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Habitat in America calidiore late diffusa : var. a. in Brasiliae 

 prov. Goyazensi ad Trahiras : Pohl; in Venezuela, Guyana anglica 

 etc. ; var. (9. in Brasilia meridionali : Sellout ; in collibus prope 

 Bahiam et Ilheos : Luschnath, Mart. Hb. Ft. Bras. n. 1197., Salz- 

 mann, Blanchet n. 390.; in campis apertis prope Santarem prov. 

 Paraensis : Spruce; var. y. in Brasilia: Lhotzky ; in prov. Minarum: 

 Ctaussen; ad Cuiaba: Hie del. Sebipira-gua^ii et inirini vulgo. 



2. BOWDICHIA NITIDA Spruce: foliolis 5 — 7, ovatis v. 

 ovato-oblongis obtuse subacuminatis coriaceis nitidis; ovario sericeo. 



Arbor 50-pcdalis v. altior. Spccimina glaberrima excepto 

 tomento tenuissimo et raro ad paniculas, petiolos foliolorumque pa- 

 ginam superiorem. Stipulas non vidi. Petioli communes 2 — 3- 

 pollicares. Foliola fere semper alterna, l'/ g — 2 poll, longa, 9 — 11 

 lin. lata, apice plus minus acuminata et summo apice obtusa, basi 

 rotundata, pctiolulo 1 lin. longo, magis coriacea quam in B. vir- 

 gilioidi, supra nitida, subtus opaca, in sicco pallide rubida et to- 

 mento minutissimo conspcrsa. Paniculae ad ramulos foliatos ter- 

 minates, subsemipclales, pyramidatae, ramosac. Bracteae et bra- 

 cteolae parvac, acutissimac , pcrsistentcs. Pedicelli breves. Ca- 

 lvces quam in B. virgilioidi paullo breviorcs et latiores, denti- 

 bus acutiusculis tomentoso-marginatis. Petala iis B. virgilioidis 

 similia, nisi minora. Stamina 10, quorum 5 v. 6 saepe anan- 

 thera. Ovarium B. virgilioidis nisi dense sericeo-tomensum. Le- 

 gumen Junius pubescens, perfectum non vidi. 



Habitat in Brasilia boreali, in silvis prope Hurra do Rio Ne- 

 gro frequens: Spruce n. 1485. 



Adnotatio. Notnen tupicum est coin posit uin e Sepo, radix, et 

 pira, piscis, aut ira, inel : sensu: radix pro piscibus (capieadis?) aut 

 radix niellea. Corruptum sonat: Sebipira, Sebupira, Sicopira, S u- 

 copira, Sucupira. Mart. 



LXXVIl. SOPHORA Linn. 



Sophora Linn. Gen. n. 508. excl. spec. plur. DC. Prodr. 11. 

 95. Benth. in Ann. Mus. Vind. 11. 87. Endl. Gen. n. 6738. 

 — Edwardsia Salisb. Trans. Soc. Linn. Lond. IX. 298. DC. 

 Prodr. 11. 97. Benth. in Ann. Mus. Vind. II. 86. Endl. Gen. 

 n. 6737. — Styphnolobium Schott in Wien. Zeifschr. 1830. 

 Benth. in Ann. Mus. Vind. II. 87. Endl. Gen. n. 6744. Meisn. 

 80. (57.) — Dermatophyllum Scheele in Linnaea XXI. 458. 

 — Co man da- i I) a i. e. frutex leguminis tupice. 



Calyx campannlatas, breviter 5-dentatus. Corolla 

 papilionacea. Vexillum late obovatum v. suborbicn- 

 lare, erectum v. patens, petala inferiors raro supe- 

 rans et saepe brevius. Alar oblongae, nngaiculatae, 

 basi hinc auricalatae. Carina alas subsnperans, ob- 

 longa, petalis dorso in vice in imbricantibus v. sub- 

 counatis. Stamina 10, a basi libera. Ovarium brevi- 

 ter stipitatum, lineare, plnriovulatnm. Stylus apice 

 glaber, incurvus, stigmate minuto terminali. Legumen 

 moniliforme, pleiospertnnm , carnosum, coriaceum v. 

 lignosnm, indehiscens v. tardius bivalvatum subdebis- 

 cens. Semina globosa v. breviter oblonga, rostello 

 brevi recto v. breviter inflexo. 



