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mantes delapsis foliis, ante antbesin^racemi^^j^l ^^ 

 bastrum conicum bracteis coucavis ovatis acutis im-.t £^ 

 bricantibus bifloris dense tectum, dein sensim a basi 

 flores proferens bracteis deriduis; corolla violacea 

 (dein azurea) aut lilacina aut albida; fructus deiu 

 secundi hirti , articulis 6 — 8 membranaceis fere qua- 

 dratis latere inferiore tantum convexi & debiscentes; 

 semina nephroidea, strophiolo membranaceo calycii- 

 lato , laevia livida striis teneris atris brunneisve lon- 

 gitudinalibus. 



12. Desmoditmt austrate DC. 71, — Qwoad (|J^ 

 Gm. cf. DC. Prdr. IL, 325. ex fructu ad Sect III.! 



(p. 327) ex inflorescentia ad Sect. I. referenda spe- . 

 c*ies. — Quoad spec, Planta nostra plane cum de- 

 scriptione et diagnosi Hedysari australis Wild. Sp. 

 pL 1183. 31. congruifc; — sed Desmodium australe 

 DC. Prdr. TL 326. 2., etsi eadem citata sunt lau- 

 data, attamen diagnosin novam habet, magnopere 

 aWilldenovii discrepantem ; differt enim caule tereti 

 glabro ramulis pubescentibus (teretibus ?) ^oliolis 

 subttts pube minima canescentibus deiu legumlnibus 

 glabratis. — Sprg, S. V. III. 316. 69. Hedysaro 

 umbellate adnumerat, cui foliorum forma praeprimis 

 alienum; — foliola (medium) 2 — 3,5 poll. long. 



0^75 1,25 pll. lata oblonga aut obovato - obionga 



aut elliptica acuta, caet. vid. Wild. 1. c. Florcg ca- 

 pitato-umbellati albi, fructus* moniliformes s^i^^il/, 

 8 — 4 articuli^i. 



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