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5. DALEA rrcrmama. T 
D. caulibus apice 5-S-stachyis foliolisque glabris, 20-29-jugis, linearibus, acutiusculis , 
canaliculato-concavis, glaucescentibus; spicis ovato-oblongis; calycibus glandulosis, sericeo- 
hirsutis. 
Dalea pectinata. Plant. legum. p. 169. tab. 49. 
Crescit in collibus , prope F'illalpando Mexicanorum , alt. 1330 hex. rl? Floret Sep- 
tembri. ! 
Tapix fibrosa. Cavrzs complures, procumbentes et erecti, 1-5- pedales (ex Bonpl.), simplices (?), apice 
ramosi et 5-G-stachyi, striato-angulati, glabri; ramulis floriferis alternis, subfastigiatis, glabris, foliis 
parvis remotis obsitis, apice monostachyis. Fori alterna, brevissime petiolata, imparipinnata, pollicaria. 
Foliola brevissime petiolata, opposita, interdum alterna, 20-29-juga, linearia, acutiuscula, integerrima, 
crassiuscula, externe convexa, nervo medio obsoleto notata et punctis glandulosis conspersa, interne cana- 
liculato-concava, utrinque glabra et glauco-viridia, duas lineas longa; terminalia duplo triplove breviora ; 
petiolis propriis brevissimis, crassis, glabris, basi articulatis. Rhachis communis subpollicaris, angulata, 
glabra, externe foscescens (?) et eglandulosa , interne glauco-viridis, glandulis conspersa. "Tuberculus glan- 
dulosus ad basim exteriorem cujuslibet petioli proprii, rhachi insidens. Srreunz. .. . . Srrcm ovate aut 
oblongo, cylindracec, i-i-pollicares, densissimz. Fronzs sessiles, unibracteati, magnitudine floris Daleze 
gracilis ; bracteis lanceolatis, acuminato- subulatis, carinato-concavis, externe sericco-hirsutis, sesqui- 
lineam longis, caducis. Carvx turbinato-campanulatus , quinquedentatus, decemnervius, glanduloso- 
punctatus , punctulis oblongis , ienuissime membranaceus, externe sericeo-hirsutus, interne glaber; 
dentibus acuminato- aristatis, tubo paulo brevioribus; inferiore longiore. Comorr4 pentapetala, glabra; 
petala unguiculata, flabellato-venosa, violacea, unguem versus flavida; superius (vexillum) fundo calycis 
insertum, ovato-subdeltoideum, obtusum, basi cordatum, supra unguem punctis 4 glandulosis ct infra 
apicem puncto unico obsitum, cucullatum, adscendens, dentes calycinos parum superans, in alabastro 
reliqua semiamplectens; duo lateralia (al) tubo stamineo inserta, irregulariter oblonga, obtusa, basi semi- 
cordata, eglandulosa, calyce duplo longiora; duo inferiora (carina) maxima, item tubo stamineo inserta, 
vexillum duplo superantia, oblique ovata, obtusa, subsemicordata, eglandulosa, concava, marginibus conti- 
guis superne cohzrentia staminaque obtegentia. SrawmNA 10, omnia fertilia, alterna breviora, fundo calycis 
inserta, adscendentia, in carina latentia ipsaque breviora. FrLAMENTA lineari-capillacea, uninervia, diaphana, 
albida, glabra, omnia in tubum membranaceum compressum supra longitudinaliter apertum. connata, 
superne libera. Awruxuz ellipticz, obtusz glandulaque terminate, basi emarginatz, dorso externe spectante 
affixze, biloculares, longitudinaliter interne, marginem versus, dehiscentes, cmrulescentes, glabra, ómnes 
conformes. Ovanrux sessile, cuneato-oblongum, compressum, apice in stylum desinens, tenuissime mem- 
branaceum, punetulis nonnullis glandulosis conspersum, externe sericeo- hirsutum, uniloculare ; ovula 2, 
suture vexillum spectanti affixa, oblongo-subreniformia, utrinque obtusa, glabra, infra apicem suspensa. 
Sryrvs capillaceus, hirsutus, superne glaber, adscendens, stamina superans. Sricua simplex. Fmucrvs 
desideratur. 