Arbores, frutices v. rarius herbae perennes, 

 in regionibus temper atis utriusque or bis, Euro pa ex- 

 cepta, crescent es, inter tropicos pauciores. Folia im- 

 parl -pinnata, foliolis op posit is v. rarius attends, 

 terminali a later atibus dissito. Stipellae setaceae 



Leguminos. 



v. sue pi us nulla e. Racemi simplices, terminates v. 

 ad apices rumor urn paniculati. Pedicelli solitarii, 

 spar si, Bracteae linear es, minutae v. nullae* Bra- 

 cteolae rarius adsunt* Flores atbi, flavi v. rarius 



coeruleo-v iolacei. 



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i^ 1. SOPHORA TOMENTOSA Linn, fruticosa, tomento mi- 

 nuto subcanescens v. glabrata; foliolis 11 — 15, ovalibus orbicula- 

 tisve obtusissimis crassiusculis; racemo terminali clongato: calvce 

 lato obliquo vix dentato-, leguminc tomentello aptero. 



Tabula nostra CXX1V. 



Sophora tomentosa Linn. Spec. PI. 533. 



Sophora occidentalis Linn. Spec. PL 533. Veil. Ft. Flum. 

 IV. t. 92. Text. 173. 



Sophora crassif'olia Jaum. in Duham. ed. nov. 111. 87. ex 

 DC. Prodr. 11. 95. 



Sophora littoralis Schrad. in Neuw. Reise. n. 9. DC. Prodr. 

 II. 96. 



Sophora arenicola Nees in Flora 1821. 297. . 



Sophora glabra Hassh. in Flora 1842. Beibl. II. 47.? 



Frutex pluripedalis v. interdum suflTrutex v. arbor dicitur, 

 RAMULis floridis subherbaceis, plus minus cancscenti- v. rufesccnti- 

 tomentosis. Stipulae omnino deesse videntur. Petioli communes 

 semipedales, canescentes v. tomentosi. Foliola non strictc oppo- 

 sita, etsi per paria valdc approximate, 1 — 1 ! / 4 poll, longa, 8—10 

 lin. v. rarius 1 poll, lata, utrinque obtusissima, crassiuscula v. 

 subcarnosa, pallida, supra glabra, subtus magis canesccntia, seri- 

 ceo tomentosa v. fere glabra, petiolulo brcvissimo rarius lineam 

 longo. Stipellae nullac. Racemus terminalis, solitarius, simplex, 

 '/j — l-pedalis, canescens. Pedicelli solitarii, sparsi, 3 — 5 lin. 

 longi. Bracteae minutae v. raro 1 I'm. longae, lincarcs, cadu- 

 cae. Bractcolac miliar. Flores sulphur, i. 9 — 10 lin. longi. 

 Calyx sericeo - canescens , circa 3 lin. longus et 4 lin. latus, ima 

 basi breviter et late turbinatus, dein late et oblique campanulatus, 

 postice subgibbus, ore truncato obscure dentato. Vexillum late 

 ovatum, complicatum, superne patens, vix emarginatum, basi in 

 unguem calyccm aequantem contractum. Alae vexillo paullo brc- 

 viores, oblongae, fere rectae, hinc basi obtusac, ungue calycem 

 aequante. Petala carinalia subsimilia, leviter arcuata. Stamina 

 petalis paullo breviora. Antherae parvac. Ovarium brevissimc 

 stipitatum, a basi ad apiccm attcnuatum, tomentosum. Stylus 

 brevis, apice glabresccns. Legumen stipitatum, 2 — 4-poIlicare, 

 canescenti-tomentellum, subcarnoso-coriaceum, 5 — 10-spermum, in- 

 ter semina plus minus constrictum. Semina subglobosa, cotyle- 

 oones crasso-carnosac , rostellum vix obscure prominens. 



Habitat in sahnlosis maritimis reyiunum calidiorum utriusque 

 or his , ad or as Brasiliae frequens: Pohl, Luschnath , Riedel , Salz- 

 mann. Tweedie, Blanchet n. fill, et 1.9.59., Weddell , Neuwied, Mart. 

 Hb. Ft. Bras. n. 894. — Manducatam canes occidere refer*. Veil. I. c 



LXXVIII. ORMOSIA Jacks. 



Ormosia Jacks, in Trans. Soc. Linn. Lond. X. 360. DC. Prodr. 



II. 97. Benth. in Ann. Mus. Vind. II. 88. Endl. Gen. n. 6747. 



Meisn. 80. (57.) — Lagia Hook, et Am. Kol. Beech. 183. 



Calyx latiuscule campanulatus, basi discifer el 

 turbinatus, ad medium fissus, laciniis aequilongis, 2 

 suinmis alt ins connate et saepius latioribus incurvis- 

 que, aestivatione leviter imbricatis, infim.i extirna. Co- 

 rolla papilionacea. Vexillum orbicnlatum , alis vix 

 longi us v. paullo brevius. Alae oblique obovali-ob- 

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