268 LEGUMINOS& ( Harv.) [Bracteolaria. 
peduncles thinly silky ; leaflets appressedly pubescent on both sides, cori- 
aceous, reticulated, oblong, retuse, mucronulate ; calyx intruse at base, 
silky, the lobes obtuse ; ovary glabrous, ciliate along the sutures, 
Has. Bassutos Land, v. Schlicht / 82, (Herb. Sd.) : 
_ Seemingly a small shrub, appressedly silky in all parts. Leaves 2 inches long ; 
leaflets 4—5 lines long, 24-34 wide, thickish and rigid when dry, conspicuously net- 
ted with veins. Racemes not longer than the leaves. Flowers 23 lines long, yellow. 
Legume not seen. 
5. C. villosa (Harv.); leaves 5-8-jugate, the petiole, twigs, and 
peduncles vlloso-tomentose; leaflets glabrous and even above, appres- 
sedly silky beneath, coriaceo-membranous, elliptical or oblong, obtuse, 
mucronate ; calyx intruse at base, pubescent ; ovary glabrous ; legume 
ec acte tas ? C. intrusa, Mundt. ! in Herb. Reg. Berol. 
Has. South Africa, Mundt. & Maire / (Herb. Hk.) 
With foliage not unlike that of Virgilia capensis, this has the habit of a Tephrosia, 
and is the most copiously and loosely pubescent of any of the present genus. The 
longer than the calyx. Leaves 2-3 inches ] 3; leafl. 5~7 lines long, 21-3 wide 
often folded. = — 
= 6. C. intrusa (E. Mey. Comm. p. 2); “leaves to—14-jugate ; leaflets 
glabrescent, elliptical, mucronate ; calyx intruse at base ; peduncles 
flexuous, much longer than the leaf.” 
nibh Rea, foe ee seage: : 
sume that it is glabrous, "Wow sacle yg Tepecting ees 
Imperfeetly known Species. 
C. robinioides (E. Mey. Comm, p. 3) ; ‘leaves 3-jugate, subglauces- 
cent; leaflets oblong, the terminal one obovate ; legumes stipitate, obso- 
letely winged, about one-seeded 1 E. Mey. lc. Virgilia robinioides, DC. 
» 2, p. 98. Robinia Capensis, Burm. Fl. Cap. 22. 
Has. Rocky hill near Kraai River, Witbergen, 4500f., Drege. 
evillum ample, suborbicular ; ale spreading widely ; petals of the 
carina shortly connate in the middle, spurred at base. Stamens 10, free, 
glabrous, exserted, Ovary sessile, walloni, few-ovuled ; style short, re- 
African trees or shrubs, with unifoliolate leaves. Flowers in axi llary racemes or 
panicled. ‘The name is in allusion to the bracts on the calyx. The genus is allied 
1B. racemosa (Hochst:) ; glabrescent ; leaflets ovato-lanceolate, acu- 
minate, shining above, netted veined beneath, glabrous ; racemes downy, 
Jax ; lobes of the calyx toothed ; brac: oles lanceolate. Harv. T'hes. t. 20. 
Kap. Port Natal. Krause! Gueinzius/ (Herb, Hk, Sd. . 
uae (?) — with dark. _ ed, ogi ten “ietioien 4-j inch long; 
e inches long, about 1 broad ; the your leaflets i 
caducous. Raceines thiega thai the leaf, sev ord i ee 
Laoag, leat downy. Stipules 
bracteolate in the middle ; flowers white (*) the vexillum wey wider? 
