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stipulae foliaceae liberae, maximae, altero latere ovato-cordatae, apice 
acutae, folia 9—15-juga, glauco-viridia, pedunculus striatus, foliola 
oblongo-elliptica, subpollicaria, integerrima et glaberrima, apiee mucro- 
nulata; racemi versus apicem caulis axillares- terminalesque elongati; 
peduneuli sulcati, flores ochroleuci, legumina deflexa lineari-oblonga 
utrinque angustata complanata transverse venulosa, glaberrima, sub- 
pellucida, longe stipitata, apice acuta mucronata, semina in loculis 
singulis 4—5. . 
- Ad latera montium vallis profundae Ferrfera nee non ad latus bo- 
“reale montis Scholoda: nomen Abyssinicum: „Tatam Agassem“. 
2. Diplotheca venosa Hochst. (Astragalus venosus 
Hochst. in, pll. Schimp. Abyssinicis exsicc. Un. it. nr. 190 et 1067.) 
"  Caulis erectus bipedalis subangulatus, inferne glaber, superne 
pilis minutis Appressis parce inspersus; stipulae prieris, sed multo mi- 
nores, parum cordatae, folia 9—13-juga, foliola elliptico-lanceolata 
vel oblonga 4—6 lineas longa, integerrima,. parce pilosiuscula, apice 
mucronulata, flores racemosi ochroleuei prioris sed fere duplo mino- 
res; legumina prioris, pauloe tamen breviora, apice parum angustata, 
mucronata, semina in loculis singulis 3—4. 
Ad ripas regionis septentr. montis Scholoda prope Adoam nec non 
in districetu Memsach prope Genniam ad radices montium, 
3. Diplotheca atropilosula Hochst. (Astragalus venosus 
Hochst. v. atropilosulus in pll. Schimp. Abyss. exsice. Un. it. or. 1235.) 
Caulis a basi ramosus bipedalis vel altior, striatus, pubescenti- 
pilosulus; stipulae majores, quam in priori, nec tamen aeque magnae 
atque in prima speeie, ovato-cordatae; folia prioris, sed foliola paulo 
majora (plerumque semipollicaria), racemi axillares terminalesque 
folio longieres; pedunculus, pedicelli, calyces et legumina pilis mini- 
mis atris appressis inspersi, flores purpurascentes; legumina longe 
stipitata elliptico-oblonga, utringue acufa mucronata, semina in loculis 
singulis 3—4. 
Inventa prope Demenei in montibus Simensibus. 
4. Diplotheca tigrensis Hochst. (Astragalus tigrensis 
Hochst. in pll. Schimp. Abyss. exsicc. Nro. 241.) 
Secundae speciei statura, habitu et foliis simillima: magis tamen 
glauca et legumina paulo minora, versus apicem retorta, subacuta 
nec mucronata, semina in loculis singulis 2-3. 
