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culus, 14-15 lineas longus, adjecta rhachi 2 2- pollicaris. Rhaches partiales t 1-5 1-pollicares, sicut petiolus 
€t rhachiscommunis, glabra. Aculeus ad basim exteriorem cujuslibet pinnz et cujuslibet folioli, conico-subu- 
latus, subaduncus, glaber, sesquilineam longus. RacEwr terminales(?), subsessiles, S-pollicares; rhachi sul- 
cato-angulata, hirtella. Fronzs (fre. 1.) sparsi, pedicellati, approximati, magnitudine floris Cercidis Siliquastri, 
lutei ; pedicellis 5- 6lineas longis, subhirtellis, superne articulatis, basi bracteatis (2). Cazvxpedicello vix oblique 
affixus, externe hirtellus ; fundo turbinato- urceolato, persistente; limbo quinquepartito, deciduo; laciniis 
inaequalibus, glanduloso- punctatis , membranaceis, nervosis; quatuor subequalibus, oblongis, obtusis, 
integerrimis, subconcavis, ciliatis, reflexis (ex Humb. ); inferiore parum majore, concava, oblonga, decli- 
nata, margine pectinato-multifida ; ciliis lineari-teretibus, carnosis, puberulis. Conorra pentapetala, glabra, 
tubo calycis inserta (ig. 2.) , subpapilionacea ; petala unguiculata, flabellato- venosa, glanduloso-punctata ; 
superius ( fig. 5. ) oblongo- spathulatum, obtusum; canaliculato- concavum, arcuato-reflexum, inferne cilia- 
tum, reliquis vix longius ; reliqua ( duo lateralia [ fig: 4. ] et duo inferiora [/ig- 5.]) oblonga et obovato- 
oblonga, obtusa, basi cuneata, lacinias calycinas laterales parum superantia, subciliata. SrAwINA (fig. 7. 8.) 
10, ibidem inserta (fig. 6.) , adscendentia, in lacinia inferiore calycis latentia eamque Subaiquantia, alterna 
parum breviora. FrAwrwTA interne margineque pilosa, apice subulata et glabra, libera, alba. Awruzwx 
subrotundo-ellipticz,, obtusz, basi emarginate, dorso affixe, glabro, biloculares, longitudinaliter interne 
dehiscentes, subfuscz. OvAnrux (tg. 9. ) sessile, lineari-oblongum, compressum, tomentosum, uniloculare, 
intus glabrum. Ovula ( eg. 11.) sex, sutura vexillum spectanti affixa ( fíg. 10. ), subrotunda, compressa, 
adscendentia, glabra. Sryrvs cum ovario articulatus, filiformis, arcuato-adscendens, inferne pilosus, stamina 
superans. SrrGxa stylo vix crassius, truncatum, suburceolatum, margine brevissime glanduloso-ciliatum. 
Lrcuurw (tg. 12. 13. ) sessile, oblique oblongum, hine subrectum, inde, ubi semina insident, arcuatum 
(cultriforme ) , apice rotundatum, basi subcuneatum et obtusum, compresso- planum, siccum, calycis basi 
persistente suffultum, love, rigiditate fructus Cercidis Siliquastri, purpurascens, uniloculare?, oligo- 
(in specimine nostro mono-) spermum, 2-2? pollices longum, 10-11 lineas latum, lzve, glabrum. Szuzx 
(Jfg- 14. ) obovato- subrotundum, lenticulare, leve, glabrum, nigro-fuscum, quatuor lineas latum. 
Hxrow subbasilare. ImrrcUwENTUM membranaceum, interne substantia gelatinoso- carnosa ( endospermio) 
vestitum (fg. 15.). Eusnxo (fg. 16.) rectus. Corvzzpoxzs elliptico-orbieulate, carnosa, plana. RAbICULA 
brevis, recta, obtusiuscula, hilum spectans. 
2. COULTERIA mrxcronis. Tab. DLXIX. 
C. foliis bipinnatis, inermibus; pinnis 2-14-jugis; foliolis 6-8- jugis, oblongis, glabris, 
nervo medio subtus tenuissime tomentoso ; calycibus hirtellis; leguminibus estipitatis, acinaci- 
formibus , glabris. 
Casalpinia pectinata. Caean. Pralect. ( test. specim. ex: horto F'alenciano in herb. Juss. 
assere.) Decand. Catal. Monspel. p. 84. 
Cosalpinia tinctoria Domb. mss. 
Dividiri vel Bresil zncolarum. 
Crescit in Provincia Popayanensi, prope Carthaginem , alt. 5oo hex. Tj. Floret Octobri. 
FnvrEx 2-fj- orgyalis; ramulis subangulatis, subflexuosis, aculeatis, tenuissime rufo-tomentosis ; aculei 
stipularibus geminis, rectis ( aduncis ex Humb. ), euneato-subulatis, brevibus. Fora alterna, petiolata, 
duplicato- paripinnata, inermia, eglandulosa; pinnis oppositis, bijugis ( 2- 5-jugisex Humb.) ; inferioribus 
brevioribus. Foliola 12-106, superiora opposita, inferiora alterna, brevissime petiolata, oblonga, utrinque 
