Tufted herb, up to 1 ft. high. Leaflets 3, very small, sessile. Flowers axillary, solitary or in pairs, yellow. Pod oblong, glabrous, under ½ in. long. Red Sea Prov.; White Nile Prov. (Geteina). =C. microcarpa= _Hochst._ Herb, 6-12 in. high, thinly brown-silky. Leaflets 3, central one ½ in. long, linear-oblong. Flowers yellow, in clusters of 2-4. Pod ¼ in. long, silky. Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol). =var. Dawei= _Baker fil._ Kordofan & Darfur Provinces. Rather woody; cor. tinged with red. Leaves rather broader than in type. Mongalla Prov. (Bari-land). =var. Sudanica= _Baker fil._ Slender annual. Leaves narrow, ashy grey; racemes lax, 2-3 flowered. Pod sessile, sub-globose. Nuba Mts. Prov. =C. podocarpa= _DC._ Herb 1-2 ft. high. Leaflets 3, sessile, oblanceolate. Flowers axillary, 2-3 together, yellow. Pod up to 1 in. long and ½ in. thick. White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol). =C. goreensis= _Guill._ & _Perr._ Shrubby herb, 1-3 ft. high. Stipules ¼ to ½ in. long, lanceolate- falcate. Flowers 10-20 in dense heads, yellow tinged with red. Pod oblong ¾ in. long. Nubia; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Shambé). =C. Deflersii= _Schwfth._ (= =C. senegalensis= _Bacle_). FARTAGA (Bl. Nile)—Arab. Bushy herb, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves 3-fol.; leaflets sessile, oblong to oblanceolate. Racemes terminal, 20-30 flowered; corolla bright yellow. Pod about ½ in. long, 10-12 seeded. Red Sea Prov.; Blue Nile Prov. (Upper); White Nile Prov. (Hillet Abbas); Kordofan Prov. (Abu Gerad). =C. elata= _Welw._ Erect undershrub, 2-3 ft. high. Leaflets 3, oblong-lanceolate, adpressed brown silky below. Flowers yellow, 1 in. long, 3-6 together on short leaf-opposed peduncles. Pod oblong, subsessile 1½ in. long, with dense brown silky hairs. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land). =C. pycnostachya= _Benth._ Herb, about 18 in. high. Leaflets 3, central one 1 in. long. Flowers 20-50 in dense lateral racemes 2-3 in. long. Pod cylindrical, ⅜ in. long, downy. Fung Prov. (near Roseires). =C. astragalina= _Hochst._ Herb, about 1 ft. high. Leaflets 3, central one 1½ in. long. Flowers 6-12 in dense lateral racemes, yellow, streaked with purple. Pod cylindrical, ½ in. long. Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: by the Gendua River); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land). =C. bongensis= _Baker fil._ Annual with slender branches. Leaves simple, linear-lanceolate, 3-5 cm. long, 0.5 cm. broad, pilose beneath. Racemes axillary. Flowers small. Pod subsessile, oblong, 7-8 cm. long, at first densely pubescent, 8-seeded. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land: Gir, Jur-land: Jur Ghattas). =C. retusa= _Linn._ URU—Golo. Woody herb. Leaves simple, oblanceolate, sessile, 2 in. long. Racemes 4-6 in. long, terminal. Corolla yellow. Pod linear, 1½ in. long. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. The fibre is used for ropes and nets. =C. falcata= _Vahl._