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2. DOLICHOS crxomormzs. | 
D. volubilis; ramulis petiolisque retrorsum pilosiusculis; foliolis ovato-oblongis, obtusis, 
mucronatis, basi rotundatis, trinerviis, surigulosis; pedunculis longissimis , paucifloris; calycis 
lobis acutiusculis , superiore latissimo, subemarginato. 
Crescit prope Truxillo, locis arenosis. (Peruvia.)) (* Floret Julio. 
Cavus volubilis; ramulis filiformibus, angulatis, pilis setiformibus retrorsis adpressis conspersis. For 
alterna , petiolata , ternata; foliola petiolata, ovato-oblonga, obtusa, mucronata, basi subcuneato- 
rotundata, integerrima, reticulato- venosa, trinervia, nervis venisque primariis subtus prominentibus, 
membranacea, utrinque pilis setiformibus adpressis conspersa, lwte viridia, subtus pallidiora; termi- 
nale a lateralibus remotum , subsesquipollicare; 8 lineas latum; duo lateralia minora, 14-16 lineas 
longa; petioli proprii hispiduli , lineam longi, terminalis basi bi- , laterales unistipulati ; stipulis oblongis , 
acutiusculis, glabriusculis, membranaceis, petiolo paulo brevioribus, persistentibus. Prrronos communis 
pilis setiformibus retrorsis obsitus, adjecta rhachi (3-Silineas longa) 18-20 lineas longus. SrivLE 
petiolares geminz, ovatz, acuminatz, pilosiuseulz, sesquilineam longs, decidum. Prpuwcurr axil- 
lares, solitarii, longissimi, pauciflori, tripollicares, pilis retrorsis adpressis conspersi. Fromzs breviter 
pedicellati, magnitudine floris Phaseoli vulgaris, cernui; pedicellis lineam longis , pilis minutissimis 
retrorsis obsitis, basi unibracteatis ; bractea oblonga, acuminata, carinata, hispidula, decidua. Carvx hemi- 
spharico- urceolatus, limbo quadrilobus , basi bibracteatus, membranaceus , superne hispidulus; laciniis 
acutiusculis, adpresso-ciliatis; superiore latissime ovata, concava, adscendente, apice subemarginata ; 
lateralibus (in alabastro exterioribus) ovato- oblongis, planis ; inferiore ovato-lanceolata, carinata, reliquas 
paulo superante; bracteis parvis , lanceolatis, carinatis, margine ciliato-hispidis, calyci adpressis, ipsoque 
dimidio brevioribus, deciduis. Conorza pentapetala, papilionacca, basi calycis inserta, glabra ; petala ungui- 
culata, flabellato- nervosa ; superius (vexillum) orbiculato- reniforme, apice vix emarginatum, basi sagitta- 
tum, lobis obtusis, reflexo- patentissimum?, supra unguem callis duobus subparallelis rotundatis notatum, 
ante apertionem floris alas et carinam amplectens ; duo lateralia (alo) vix breviora, oblique elliptica, apice 
rotundata, basi semisagittata; duo inferiora (carina) alis paulo breviora, late falcato- semilunata, acutiuscula, 
basi truncata, concava, marginibus contiguis cohzrentia. SrawmwA 10, diadelpha, ibidem inserta, adscen- 
dentia, alterna breviora, omnia fertilia, in carina recondita. FrtauzxTa capillacea, glabra ; novem in tubum. 
membranaceum, compressum, supra secundum longitudinem apertum connata, superne libera ; decimum 
solutum, supra basim geniculatum. Àxruzn subrotundo-ellipticz, utrinque obsolete emarginatee, dorso supra 
basim affixz, biloculares, glabro, longitudinaliter interne dehiscentes, omnes conformes. Ovantvx subsessile, 
? vexillum 
lineare, compressum , sericeum, apice in stylum desinens, uniloculare; ovula circiter 7, sutur 
spectanti affixa, reniformia, subadscendentia, glabra. Discus urceolatus, membranaceus, albidus, glaber, 
integer, basim ovarii laxe cingens. Sryrus subulatus, falcato- adscendens, compressus, apicem versus interne 
barbato- villosus. SriGwA incra ssatum, carnosum, subcapitatum, glabrum. FnucrUs. ... . 
5. DOLICHOS uiwarvs. T 
D. volubilis ; foliolis ovato- suborbiculatis , utrinque rotundatis, reticulato-venosis , coriaceis 
petiolisque glabris; pedunculis longissimis ; plurifloris; calycis lobis rotundatis , superioribus 
maximis; leguminibus tricarinatis. 
Nov. Gzx. xr Srzc. Tonus Vl. 56 
