile, glabrous, linear, 14—2 in. long, 
4-8 in. thick. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Ferret and Gallinier ; and a plant gathered by Speke 
and Grant, in lat. 5° S., long. 33° E., probably belongs here. 
97. ©. Dilloniana, Baker. A short erect subglabrous herb with 
only the young branches finely grey-pubescent. Stipules 0. Petioles 
12-21 lines. Leaflets 3, oblanceolate, glabrous, pale green, shortly- 
stalked, the central one reaching 3-34 in. long, an inch broad, acute 
with a mucro. Flowers in dense elongated terminal racemes, finally 
half a foot long. Bracts 3-4 lines, setaceous, persistent. Pedicels 
1-1} lines, finely silky. Calyx 4 in., bracteolate at the base, the three 
upper teeth linear, exceeding the tube, the lower ones shorter. Corolla 
yellow, slightly exceeding the calyx, the standard with many dark 
purple veins. Pod deflexed, sessile, linear, 9-10 lines long, 2 lines 
broad, finely grey-silky, slightly upeurved, 15—20-seeded.— Chrysocalyx 
Quartiniana, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 159. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin-Dillon! Schweinfurth! 
98. C. oligostachya, Baker. An erect sparingly-branched annual 
1}-2 feet high, with slender stems only very inconspicuously grey- 
pubescent upwards. Stipules 0. Petioles 9-15 lines. Leaflets 3, 
lanceolate or of the lower leaves obovate-oblong, blunt with a mucro, 
both sides subglabrous, reaching 14-2 in. long, the upper 3-6, the 
lower 8-9 lines broad. Flowers 20-50 in dense long-peduncled ter- 
minal racemes 7—8 lines broad. Bracts setaceous, very minute. Pedi- 
cels } line, finely downy. Calyx } in., campanulate, finely downy, the 
deltoid or lanceolate-acuminate teeth as long as the tube. Corolla } in. 
long, bright yellow; the round pointed glabrous standard very con- 
Spicuously veined with purple. Ovary linear, sessile, finely grey- 
downy, with 20 ovules or more. Pod unknown. 
Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! 
99. C. Plowdeni, Baker. Stems herbaceous, finely grey-downy 
upwards. Stipules 0. Petioles 6-8 lines. Leaflets 3, subsessile, 
linear-ligulate, elabrescent, green, the central one 14-2 inches long: 
2-4 lines broa , acute. Flowers in dense oblong-conical termina 
eads. Bracts minute, setaceous, persistent. Pedicels 1 line, densely 
stey-downy. Calyx 2 lines, finely grey-downy, the linear teeth ex- 
ceeding the tube. Corolla bright yellow, half as long again as the 
calyx, all the petals conspicuously veined with purple. Ovary linear, 
Sessile, finely grey-silky. Pod not seen. 
Wile Land, Abyssinia, Plowden! 
