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falcata, apice rotundata, basi semicordata, concava, supra basim carinz leviter adherentia, difformia, unum 
Supra basim bigibbum, alterum angustius et magis falcatum ; duo inferiora (fig. 6.) late cultriformia, 
acuta, concaya, marginibus contiguis superne coherentia, alis dimidio breviora. SrAwiNA decem, diadelpha, 
calyci supra basim inserta, adscendentia, in carina recondita, lacinias calycinas equantia. FrrAwENTA glabra, 
diaphana, e fundo calycis orta, ei inferne adnata, loco ubi a calyce disjunguntur articulata; novem in tubum 
compressum supra fissum connata, superne libera; decimum (superius) liberum. Awrurnx subellipticz. 
Ovanix sessile, lineare, superne subsericeum, per basim crassiusculam subconicam styli rostratum , unilo- 
culare; ovula circiter 16, medium versus suspensa, glabra. Discus (certo !) nullus. Lzcvwrwa ( fg. 7.) sub- 
estipitata, calyce persistente suffulta, linearia, compressiuscula, per basim styli mucronato-rostrata, subrecta, 
dense puberula, 10-12 lineas longa, vix sesquilineam lata, polysperma, septis transversis membranaceis 
multilocularia, bivalvias valvis (ig. 8.) chartaceis. SrwrwA ( fig. 9- 11.) subelliptica, utrinque rotundata, 
teretiuscula, medium versus hilo punctiformi notata, levia, fusca, nitida, 1 linez longa; podospermiis 
brevissimis. Ixrzcuuxxruw membranaceum, interne membrana tenuissima diaphana arcte vestitum. Expos- 
PrmMIUM (fg. 12.) semini conforme, tenue, membranaceo-carnosum, albidum. Eurnxo (fig. 13. i4.) 
viridis. Coryrrpowzs subellipticee, obtuse, plano-convexa, carnoss, zquales. Rapicvra in extremitate 
apicem leguminis spectante sita, cotyledonibus triplo brevior, uncinato-inflexa et hilum spectans, subcla- 
vata, depressa, acutiuscula. PruxvrA imperspicua. 
Suppetit specimen alterum, floriferum (Tab. nzxxvin), a mox descriptis, fructiferis, nonnisi diversum : 
foliolis brevioribus (tres lineas longis) , lanceolatis, viridibus, supra glabris, subtus pubescentibus ; rhachibus 
paulo longioribus (quinque lineas longis), stipulis majoribus, pedunculis interdum billoris floribusque 
(ig. 1.) dimidio minoribus. Descriptio floris sequitur : Carvx (fig. 2.) campanulatus, limbo quinquefidus, 
externe pubescens, persistens ; laciniis longitudine tubi, lanceolato-acuminatis, subzqualibus. Conorra 
pentapetala, papilionacea, calyci supra basim inserta, alba?, glabra; petala longe unguiculata ; superius 
(vexillum , /g. 6.) suboxbiculatum, emarginatum, basi subcordatum, flabellato-nervosum, reflexo- patentis- 
simum, calycem triplo superans, ante apertionem floris alas et carinam amplectens ; duo lateralia (alas, 
fig. 5.) vix longiora, oblonga, falcata, obtusa, semicordata, lobo complicato; duo inferiora (carina, fig. 4.) 
longitudine alarum, oblongo-cultriformia , obtusa, subsemicordata, concava, supra unguem gibba, margi- 
nibus contiguis cohzrentia. SrAwIwA 10, diadelpha, e fundo calycis prodeuntia, sed basibus parti inferiori 
illius adnata (ig. 5.), loco, ubi a calyce disjunguntur, articulata, adscendentia, in carina recondita. FirAwENTA 
lineari-eapillacea , diaphana, glabra; novem in tubum compressum supra fissum connata, apice libera ; 
decimum (superius) solutum. Axrnznz (fig. 7. 8.) ovata, utrinque emarginata, biloculares, glabra, dorso 
affixe, longitudinaliter interne dehiscentes, omnes conformes. Ovamx subsessile, lineare, compressum, 
glabriusculum, uniloculare, apice in stylum desinens. Ovula (fig. 10. 11. ) circiter octo, suturz vexillum 
spectanti affixa (fig. 9.), subrotundo-ovata, subadscendentia, glabra. Discus nullus. SryLus subulatus, 
adscendens, glaber. SricwA acutiusculum. LrcuwiwA immatura, glabra. 
6. TEPHROSIA nworus. T 
'T. caulibus? herbaceis, molliter pubescentibus; foliolis 4-6-jugis cum impari, stipulatis , 
elliptico- oblongis , apice rotundatis , mucronatis , supra adpresso- pubescentibus , subtus argenteo- 
sericeis ; racemis axillaribus; floribus sparsis; leguminibus puberulis. 
Crescit prope Cumanacoam , alt. 105 hex. (Nova Andalusia.) b ? Floret Septembri. 
Cavrzs herbacei (teste Bonpl.) ; ramis striatis, teretiusculis, medulla farctis, molliter pubescentibus, Fora 
alterna, breviter petiolata, pinnata; foliola opposita, petiolata, 4-6-juga cum impari, elliptico- oblonga, 
