coming rather ferruginous ; stipules subulate, woolly, entire ; 
leaflets 7-9, oblong-lanceolate, woolly. Racemes terminal, 
dense, cylindrical, many-flowered. Pedicels villous, shorter 
than the calyx. Calyx villous, with two subulate brac- 
teole; the upper segment bifid, the lower falcate and 
entire. Flowers whitish; verillum small, ovate, acute, 
silky at the back; wings obtuse, falcate ; keel acuminate, 
smooth, the length of the wings. Pod very villous, about 
5-seeded, with an indurated, recurved, persistent style ; 
seeds rather small, reddish brown, a little spotted. 
In affinity, this species should stand next the L. alo- 
pecuroides of Desrousseaux, a native of the mountains of 
Quito. 
J. L. 
