508 LEGUMINOSE. 
terminali remota, paulo minora. Prrrorus communis angulatus, interne canaliculatus, puberulus, adjecta 
rhachi (lineam longa) 2-1- pollicaris, stipulis adnatus, loco ubiliber evadit articulatus, ubi foliola inserta 
villosus. SrieuLx lanceolatz, acuminato-subulatz, striato- nervos, puberule, juniores hispida, vaginato- 
connata et petiolo adnatz, apice libere, semipollicares. Growenurr in apice ramorum subsolitarii, subglo- 
bosi, brevissime pedunculati, e fasciculis compluribus compositi; fasciculis bracteatis. Bnacrex (fig. 11.) 
arcte imbricata, uniflorz, pilis flavescentibus hispidz; extima foliis similes, sed minores et ad foliolum 
solitarium redacte; interiores gradatim minores. Fronzs ( fig. 5.) minuti ( fig. 1.) , sessiles, tribracteolati 
(fig.2-); bracteolis subspathulato- lanceolatis, acutis, uninerviis, tenuissime membranaceis, superne sericeo- 
hirsutis, inzqualibus. Cryx tenuiter membranaceus, glaber, virescens, caducus ; tubus longissimus, tenuis- 
simus, cylindráceus ; limbus campanulatus, quadrilobus, ciliatus ; lobis obtusis ; superiore latissimo, emar- 
ginato; reliquis oblongis; inferiore concavo, lateralibus majore. Profloratio : lobi marginibus sibi mutuo 
incumbentes, inferior exterior. ConorzA pentapetala, papilionacea, summo tubo calycis inserta, alba, glabra ; 
petala longe unguiculata (unguibus inferne tubo stamineo adherentibus), flabellato- nervosa; superius 
(vexillum, fig. 4.) obovatum, emarginatum, inferne cuneatum, limbum calycis duplo superans, ante aper- 
tionem floris alas et carinam amplectens ; duo lateralia (als, f/g.5.) breviora, oblique obovato- oblonga, apice 
rotundata, basi semisagittata (lobo lineari elongato obtuso); duo inferiora (carina, fig. 6.) alis paulo bre- 
viora, faleata, obtusa, subsemicordata, supra unguem gibba, marginibus contiguis superne cohzrentia. 
SrauixA ( fig. 7.) decem, monadelpha, ibidem inserta, adscendentia, in carina recondita; alterna antheris 
multo minoribus instructa, in floribus apertis longiora, in alabastro breviora. FrrauxrA lineari- capillacea, 
diaphana, glabra, omnia in tubum membranaceum, decemnervium, compressum, supra longitudinaliter 
apertum connata, superne libera. AxrnEnx (/ig. 8.) biloculares, glabre; majores (apertz) oblonge; 
minores (item apertae) subrotundz. Ovanrux (fig. 10.) in fundo tubi calycis, sessile, minutissimum, lineare, 
glabriusculum, biovulatum, apice in stylum desinens. Srvrvs capillaceus, longissimus, glaber, stamina 
wquans. Srrexa. obtusum. Squamula minutissima, subrotunda, carnosa, alba, cucullata , interdum lobata 
(lobulo altero multo minore), in fundo limbi calycis (/ig.9-) , dorso vexillum spectans. LzevwEx ( fg. 12.) 
biarticulatum, estipitatum ; articulus inferior minutissimus, vacuus, subturbinatus, pilosus; superior 
subrotundo- reniformis, lenticulari- compressus, rudimento styli brevi uncinato-reflexo terminatus, mem- 
branaceus, glaber, nervosus, diaphanus, maculis fuscis et glandulis minutissimis punctiformibus conspersus» 
vix magnitudine grani cannabis, monospermus, non dehiscens. Szwzx ( fig. 14. 15.) suturc recliori insertum, 
infra apicem podospermio brevissimo suspensum (fig. 15.) , subrotundo- reniforme, lenticulari-compressum, 
leve, glabrum, atrum, nitidum, $ linec longum ; hilo parvo, orbiculari. IxrEGUMENTUM duplex; exterius 
chartaceum, atro-purpureum; interius tenuissime membranaceum, purpurascens, exteriori adharens. 
Eusxyo (fig. 16.) flavescens. Exposrznaiuw nullum. Coryrepoxzs reniformes, plano-convexe, rotundata, 
aequales. Rapicura in extremitate apicem leguminis spectante sita, inflexa et hilum spectans, teretiuscula, 
obtusa, cotyledonibus dimidio brevior. 
4. STYLOSANTHES cujANENSIS. 
S. caule erecto stpulisque pubescenti-pilosis; foliolis lanceolatis, utrinque pubescentibus ; 
floribus capitato- conglomeratis terminalibus , bracteato- involucratis; bracteis hispidis ; legumi- 
nibus hirsutis (teste 4ubl.). 
Stylosanthes gujanensis Swartz. in Act. Holm. 1789. p. 284. Sp. pt. ed. IF. 3. p. 1167. 
"Trifolium gujanense 4fubl. Gujan. 2. p. 770. t. 3o9. 
