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glabris, ciliatis, tres lineas longis, caducis. Carvx (/fg. 2. 5.) campanulatus, bilabiatus, basi turbinato- 
attenuatus, membranaceus, reticulato- nervosus , glaber, violaceo-virescens , persistens; labia ciliata, patula; 
superius ovatum, apice bidentatum ; dentibus acutis; inferius trifidum ; laciniis ovato-oblongis, subacuminatis; 
infima reliquas et labium superius paulo superante, carinato- concava, subadscendente. Conorza ( fig. 4.) 
pentapetala, papilionacea, calyci supra basim inserta, glabra. Petala unguiculata, flabellato- nervosa ; 
superius (vexillum, ig. 11.) suborbiculatum, emarginatum, basi cuneatum, calyce longius, violaceum, 
adscendens, patentissimum ?, ante apertionem floris alas et carinam amplectens ; duo lateralia (alz, £g. 12.) 
vexillum subzquantia, oblique oblonga, obtusa, subfalcata, carinz: adpressa, violacea; duoinferiora (carina, 
fig. 15.) alis paulo breviora, semilunata, obtusa, semicordata, concava, supra unguem gibba, marginibus 
contiguis cohzrentia, flavida. Srawixa ( fig. 7.) decem, diadelpha, ibidem inserta, alterna breviora, omnia 
fertilia, adscendentia, in carina recondita. FirawrwTA linearia, glabra ; novem in tubum membranaceum, 
compressum, supra longitudinaliter apertum connata, superne libera ; superius (vexillo oppositum) solutum. 
Axrnznz (fig. 5. 6.) elliptic, obtusz, basi emarginatz, dorso supra basim affixz, erecta, glabro, bilocu- 
lares, longitudinaliter latere dehiscentes, subeequales. Ovaniux stipitatum lineare, compressum,glabrum, apice 
in stylum desinens, uniloculare ; ovula ( frg. 10.) circiter 7, suture vexillum spectanti affixa (fig. 9.) , sublen- 
ticularia, adscendentia, glabra. Drscus ( fig. 8.) : tubulus membranaceus, calyci immediate sub staminibus 
insertus, irregulariter crenatus, glaber, stipitem ovarii cingens. Srvrus subulatus, glaber, ad angulum sub- 
rectum adscendens, stamina paulo superans. SrrewA subcapitellatum, glabrum. Lzcvxuxa (fig. 14-) stipitata, 
cultriformia, recta, acuta, compressa, calyce et staminibus persistentibus suffulta, lzvia, glabra, ad seminum 
valvz coriacez, interne substantia tenuissima subspongiosa 
sedes vix torulosa, subheptasperma, bivalvi 
albida vestite, ad seminum sedes alveolis concaviusculis ellipticis levibus instructo ( frg. 15.). Szauxa 
(Jig. 16. 17.) obovato-elliptica vel subrotundo-ovata, parum obliqua, utrinque rotundata, lenticulari- 
compressa, levia, glabra, fuscescentia, vix tres lineas longa. Hilum sublaterale, parvum, ellipticum. Podo- 
spermium breve, teretiusculum, apice, ubi hilo insidet, dilatatum. IwrecuwENTUM simplex, membra- 
naceum, interne levissimum et nitidum. Ewmnvo (fig. 18. 19.) exalbuminosus, semini subconformis, 
rectus!. Corvrspoxrs ovato vel obovato-ellipticze, plano- convexiusculz,, rotundata , ad radicule originem 
emarginato- subbilobz, carnosa, equales. Raptcura parva, oblonga, obtusa, compressiuscula, hilum spec- 
tans. ProxUrA (fig. 20.) minuta, subrotunda, compressa. 
2. BRONGNIARTIA ropaLvmipzs. T Tab. DLXXX VIII. 
B. ramis petiolisque glabris ; foliolis »- 5- jugis cum impari, elliptico-oblongis , apice rotun- 
datis, mucronatis , utrinque adpresso-pilosis, junioribus sericeis; floribus axillaribus, geminis, 
subracemosis. 
Crescit locis calidis Noe Hispanic , juxta La. Puenta de Istla , inter Tasco et Cuer- 
navaca, alt. 5o hex. p Floret Apri 
Fnurzzx pedalis, erectus vel procumbens; ramis teretibus, levibus, glabris; ramulis compressis. Fori 
alterna, petiolata, pinnata. Foliola petiolata, opposita, 2-5-juga cum impari, elliptico-oblonga, utrinque 
rotundata, mucronata, integerrima, reticulato-venosa, nervo medio subtus prominente, membranacea, 
Yete viridia, subconcoloria, utrinque pilis mollibus adpressis obsita, juniora sericea, 10- 12 lineas longa, 
6-7 lineas lata; superiora vel inferiora paulo breviora; petioli proprii sesquilineam longi, pubescentes. 
Rhachis communis teretiuscula, glabra, adjecto petiolo communi (6-9 lineas longo) sesqui- quadripollica 
SriPULE petiolares geminz, maxime, semicordatie, acute, integerrimce, reticulato-venosz, adpresso-pube- 
