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ciboBqne hirsnto-puberuli. Stylus ad basin teres, sarsam utrinque 

 membraitaceo -dilatatns lanceolatas circinnatim inflexas. fieganiina 

 immatara 4—5-po)ncaria compressa recta 5 — 7-fiperma brevifer aco- 

 teqae rostrata. — Habitat in insulis Guadeloupe (loco d'tcto Anae 

 Bertrand). et Domiugo. 



22. JPacikyrhitnus anifwiaiu9 A* KieU. in DC. Prodr. II. 

 402, no. 1. ~ (Wgbt. Sc Arn. Prodr. fl. penins. Ind. or. I. 251. 

 Diagnosis mala.) — Caule volubili, petiolis, foliolis utrinque, pe- 

 aQnculis, pedicellis, calycibus legntninibasqne molliter tooientoso- 

 Bertceis (v* etiani glabris??); foltis petiolatis primattm trifoliolatis, 

 wiolis triaerviis, lateralibus subsessilibnsrhombeo-triangularibtts an- 

 gniato-dentatis acaminatis , terminal! ionge petiolulatoe basi-cuneata 

 rhombeo acaminato, angalato-quinquelobo, lobis obtnsiuscnlis mncro- 

 Bttis; stipalis minimis vix perspicais; peduncnlis axillaribus soUta- 

 »»8 foiiuin snperantibus v. snbaequantibos, apfce racemoso paaeifio- 

 ^is, floribas (singulis?) coeruleis; legnminibns linearibus compressis 

 S-lO-spermis obtusiuscniis. — Ex icone (Rmpb, fferb. Amb. VL 

 **B. 132.) intelligo meam plantam eandem esse ac orientali-indieam 

 'oco sapra citato satis mediocriter descriptam. ClaTissimi auctores 

 ""ae peainsulae Indiae orientalis plantain suam describunt: leaflets 

 »ngled4oothed, glabrous or villous, lateral ones triangular, terminal 

 ^^iform-rhomboid acuminated^ stipules large emiform. Qvtem ai- 

 'pectom foliolum reniformi-rhombeum acuminatum praebeat, son ib- 

 *^**»gOr stipnlas tarn in icone supra citata, quam in ipsa nostra 

 Mnta optime congruente lineam longas v. pauUo longiores vidi, — 

 Petioli 1— 2'/2-pollicares, foliola lateralia adjecto petiololo 1—2 Tin. 

 »»g« IV2— 3 pollicaria, 1 — 2 poll, lata, rhombeo -triangularia acu- 

 *'"***' folioli terminalis petiolulus (v. potius rhacbidis pars superior) 

 ^'8 lin. longns, foliolum I'A— 2V2 pollices longnm , 22—36 Hn. 

 « basi Ionge cuneata transverse rhombeum, margine superior! 

 Jgalariter obsoleteque angnlato quinquelobo, lobis acuminatis v. 

 ^ oaiascaUs mucronatis. Foliola demum supra glabrata. Stipulac 

 »mae Uaeam longae v. vix longiores, stipellae brevissimae fili- 

 j^'°***' Peduncoli axillares erecti 3r-5 — 9 pollicares, summo apice 

 J. ^"' ^"-^2-florDm, flore uno alterove remotiori gerentes. Flores 

 tal • ' 'S^minatos non observai^i) breviter pedicellati violaceo-coe- 

 P«n"l ' mss.). Bracteae caducissimae breves. Calyx cam- 



^y J, **"' **»'acteolatu8 quadrifidus, lobo superior! latiori ovali, apice 

 VexiM*""® ^Wentato, tribus inferinrlbus acatis. Petala subaequalia. 

 Itl^"°^ *^^<>'WcaUtum, basi utrinque supra unguem biappendicn- 

 wWim«qB« bicaUotiim. 41ae ♦vali-ellipticae obtwae, Mpr* 



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