550 LEGUMINOS 
1. JEKSCHYNOMENE suLcamA. T 
A. arborescens; ramis striato- sulcatis , subflexuosis, glabris ; ramulis , rhachi pedunculisque 
hispidulis, paucifloris ; foliolis 17-21-jugis, linearibus, mucronulatis calycibusque glabris ; 
bracteis ciliatis; leguminibus 7- 9-articulatis , levibus, glabris. 
Crescit. in umbrosis prope Bordones. (Nova Andalusia.) b Floret et fructificat 
Septembri. 
AnnUscuLA 20- pedalis; ramis alternis, teretibus, striato- sulcatis, subflexuosis, glabris, fragilibus; ramulis 
junioribus hispidulis ; pilis basi tuberculato- incrassatis. Fori alterna, petiolata, paripinnata. Foliola bre- 
vissime petiolata, subopposita, 17-21-juga (24-50-juga teste Bonpl.) , linearia, utrinque rotundata, apice 
mucronata, basi inzequilatera, integerrima, obsolete venosa, nervo medio subtus prominulo, membranacea, 
glabra, subtus pallidiora, 4-4 5 lineas longa, 4 linezc lata; superiora gradatim breviora ; summa vix 2 lineas 
longa. Rhachis filiformis, hispidula, adjecto petiolo (2 z lineas longo, basi inerassato) 14-19 lineas longa, 
mucrone terminata. Srrrurz petiolares geminz, oblongo, acuminata, basi rotundata, supra basim peltatim 
affixi, nervose, tenuiter membranacez, fuscescentes, glabre, 2-/ lineas longe, caduca. Prpuxcunr sub- 
axillares (suboppositifolii), solitarii, pauciflori, hispiduli, patuli, 6-8 lineas longi ; fructiferi subflexuosi, 
12-15 lineas longi. Fronzs alterni, pedicellati subracemosi, magnitudine floris A. glaberrimz; pedicellis 
1-14 lineam longis, glabris, basi 1- bracteatis ; bracteis oblongis, acutis, ciliatis, supra basim peltatim 
affixis, membranaceis, fuscescentibus, lineam longis, deciduis. Caryx profunde bilabiatus, basi bibracteatus, 
glaber, membranaceus, viridis, glandulis? minutissimis subpellucidis dense obsitus , tardius basi articulatus 
et stipitem annulatim cingens; labiis patulis, ovato-ellipticis, concavis, multinerviis, ciliatis, superiore 
breviore, apice bi- , inferiore tridentato ; dentibus obsoletis, acutis. Bractez opposite, ovate, acutz, cor- 
datz, ciliatz (ciliis basi incrassatis), uninerviw, membranacez, glandulis? minutissimis conspersc, basi 
affixe, cequales, calyce triplo breviores, ; line; longz, decidum. Comorra pentapetala, papilionacea, basi 
calycis inserta, flava? glabra ; petala flabellato- nervosa, unguiculata; superius (vexillum) orbiculatum, ad 
angulum rectum. adscendens, calycem duplo superans, apice integrum, patentissimum , ante apertionem 
floris ciliatum, alas et carinam amplectens; duo lateralia (alo) breviora, oblique ovata, subfalcata, 
rotundata, inferne angustata et semicordata ; duo inferiora (carina) alis breviora, late semilunata, obtusa, 
semicordata, concava, marginibus contiguis connata, Srawrwa decem, diadelpha, ibidem inserta, adscen- 
dentia, alterna breviora, in carina recondita. FirawExra lineari- capillacea, uninervia; diaphana, glabra, in 
tubum membranaceum compressum, supra et subtus longitudinaliter fissum connata (phalangesque duas 
ge, obtuse, basi emarginate, dorso affixe, 
lineare, 
apice 
pentandras constituentia), superne libera. Axruzn ovato- oblon; 
biloculares, longitudinaliter interne dehiscentes, glabre, omnes conformes. OvanrUM stipitatum, 
compressum, falciforme, apice in stylum desinens, ad suturas hispidum, uniloculare ; stipite glabro, ovario 
triplo breviore. Ovula 8 vel o, sublenticularia, suture vexillum spectanti affixa. Sryrus subulatus, glaber, 
rectus, longitudine staminum. Srrewa acutiusculum. Discus annularis carnosus in fundo calycis, integer, 
glaber. LzcuuriwA linearia, compressa, recta vel subfaleata, apice rotundata et stylo persistente mucronata, 
basi cuneata et stipitata, articulata (suturis incrassatis ; seminifera recta ; opposita inter semina ema 
[erenato-lobata] ) , fusca, glabra, adjecto stipite 1 2-2-pollicaria, 2-24 lineas lata; articuli 7-9, subqua- 
drati, monospermi, ad seminis sedem tumidi, non dehiscentes, chartacei. Stipes 3-4 lineas longus, glaber. 
Sxurxa reniformia, medium versus podospermio brevi suspensa, lenticulari- compressa, utrinque rotundata, 
lavia, glabra, nigro-fusca, nitidula, sesquilineam longa; hilum ellipticum, tertiam partem. longitudinis 
seminis occupans. IxrzcuuENTUM duplex, utrumque membranaceum ; interius tenuius, diaphanum, ex 
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