GEOFFRJEA., 579 
2. GEOFFIUEA BnzprwEyrnr. ! t 
G. inermis; foliolis 16- 19 (17-25 teste Bonpl), oblongis, supra nitidis pilisque minutis- 
simis conspersis, subtus pubescentibus. 
Robinia suiata Sp. pl. ed. JF. 3. p. 1132. (teste Bonpl.) 
Crescit in conpallibus "Araguensium , prope Nueva FA alencia , alt. 530 hex. p Floret 
Martio. 
Annon excelsa; ramulis teretibus, lz»vibus, glabris, albidis, inermibus; junioribus angulatis, tenuiter ca- 
nescenti- tomentosis. Forza alterna, petiolata, pinnata; foliola 16-19 (17-25 ex Bonpl), alterna et opposita, 
breviter petiolata, oblonga, apice rotundata, basi obtusa, integerrima, striato-venosa, venis subparallelis 
approximatis nervoque medio supra prominulis, non punctata, membranacea, Supra nitida pilisque minu- 
tissimis conspersa, subtus pallidiora et pubescentia, 10-12 lineas longa, 5-/ lineas lata ; inferiora et interdum. 
summa gradatim minora ; infima 4-6 lineas longa; petiolis propriis 2-5 linea longi: 
Rhachis communis tenuis, angulata, adjecto petiolo communi 23—. 
rhachique pubescentibus, 
ollices longa. Prri0r1 communes basi 
incrassati. SriPULA petiolares geminz, oblonga, acutz, membranacei, pubescentes, erectio, vix sesquilineam. 
longs. Racrwr axillares, solita 
» longe peduneulati, 22-5 pollices longi ; rhachi angulata, pedunculo pedi- 
cellisque tenuiter hirto-tomentosi. 
Fronzs pedicellati, sparsi, gemini vel terni, subcernui, magni- 
tudine. procedentis , graveolentes; pedicellis 2 lineas longis, basi artieulatis et unibracteatis; bracteis 
oblongis, acutis, membranaceis, puberulis, coloratis, duas lineas longis, caducis. Canyx campanulatus, 
quinquelobus, basi turbinatus, membranaceus, reticulato- nervosus, externe tenuiter canescenti-tomentosus, 
interne glaber, nervulis venulisque irregularibus rubris notatus, -: lineas longus ; lobis interne pubescen- 
libus; tribus inferioribus ovatis, acutis, erectis ; duobus superioribus paulo longioribus et multo latioribus, 
subfalcatis, nonnisi apicem versus disjunctis et reflexis; infimo breviore et angustiore. Prafloratio valvata. 
Conozza papilionacea, calyei supra basim affixa, glabra, flava; petala flabellato- nervosa, venis rubris; superius 
(vexillum) orbiculatum, emarginatum, lateribus reflexum, basi cuneatum, breviter unguiculatum et cana- 
liculatum, quatuor lineas longum ; duo lateralia (ala) longe unguiculata, oblique ovata, subfalcata, obtusa, 
basi oblique cordata (lobis rotundatis remotis), superius paulo superantia, carinz applicata; duo inferiora 
(carina) lateralibus vix breviora, oblonga, inzquilatera, subfaleata, obtusa, longe unguiculata, basi semicor- 
data, concava, supra basim gibba, marginibus contiguis superne coharentia et carinam referentia. Profloratio : 
ale carinz applicat; ; vexillum omnia amplectens. SrAwixA 10, diadelpha, ibidem inserta, adscendentia, in 
carina recondita eamque subequantia. FirawmwrA glabra, linearia, inzqualia; alterna minora; novem in 
tubum membranaceum, compressum, superne longitudinaliter apertum connata, superne libera; decimum 
(superius) solutum. Axrurux elliptice, obtusa, basi emarginatw, dorso supra basim affixz, biloculares, 
glabrz, longitudinaliter latere dehiscentes, omnes conformes. Ovanrox subsessile, ovato- oblongum, in stylum 
desinens, sericco-Ignatum, uniloculare, interne glabrum ; ovula 2, angulo vexillum spectanti affixa, alterna, 
ovato- subreniformia , glabra, versus medium suspensa. Srvrus subulatus, compressus, adscendens, stamina 
superans, pubescens, Sriexa simplex, obtusum: Discus nullus. Fncrus desideratur. 
Suppetunt fragmenta alterius hujus plantz (Tache Cumanensium) speciminis prope Cumanam lecti. Cum 
differentias nullas animadverti, nonnisi descriptionem fructus subjiceo : Fnucrus drupaceus, subrotundo-ellip- 
ticus, utrinque acutiusculus, parum compressus, magnitudine nucis avellanz, monospermus (ex Bompl.), 
non dehiscens, externe tenuissime tomentosus. Sancocanrrux tenuissimum. Expocaniux lignosum, durum. 
Sguex (a me haud visum) edule (teste Bonplandio). 
* "Tertia bujus gencris species est C. spinosa Jacq. 
