196 xliv. leguminos^e. [Grotalaria 



£ to ^ in. ; calyx puberulous, shortly campanulate ; teeth of the 

 limb long, Janceolate, 5, subequal ; standard purplish ; keel and 

 wings yellow ; ovary stipitate, oblong, rather compressed, with 

 several ovules ; style bearded above within ; pods sub-cylindrical, 

 inflated, stipitate. straight, 1 by § in. ; seeds numerous, reniform. 



Htjilla. — In marshy places along the banks of streams near Lopollo 

 (Varzea de Catumba), scarce ; fl. and fr. March 1860. No. 1950. 



This may prove to be a distinct species as suspected by Welwitsch, 

 though not so regarded by Baker, I.e. ; it differs by its foliage and by 

 not being glabrous. 



2. C. spartea " E. Br." [Planch.] ex Baker, I.e., p. 12. 

 Htjilla. — Flowers yellow ; standard tawny. In the wooded sandy 



meadows of Monino, damp at the time of gathering, in company with 

 species of Gladiolus, Polygala, and a shrubby Protea, abundant ; fl. 

 and young fr. March and April 1860. No. 1948. 



3. C. stenoptera Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 12. 

 Htjilla. — Branches erect-spreading, from the base of the stem, 



narrowly winged ; flowers yellow, marked with violet. In damp 

 wooded meadows between Catumba and Hay ; fl. and fr. April 1860. 

 No. 1946. 



4. C. holoptera "Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 13. 



Pungo Andongo. — Branches virgate-elongated, erect, from the base 

 of the stem, broadly winged along their whole length ; leaves sessile, 

 elliptic-lanceolate, rigid ; flowers yellowish ; pods oblong, turgid, very 

 blunt. In sandy thickets near Quitage, sparingly ; fl. and fr. March 

 1857. No. 1945. 



5. C. retusa L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p. 715 (1753) ; J. A. Schmidt, 

 Fl. Cap. Verd. Ins. p. 319 (1852) ; Baker, I.e., p. 13. 



Cape de Verde Islands. — In thin thickets near Villa da Praia, in 

 the island of St. Jago ; fl. Jan. 1861. No. 1939. 



6. C. Welwitschii Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 13. 

 Pungo Andongo. — In rather sandy damp pastures between Quibinda 



and Quitage ; fl. without fr. March 1857. No. 1938. 



7. C. verrucosa L. Sp. PI., edit. 1, p. 715 (1753); Baker, I.e., p. 14. 

 Sierra Leone. — An undershrub, 2 to 2£ ft. high ; stems erect or 



ascending, branched ; flowers of a pretty violet-rose colour ; sparingly 

 in hilly-bushy grassy places near Freetown ; fl. and fr. Sept. 1853. 

 No. 1940. 



8. C. polygaloides Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 15. 



Golungo Alto. — An annual, ashy-green herb, with the habit of a 

 Polygala ; flowers yellowish, very fugacious ; calyx deeply 5-cleft, the 

 two upper lobes larger than the others. On sparingly grassy declivi- 

 ties, among the mountains of Serra de Alto Queta, fl. and fr. April and 

 May 1856. No. 1922. Flowers yellow. Sparingly, in similar situa- 

 tions ; mountains of Quilombo-Quiacatubia ; fl. and fr. April 1856. 

 No. 1922J. Herbaceous, a foot high, rigid ; leaves trifoliolate ; flowers 

 saffron-yellow. In hot situations among crops of Mauihot utilissima, 

 near Canguerasange ; fr. 3 Oct., 1854. Coll. Carp. 461. A glauces- 

 cent annual herb ; first stem erect ; branches ascending ; flowers small, 



