200 xliv. leguminos.s. [Grotalaria 



27. C. parvula Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 25. 



Huilla. — Flowers greenish-yellow, rather inconspicuous. In ex- 

 posed grassy places around the great lake of Ivantala and near Ferrao 

 da Sola ; fl. and fr. Feb. to May 1860. No. 1971. 



28. C. erythrophleba Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 25. 

 Huilla. — A pretty annual, nearly 2 ft. high, with branches virgate 



and as well as the leaves silvery-silky ; wings of the corolla deep- 

 yellow ; standard and keel marked with parallel purple lines. In the 

 more open sandy forests, near Mumpulla, in company with Alvesia 

 rosmarinifolia Welw. Herb. No 1636 and with species of Protea • a 

 single specimen; fl. June 1860. No. 1983. 



29. C. prolongata Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 25. 

 Pungo Andongo. — Sporadic, in grassy places on the banks of the 



Cuanza near the Calemba islands, along the margins of forests between 

 Condo and Quisonde ; fl. and fr. March 1857. No. 1955. 



30. C. argyraea Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 26. 

 Mossamedes. — A herb apparently with rather fleshy root which at 



length turns woody, perennial or at least persisting for several years, 

 glaucescent ; stems ascending, snow-white, finely velvety ; leaves 

 glaucescent ; flowers deep-yellow ; pods puberulous. Sporadic, at 

 the sandy banks of the Rio de Sal along the Serra de Montes Negros ; 

 (also a single specimen near Sacco de Griraul, in July 1859) ; fl. and fr. 

 13 August 1859. No. 1972. 



31. C. ivantulensis Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii p. 26. 

 Huilla. — An undershrub, 2 to 4 ft. high ; stems numerous, branched 



at the apex, copiously blooming. Abundant, in tall-grassy meadows 

 around the great lake of Ivantala ; fl. and fr. Feb. and March 1860. 

 No. 1975. 



32. C. ramosissima Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 26. 



Huilla. — Flowers yellow. In wooded meadows near Catumba in 

 the territory of Lopollo ; fl. and fr. March 1860. No. 1973. 



33. C. amoena Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 26. 

 Huilla. — Flowers yellow. In the thickets of the drier pastures 



between Ferrao da Sola and Jau ; seen by Welwitsch in no other place ; 

 fl. and fr. April 1860. No. 1924. 



34. C. cordata Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 27. 

 Huilla. — A herb, 2 to 3 ft. high, straight or obliquely ascending ; 



stipules large, cordate at the apex ; flowers deep-yellow. In grassy 

 woods near the lake Ivantala, two specimens ; fl. and young fr. Feb. 

 1860. No. 1917. Stem and spreading branches subscandent when old ; 

 flowers yellow. Sparingly, in grassy places near the stream of Morro 

 de Lopollo, in company with Osmunda regalis L. (Herb. No. 165) ; fl. 

 and fr. April 1860. No. 1918. 



35. C. versicolor Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 28. 

 Pungo Andongo.— An annual herb, 1 to 2 ft. high, branched from 



the base ; branches elongated, prostrate-ascending ; leaves trifoliolate ; 

 leaflets green, rather thick-fleshy ; calyx herbaceous-green ; standard 

 copper-red outside, violet-blue nearly marine-blue inside ; wings pale- 

 blue ; keel yellowish-green at the base and middle, marked with violet- 



