488 LEGUMINOSJE. 
Crescit in Regno lVovo- Granatensi, prope Santa Fe de Bogota , alt. 1360 hex.; item 
prope El Tambillo Quitensium , in convalli T'urubambensi, alt. 1500 hex. b? Floret 
Majo. 
Raur teretiusculi, substriati, subglutinosi?, pilosi; pilis patentissimis, nigris. Four alterna, petiolata, 
ternata. Foliola petiolata, lanceolato- oblonga, subacuminata, basi obtusa, integerrima, reticulato- venosa, 
nervo medio subtus prominente, membranacea, punctulis glandulosis conspersa, glabra, subtus pallidiora 
inque nervo medio pilis nigris obsita; terminale 24-26 lineas longum, 8-82 lineas latum ; lateralia 
19- 20 lineas longa ; petioli proprii lineam longi, pilis nigris hirsuti. Perrorus communis 9- 12 lineas longus, 
teretiusculus, pilosus. SrrPvLm petiolares geminee, lanceolatz, angustato- acuminatz, punctato- glandulosz, 
membranace:z, externe pilose, marcescentes, persistentes, revoluta. Sprcx axillares, solitarie, pedunculatz, 
oblongo- cylindracez, densz, folio breviores, 12-15 lineas longe; pedunculo 1- 12 pollicari, teretiusculo 
rhachique pilosis. Fromzs brevissime pedicellati, sparsi, duas lineas longi; pedicellis basi bracteatis; 
bractea ovata, subacuminata, concava, subseptemnervia, membranacea, punctato-glandulosa, externe 
pilis nigris adpressis obsita, calyce vix breviore, decidua. Carxx campanulatus, basi subturbinatus, 
subarcuatus, limbo bilabiatus, membranaceus, externe pilis nigris adpressis dense obsitus, interne glaber, 
obsolete 10 (?)-nervius, eglandulosus; labio superiore emarginato-bidentato; dentibus acutis; labio 
inferiore multo latiore, trifido; lobis ovatis, acutis; infimo concavo, labium superius superante , sub- 
adscendente; lateralibus multo brevioribus, planis. Comorra pentapetala, papilionacea, glabra , alba, 
fundo calycis inserta. Petala unguiculata, flabellato- venosa, venis intermediis crassiusculis, eglandulosa ; 
superius (vexillum) subellipticum, apice rotundatum et emarginatum, basi cordatum et in unguem cunea- 
tum desinens, subadscendens, lateribus reflexis, calycem paulo superans, ante apertionem floris reliqua 
amplectens ; duo lateralia (al) vix breviora, longius unguiculata, oblique oblonga, apice rotundata, basi 
semisagittata, concava, carinz applicata ; duo inferiora (carina) lateralibus similia, nisi breviora, semicor- 
data, marginibus contiguis superne cohzrentia. Srauixa 10, ibidem inserta, omnia fertilia, alterna breviora, 
monadelpha, adscendentia, in carina latentia ipsaque breviora. FirAwrwTA lineari-capillacea, uninervia, 
membranacea, diaphana, glabra, in tubum membranaceum compressum connata, superne libera, persis- 
tentia ; superius (reliquis brevius) usque infra medium solutum. Axruzuz ellipticze, obtusie, basi emarginatie, 
dorso affixe, biloculares, glabro, longitudinaliter interne dehiscentes, omnes conformes. Ovanrux sessile, 
oblongum, compressum, apice in stylum desinens, externe adpresso- pilosum, interne uniloculare et glabrum, 
membranaceum. Ovulum :, suture vexillum spectanti alfixum , transverse oblongum, subreniforme, 
glabrum, medio suspensum. Discus hypogynus nullus. Sryrus medio subgeniculato- adscendens, com- 
pressus, glaber, ovario longior, stamina paulo superans. Srreua capitellatum, papillosum. LzcuxiNA ovato- 
oblonga, obliqua, acuta, sessilia, lenticulari- compressa, pilosa, membranacea, monosperma, non dehis- 
centia (?), magnitudine grani minoris cannabis, calyce persistente obtecta eumque vix zquantia. SgwEN 
liberum, subellipticum, utrinque rotundatum, compressiusculum, levissimum, glabrum, nitidum, castaneo- 
fuscum, ad marginem, versus medium, hilo ofbiculari instructum. Integumentum duplex; exterius 
crustaceum ; interius membranaceum, diaphanum, exteriori adhaerens. ExposrernurUx nullum. Exsnyo 
virescens. Correpoxzs oblongae, obtusz, plano-convexz, carnoss. Rapicura teretiuscula, obtusa, cotyle- 
donibus triplo quadruplove brevior, reflexa, hilum spectans. . 
