584 LEGUMINOS E. 
SmrpULE...s oo. Racrwr dn apice ramulorum duo (et plures? ), alterni, pedunculati, compositi , 
2-2i-pollicares; rhachi angulata, glabra ; pedunculo tereti, ramis sparsis aut oppositis, brevibus (sesquili- 
neam longis), basi unibracteatis, apice bifloris. Fronzs pedicellati, magnitudine floris Orobi nigri , 
suaveolentes; pedicellis 5-52 lineas longis, teretibus, glabris, basi unibracteatis et cum ramulo articulatis, 
supra basim bibracteolatis. Bracteo et bracteolze minutze, ovatze, concava, ciliate. Carvx urceolatus, mar- 
gine integerrimus vel obsoletissime quinquedenticulatus, membranaceus, lineolis irregularibus crassis glan- 
dulosis obsitus, glaber, coloratus, duas lineas longus. Conorn. pentapetala, papilionacea, calyci supra 
basim inserta, rubra, glabra; vexillum suborbiculatum, apice emarginatum, basi subeordatum, ungue brevi 
crasso et lato instructum, margine undulatum, patenti-reflexum, flabellato- venosum, macula nigra notatum, 
adjecto ungue semipollicare ; alc vexillum longitudine subwquantes, inzquilatere, obovato-oblongz, faleato- 
areuatz, obtuse, basi semicordate et externe gibbz (2), unguiculatz,, ungue longiore lineari membranaceo. 
flabellato-venosc, margine undulatz,, carina incumbentes eique basim versus adhzrentes ; petala duo inferiora 
(carina) alis simillima, nisi paulo latiora et magis arcuata, subconeava, lineolis longitudinalibus crassis 
glandulosis instructa, haud undulata, marginibus contiguis superne cohwrentia et carinam referentia. 
SrAumNA 10, ibidem inserta, monadelpha, adscendentia, in carina recondita eamque cquantia, omnia 
fertilia. FrzawexrA glabra, in tubum membranaceum compressum connata, apicem versus libera; superiore 
ad basim soluto et distante. Axruzna: parva, oblongz, dorso affixie, biloculares, glabro, secundum longitu- 
dinem dehiscentes, conformes. Ovammw lineare, compressiusculum, sericeo- tomentosum, stipite brevi 
compresso sericeo-tomentoso suffultum, uniloculare, apice in stylum desinens. Ovula 7, suture vexillum 
spectanti affixa, lenticulari-reniformia, glabra, medium versus suspensa. Sryrnus subulatus, adscendens, 
pubescens, ovario brevior, stamina zequans. Sricwa parvum, obtusum, papillosum. Discus nullus. 
FmUCIUS. . 
5. LONCHOCARPUS wacnopHYLLUS. T 
L. foliolis 9, elliptico- oblongis , acuminatis , epunctatis , glabris supra nitidis, nervo venisque 
primariis subtus prominentibus ; calycibus fuscescenti- tomentosis. 
Crescit in ripa fluminis Magdalene , prope Angostura de Carare. p Floret Majo. 
Taur teretes, flexuosi, inermes. Fort disticha, horizontaliter patentia, pinnata. Foliola petiolata, opposita, 
quadrijuga cum impari, ellipti o-oblonga, breviter acuminata, acumine obtuso, basi rotundata, zequilatera, 
integerrima , reticulato-venosa, nervo medio venisque primariis subtus prominentibus, membranacea, 
epunctata, glabra, supra nitida, subtus pallidiora; terminale subsemipedale, 53-34 lineas latum ; reliqua 
gradatim minora ; infima 27 pollices longa, subrotundo- elliptica ; petiolis propriis tres lineas longis, teretibus, 
puberulis, ad basim cum rhachi articulatis. Rhachis adjecto petiolo communi septempollicaris, teretiuscula, 
interne canaliculata, glabriuscula. Prrr0LUs communis basi incrassatus. Rcx axillares (teste Bonpl.), 
pedunculati, 4-5-pollicares; ramulis brevissimis, sparsis, billoris (teste Humb.). Fronxs (arcte spicati teste 
Hamb.) pedicellati, paulo majores quam in precedente ; pedicellis teretibus, sesquilineam longis, tenuis- 
sime sericeo-tomentosis, fuscescentibus, medio articulatis et? bibracteatis ; bracteis minutis, ovatis, obtusis 
(teste Bonpl.). Caryx. urceolato-campanulatus, externe tenuissime fuscescenti-tomentosus, limbo subinteger- 
rimus, membranaceus, obsolete nervosus, interne glaber. Conorza pentapetala, papilionacea, calyci supra basim 
inserta, albo-violacea; petala flabellato- venosa; superius (vexillum) orbiculatum, emarginatum, basi obso- 
lete cordatum et ungue brevi crasso instructum, sulco flavescente longitudinali exaratum (teste Humb.), 
patenti- reflexum, .externe argenteo- et sericeo- pubescens, interne glabriusculum, adjecto ungue septem 
lineas longum, ante apertionem floris alas carinze applicatas amplectens ; duo lateralia (ale) vix breviora, 
