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flavis supra subplanis, subtus prominulis, utringue retieulato-nervosa. 
Spicaec terminales et axillares inflorescentiam ultra 50cm longam 
efficientes; bracteac lanceolato-subulatae, ca. 2,d5mm longae, deei- 
duae; pedunculi plerumque vertieillati, hirtelli, floriferi 12 —15 mm 
longi, medio vel infra medium unibracteolati; spieae floriferae sine 
staminibus S—10Omm longae, 4—5 mm latae, basi laxi-, superne 
densiflorae; prophylla calyce subaequilonga. Flores sessiles ca- 
Iyce 0,8 mm longo; corolla subcampanulata 2,4mm longa; stamina 
corollam 4plo superantia. Ovarıum glabrum sub lente valida dense 
verruculoso-punctulatum. Legumen ignotum. 
Habitat in Brasilia austro-orientali loco non indicato: Glaziou 
n. 12642. 
Obs. Species M. caesalpiniaefolia Benth. affinis inter omnes 
Leptostachyas Benth. spieis brevibus distincta. 
M. pseudo-obovata Taub. sp. n. (Sect. Habbasia Benth. ser. 
Irubicaules Benth.) Frutex scandens ramulis petiolis rhachidibusque 
novellis puberulis, demum glabrescentibus, sparsim recurvo-aculeatis; 
pinnae 4—5-jugae; foliola 3-juga, oblique obovata, rhachidis 
basim versus deerescentia, glaberrima; inflorescentia hirta, basi 
foliata, ramosa; peduneuli villosuli; capitula globosa; flores 3- 
meri, 6-andri; corolla calycem glabrum fere triplo superans; ova-' 
rium glabrum. 
Ramuli subquadrangulati olivacei uti petioli rhachidesque striati 
et -+ aculeis sparsis recurvis armati. Stipulae lineari - subulatac, 
glabrae, er. 5mm longae. Folia bipinnata petiolo communi supra 
eanalieulato 10—15 cm longo; pinnae ca. 3cm distantes, rhachide 
supra canaliculata 3—5cm longa; foliola brevissime (vix Imm) 
petiolulata, oblique obovata, apice rotundata subtruncata v. levissime 
emarginata, basi subacuta v. rotundata v. subcordata, valde inaequi- 
latera, a rhachidis apice basim versus decrescentia, summa 25mm 
longa, 20mm lata, infima fere dimidio minora, chartacea, praeter 
marginem prope basim parce puberulum glaberrima, supra opaca, subtus 
pallida, costa nervisque primariis 3 a basi excurrentibus utrinque levi- 
ter prominentibus, secundariis obsoletis. Inflorescentia ad 20cm 
longa, ramis subpatentibus ad 10cm longis. Bracteae stipularum 
forma ct longitudine. Alabastra globosa. Capitula florifera pe- 
dunculis 12 mm longis hirtis v. villosulis, globosa, diametro vix 10 mm; 
prophylla subspathulata calyce subaequilonga. Flores 3-meri; calyx 
campanulatus, ®amm longus, glaber; corolla vix 3ömm, stamina 
