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Caulis clatus rectus pro mole levis, sarggni ftdhaerenli^ 

 pilosus, inferius scabridoa, sensim glabrattis^ apiee ia'^aai- 

 culara 1 — 2-pe(lalem tcrmvnatus. Petiolua pilis bamatt^ 

 fuscia hirtaa , teres, infra foliola 4 — 2, siipra 2 — '/^ cent. 

 Jougua. Stipulae diinidiato- vci subscrailcroari -ovaiac fi(U 

 formi -ftComiDfttissimae l^/^ — 2 cent, longae atriato - nervosac 



hirtae etliataeqne; sfz/^^/Za^ linear! - laDceolatac membranaceae 

 extii9 hirsiUae 1 cent, longae. Petioluli hirsoli 3—4 mm. 

 longi. Foliola molliter eorlacea svipra puherula snbadhae- 

 rentla, subliis incano-glaucescentia birsuta, pWls snpra ner^ 

 Fos densloribtis fuscescentibos, hand semper rancroiiata, ter- 

 minate 8 — 12 cent, longain, 5 — 9 lalum , ovatnm, plerum- 

 que aef|iiilaterale, obtusum, qoandoqne snbretiisiim j lateratia 

 (quae in snp, sn bin tie desdnt) ter qiiatertc minora , potlns 

 tlliptico-oblonga oblongave ^ aliq^ando acnliuscula. Coslae 



aobtas prominenFes iitrinqne 7 — 8 crecto-patalae reticnlatae, 



Infioresceniiac pedunculus slipulis bracteatns; racemi ad 



basin hractea stip«lacformi slipati. Bractcae propriac pri- 



mum inibricatae, <iein rcmoiae, virides, laiiccolalae vel elll- 



ptico-lanccolatae aciirainaiissimae hiriae ciliolatae striatae 



deciduae V2 ^^'"^- apfl^rintes vel siiperaiUes, Flares plenini- 



que gemini, pediceltis Hliformiljus hirlniis 2 * — 4 mm. Ion- 



gii9. Calyj: viridis pubernlo-hirtpUus 3 — 4 mm. circiter 



loBgos, dentibus aUcnuato-elongatis. Corolla calycem plus 



dapto soperaua coerulescciis? carnea? Liegumen wmstinrnm 



mox spiralitcr torlum 6-artJculatufn stylo serins deciduo ro- 



stratum I — ^ I V2 cent, longum arlicnlis circularibos isthmis 



anguslis separatis; 3 iufcrioribos uncinalo -biricllis, 3 supe^ 



rioribus giabris vel glabrinacolis. 



5. Desmodium trtjlorum DC, Prodr, IL p. 334, — 

 lc«n Barmaitni a DeC, cifata plane congrnit, sed stiputae 

 ID specimiuibus meis panllo mojores* 



