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superantia (adjecto ungue sesquipollicaria) , faleata, superne valde dilatata, rotundata, basi semisagittata, 
lobo obtuso, concava, supra unguem carina arcte adherentia; duo inferiora vexillo duplo longiora, con- 
cava, marginibus contiguis cohzrentia, inferne latissima , semicordata, superne valde angustata, cyclico- 
involuta; ungues alarum et carine 5; lineas longi, lineares, basim versus tubo stamineo adherentes. 
SzaxixA decem, diadelpha, ibidem inserta, longissima, in carina recondita. FrrAwENTA capillacea, uninervia, 
glabra, inferne membranacea; novem in tubum compressum, supra secundum longitudinem apertum 
connata, superne libera; decimum solutum , supra basim geniculatum. Awruemz parva, aperta oblongo, 
omnes conformes. Ovanmw brevissime stipitatum, lineare, compressum , adscendens, apice in stylum 
desinens, sericeum, uniloculare; ovula circiter octodecim, sutura vexillum spectanti affixa, reniformia, 
infra medium affixa, subadscendentia, glabra. Drscvs in fundo calycis, suburceolatus, membranaceus, sub- 
crenatus, limbo valde obliquus et ad latus, ubi stamen liberum spectat, fissus (?), glaber, basim ovarii laxe 
cingens. Srvrus compressus, inferne membranaceus, superne induratus, infra apicem interne villoso - 
barbatus. SrrGwa. . .. Fnverus. ... 
10. PHASEOLUS? rmrosus. T 
P. volubilis; ramulis petiolisque retrorsum pilosis; foliolis subrhombeo-ovatis, obtusis, 
bracteis linearibus calycibusque 
basi cuneatis, utrinque adpresso-pilosis; racemis multifloris; 
hirsutis , lobis acutiusculis , lateralibus falcatis , superiore lato , emarginato; leguminibus villos 
Crescit in arenosis fluminis Magdalene , prope Morales. o. Floret Junio. 
Cavus volubilis ; ramulis sulcatis, retrorsum pilosis. Forra alterna, longe petiolata, ternata ; foliola bre- 
viter petiolata, subrhomboideo- ovata, obtusa, basi subcuneata, integerrima, reticulato- venosa, nervo medio 
venisque primariis subtus prominulis, membranacea, utrinque adpresso-pilosa, supra lete viridia, subtus 
vix pallidiora; terminale a lateralibus remotum, wquilaterum, 27-50 lineas longum, 18-19 lineas latum ; 
lateralia minora, inzquilatera, 21- 22 lineas longa; petioli proprii 1-1 2 lineam longi, dense pilosi. Stipul 
oblongo-lanceolatz, falcatz, glabriuscule, lineam. longe, duc ad basim petioli proprii terminalis, totidem. 
ad petiolos laterales. Periorus communis retrorsum pilosus, basi incrassatus, adjecta rhachi (4-5 lineas longa) 
2 t pollices longus. Srirurx petiolares geminz, lineares, pilos, vix tres lineas longo. Pzpuxcurr axillares, 
solitarii, adscendentes, retrorsum pilosi, inferne incrassati , suleato- striati, apice multiflori , 8- g- pollicares. 
Fronzs racemos, pedicellati, suppetentes nondum aperi; pedicellis basi uni-, apice bibracteatis; bracteis 
linearibus, acuminatis, pilosis, calycem superantibus, caducis ; inferioribus quatuor lineas longis; superio- 
ribus semipollicaribus. Caryx campanulato- urceolatus, quadrifidus , externe adpresso-hirsutus, membra- 
adscendente, apice emarginato-biloba; reliquis 
naceus ; laciniis acutiusculis ; superiore lata , ovata, carinata, 
oblongis; duabus lateralibus falcatis. Conora pentapetala, papilionacea, flava, glabra; petala flabellato- 
nervosa; superius (vexillum) suborbiculatum, reflexo- patentissimum (teste Bonpl.) , 1 2 pollicem latum, 
ante apertionem floris alas et carinam amplectens ; duo lateralia (alo) longitudine vexilli, obovato-oblonga, 
subfalcata, apice rotundata, basi semicordata, supra unguem carina adhwrentia; duo inferiora (carina) 
alas multo superantia, late linearia, marginibus contiguis cohzrentia, falcata, apice uncinato-inflexa. 
SrAxiNA 10, diadelpha, longa, in carina recondita. Ovanrow stipitatum, lineare, compressum , hirsutum, 
presertim ad suturam interiorem. Sryros longitudine staminum, compressus, apicem versus barbatus. 
Sroxa. ... Discus. ... Lzevwrwa (a me haud visa) lineari- teretia; villosa (teste Bonpl 
Specimen suppetens carie exesum., 
