ENUMERATION OF LEGUMINOS&. 573 
$ 9. Oliganthe.  Herbee, sepius diffuse, rarius suffrutices. 
Pedunculi omnes v. plerique oppositifolii, laxe 1-3-flori, raris- 
sime 4-5-flori. Carine rostrum longiusculum, rectum v. 
leviter falcatum. Ovarium multiovulatum. Legumen obo- 
voideum v. oblongum.—Species omnes hic enumerate. 
The first two or three species of this group come near to 
the Chrysocalycine ; some of the latter ones to the Longiros- 
tres, from both of which they are distinguished by the very 
small number of flowers on the peduncles, and from the 
former by the inflorescence, which by the time the flowers 
expand, is already leaf-opposed. The numerous ovules re- 
move them from the Disperme, which the C. stipitata ap- 
proaches in habit. Many of the South African species have 
the habit of the Lotononides of the section Telina, but the 
long sharp keel marks them very distinctly. 
78. C. microcarpa (Hochst! Herb. Un. Itin. Pl. Nub. n. 
97), diffusa, ramosissima, stipulis minutis, foliolis cuneato- 
oblongis obtusiusculis supra glabris subtus ramis calycibusque 
longiuscule sericeo-pilosis, petiolo communi brevissimo, race- 
mis oppositifoliis 2-4-floris, carinæ rostro recto, ovulis circa 
8, legumine subsessili obovato-oblongo sericeo pubescente.— 
Herba dichotome ramosissima, floribunda. Flores parvuli. 
Legumen 2-3 lin longum. 
Tropical Africa. Sandy situations on Mount Arraschkool, 
in Cordofan, Kotschy ! 
79. C. sparsiflora (E. Mey. ! Comm. p. 26), pumila, diffusa, 
stipulis parvis obsoletisve, foliolis obovatis utrinque cauleque 
sericeo-canescentibus, pedicellis oppositifoliis unifloris, cari- 
ne rostro recto, ovario multiovulato, legumine sessili oblongo 
sericeo calycem non excedente.—Accedit hine C. microcarpe, 
a qua indumento et floribus solitariis facile distinguitur, hinc 
Lotononidibus sectionis Oxydii, sed (prout in specimine unico 
apparet), ob carinam longe rostratam et legumen junius tur- 
gidum, potius inter Cro/alariis enumero. 
South Africa. On the Gariep, near Verleptpram, Dr age! / 
80. C. microphylla (Vahl. Symb. 1, p. 52), humilis, pros- 
