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faleato- adscendentibus ; infima reliquis vix longiore. ConorrA pentapetala, papilionacea, calyci supra basim 
inserta, glabra, flava; petala breviter unguiculata, flabellato- nervosa; superius (vexillum) calyce duplo 
longius, ovato- subreniforme, emarginatum, reflexo- patentissimum, supra unguem leve, nec gibbum, ante 
apertionem floris alas et carinam amplectens (ungue lato, canaliculato, interne villoso, lineam. longo); duo 
lateralia (ale) vexillo paulo longiora, ad angulum subrectum adscendentia, oblique obovato-oblongà, 
subfalcata, apice rotundata, subconcava; duo inferiora(carina) alis breviora, falcata, ovata, superne angustata, 
obtusa, subsemicordata, concava, fimbriata, marginibus contiguis superne connata. SrAuzNA 10, monadelpha, 
ibidem inserta, adscendentia, in carina recondita, quinque reliquis breviora (tardius longiora?) antheris 
minoribus instructa. FrrAuENTA lineari- capillacea, glabra, inferne membranacea, uninervia, omnia in tubum 
compressum supra longitudinaliter fere usque ad basim fissum connata. Axrugxz biloculares, glabre, 
basi affixa», latere secundum longitudinem dehiscentes, flavo ; longiores lineares, obtusm, basi emarginate ; 
minores cordato-reniformes. Ovantox breviter stipitatum, lineari- oblongum, compressum, superne angus- 
tatum et in stylum desinens, sericeum, uniloculare ; ovula circiter 17, suture vexillum spectanti alternatim 
inserta, biseriata, subrotundo-reniformia, adscendentia, glabra. Sryrus subulatus, inferne compressus, ad 
angulum subrectum adscendens, stamina superans, inferne sericeus, apicem versus interne pubescens, ovario. 
longior. Sricx4 obtusum, pilis brevibus cinctum. Margo in fundo calycis, obliquus, subannularis, integer. 
LzcuwINA breviter stipitata, oblongo- teretiuscula, inflata, lateribus tumida, oblique acuta, transverse venosa, 
puberula, fuscescentia, unilocularia, bivalvia, polysperma, sesquipollicaria, quinque lineas lata; valvis coria- 
ceis. SewrixA circiter 18, approximata, biseriata, oblique reniformia, superne (ubi apicem leguminis spectant) 
paulo latiora et ab uno latere uncinato- subrostellata, lenticulari- compressa, levissima, fusca, glabra, nitida, 
magnitudine lentis minoris ; hilum parvum, sub apice subrostellato incurvato situm. Podospermia crassius- 
cula, teretia, subeurvata, lineam longa, persistentia. IxrecuxENrUM membranaceum, interne membranula 
tenuissima diaphana arcte vestitum. Exposrznurvw tenue, gelatinosum, hyalinum, integumentum interne 
obducens. Exsnxo fuscus. Corv elliptiee, subreniformes, obtuse, plano-convexiuscule, carnosa, 
squales, Rapicora subclavata, ad extremitatem latiorem seminis sita, uncinato-inflexa, hilum spectans, 
obtusiuscula, cotyledonibus dimidio brevior. Proxvura subimperspicua. 
C. arborescenti proxima. 
9. CROTALARIA cajANionu.. T 
C. fraticosa (?); foliis ternatis ; foliolis oblongis, obtusis , mucronatis, basi subcuneatis , supra 
glabris, subtus adpresso-puberulis et canescentibus; racemis mulufloris; leguminibus poly- 
spermis calycibusque adpresso- pubescentibus. 
Crescit in declivitate montis Jorullo , alt. 580 hex. p ? Floret Septembri. 
Tow teretiusculi, adpresso-puberuli. Fori alterna, petiolata, ternatà. Foliola summo petiolo inserta 
(rhachi nulla), oblonga, obtusa, mucronata, basi subcuneata et breviter petiolata, integerrima, reticu- 
lato-venosa, venis primariis subparallelis nervoque medio subtus prominentibus, membranacea, supra 
glabra et late viridia, subtus adpresso- puberula et canescentia ; terminale 19-22 lineas longum, 8-97 lineas 
Jatum ; lateralia páulo minora, 15-17 lineas longa; petioli proprii 1-12 lineam longi, sericeo-pubescentes. 
Prrorus communis subangulatus, adpresso-puberulus, 15-18 lineas longus. Srieunz petiolares. .. ... . . 
Racrur subterminales, tardius oppositifolii, solitarii, pedunculati, multiflori, adjecto pedunculo sesqui-aut 
bipollicares; fruetiferi duplo longiores; pedunculo 5-14 lineas longo, teretiusculo rhachique (angulata) 
adpresso-puberulis. Fronzs sparsi, pedicellati, magnitudine floris Crotalarie incanz ; pedicellis 2-2 7 lineas 
longis, adpresso-puberulis, basi unibracteatis, superne bibracteolatis; bracteis lineari-subulatis, adpresso- 
