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pedicellis basi uni- , superne bibracteatis ; bracteis superioribus interdum 
per basim cayci adherentibus. 
1.) Folia simplicia. (Calyz: supra basim bibracteolatus.) 
1. CROTALARIA GzxisrzLLA. T 
C. strigoso-sericea; caulibus herbaceis, erectis, alatis; foliis lanceolatis, acutis, subtus 
argenteis; stipulis abbreviatis , decurrentibus ; racemis axillaribus et terminalibus , multifloris ; 
leguminibus polyspermis , glabris. 
Crescit locis siccis , in Andibus Popayanensium, inter La Sequia et AImaguer, prope 
villam San Miguel et in ripa fluminis Putes, alt. 807.5 item prope Mariquitam INovo- 
Granatensium, alt. 4oo hex. r]; Floret INovembri. 
Caves herbacei, erecti, 1- 2-pedales, ramosi ramique stipulis decurrentibus alati, strigoso-sericei, ar- 
gentei, alterni ; ale membranaceze, strigoso-sericec, 1-15 lineam lata, superne latiores et sub quolibet folio 
utrinque acutangula (stipulz). Fori alterna, brevissime petiolata, simplicia, lanceolata, acuta, basi acu- 
tiuscula, integerrima, venosa, nervo subtus prominente, membranacea, supra viridia pilisque. strigosis 
conspersa, subtus strigoso-sericca et argentea, 14-38 lineas longa, 2 lineas lata. Pzrrort dimidiam 
lineam longi, strigoso-sericei, non articulati. SriPULE petiolares geminz, abbreviate, acute, late, mem- 
branacee, strigoso-sericez, patule, inferne in caulem decurrentes. Raczwr axillares et terminales, in apice 
caulis paniculatim dispositi, pedunculati, multiflori, sesqui-aut bipollicares ; pedunculo, rhachi, pedicellis 
bracteisque strigoso- sericeis et argenteis. Fronzs sparsi, pedicellati, vix magnitudine floris Ononis spinose ; 
pedicellis duas lineas longis, basi bracteatis ; bractea lineari-subulata, pedicello dimidio breviore, persistente. 
Cauxx profunde bilabiatus, basi subturbinatus, membranaceus, externe strigoso-sericeus, fuscescens , 
utrinque supra basim bractea instructus, persistens; labia patula; superius bifidum ; laciniis oblongis , 
acutis, trinerviis; inferius paulo longius, subcarinatum, trifidum; laciniis lanceolatis, subacuminatis, tri- 
nervis, apicibus inter se coharentibus ; infima carinato-concava. BmacrEx lanceolato-lineares, strigoso- 
sericez, 1i-2 lineas longe, persistentes. Comorra pentapetala, papilionacea, calyci supra basim inserta, 
flava, glabra; petala flabellato- nervosa, breviter unguiculata; superius (vexillum) calycem paulo superans, 
obovato-orbiculatum, retusum, ad angulum rectum adscendens, patenti. 
imum, apice strigoso-sericeum , 
punctis diaphanis conspersum, supra unguem lobis duobus transversis subsaccatis auctum, ante apertionem 
floris alas et carinam amplectens; duo lateralia (ale) breviora, adscendentia, obovato-oblonga, apice 
rotundata, subpellueido-punctata; duo inferiora (carina) alas superantia, ad angulum rectum adscen- 
dentia, ovato-deltoidea, apicem versus angustata, obtusa, concava, supra unguem gibba, fimbriata , 
marginibus contiguis superne cohzrentia. SraurmvA 10, monadelpha, ibidem inserta, adscendentia, in carina 
recondita ; alterna antheris multo minoribus instructa, in flore aperto longiora, ante ejus apertionem breviora. 
FuauzwrA lineari-capillacea, uninervia, diaphana, glabra, omnia in tubum compressum supra secundum 
longitudinem fissum connata, superne libera. Axrnznz biloculares, basi cordatzs, dorso supra basim aflixz, 
glabro, interne secundum longitudinem dehiscentes; majores oblongo-lineares, obtusis; minores subrotundie, 
apice emarginatm. Ovni breviter stipitatum, lineari-oblongum, compressum, apice in stylum desinens 
et descendens, glabrum, uniloculare; ovula crebra, suture vexillum spectanti affixa. Srvrus subulatus, geni- 
culato-adscendens, stamina superans, superne ad latus interius barbato-pubescens. Srrexa crassiusculum, 
