NEUROCARPUM, 407 
Ovaniux. stipitatum, &- 17-ovulatum, ad basim disco urceolato cinctum. 
Srvrvs ad apicem interne villoso- barbatus. Srrcwa. subcapitellatum. Lzeu- 
XEN lineare, compresso-tetragonum, utroque latere per suturam pro- 
minentem notatum, polyspermum , bivalve. Seta subrotundo-elliptica, 
cotyledonibus contrarie compressiuscula , exalbuminosa , septis transversis 
separata; hilo basilari, parvo. Rapzcura leviter curvata. 
Caulis frutescens, erectus , procumbens vel volubilis , in N. macrophyllo 
arboreus. Folia ternata ; foliolum terminale a lateralibus remotum , inter- 
dum solum superstes, lateralia obliterata. Pedunculi axillares , solitarii , 
uni-, bi- multiflori; floribus pedicellatis, magnis, speciosis, albidis vel 
violascentibus ; pedicellis basi bracteatis. 
1. NEUROCARPUM surricrronm. T 
N. frutescens; erectum; foliis simplicibus , ovato- ellipticis , uvrinque rotundatis, emarginatis , 
glabris, subtus glaucescentibus, nervo venisque puberulis ; pedunculis axillaribus , bifloris. 
Neurocarpum simplicifolium. P/ant. legum. p. 213. t. 59. 
Crescit ad /lueium Orinoci. f. Floret Majo. 
Cauris frutescens, erectus (teste Bonp.); ramis subtriangularibus,glabris vel pilis rarissimis obsitis, subflexuo- 
sis.T'or1a alterna, breviter petiolata, simplicia, ovato-elliptica, utrinque rotundata, apice emarginata velobsolete 
mucronata, integerrima, reticulato-venosa, nervo medio venisque primariis subtus prominentibus, membrana- 
cea, rigida, glabra, subtus glaucescentia inque venis primariis puberula, densissime et obsolete pellucido- 
punctulata, 5-52 pollices longa, 20-21 lineas lata, Pxriorr duas lineas longi, glabri, haud articulati. Srrpur 
petiolares geminzs, oblongae, acute, striato- nervose, rigidi, erect, tenuissime hirtelle, ciliatz, tres lineas 
sistentes. Pznuxcunr axillares, solitarii, billori, folium subzquantes, angulati, glabri pilisque 
mis obsiti, bracteati. Dractez ovato-oblongs, subacuminatz, concava, striato-nervose, rigid, 
ntes; dux ad basim pedicelli inferioris, quatuor ad 
ime hirtelle, ciliat;, 2-22 lineas longe, per: 
basim superioris. Fronzs remoti, pediccllati, speciosi, bipollicares; pedicelli tres lineas longi, infra. apicem 
bibracteati ; bracteis oppositis, oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis, striato- nervosis, rigidis, tenuissime hirtellis, basi 
calycis adpressis, quatuor lineas longis, persistentibus. Caryx tubuloso- campanulatus, limbo quinquepartitus. 
inter lacinias duas superiores tamen minus profunde incisus, membranaceus, reticulato- 15- nervius, glaber, 
pollicaris; laciniis trinerviis; quatuorovatisaut ovato-oblongis, acutis, planis ; quinta (infima) paulo longiore, 
lanceolata, acuminata, concava, adscendente. Conorra pentapetala, papilionacea, calyci supra basim affixa, 
alba?, glabra; petala eglandulosa, membranacea; superius (vexillum) ovato-subrotundum, apice bilobum 
(lobis rotundatis, approximatis), basi euneatum et in unguem decurrens, flabellato- venosum, complicatum, 
adscendens, adjecto ungue bipollicare; duo lateralia (ala) vexillo breviora, inzquilatero-oblonga, apice 
rotundata, basi subcuneata et in unguem angustata, medium versus carinz adnata ibique hinc emarginata, 
jnde lobulo obtuso aucta, flabellato- venosa, adjecto ungue 18-20 lineas longa; duo inferiora (carina) alis 
