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lateralia minora, petiolulo 3-4 lin. longo. Racemi fasciculati, graciles, 
4—5-pollicares. Flores 3 lin. longi, pedicello semilineari. Calyx vix 
lineam longus. Legumen bipollicare, stipite vix 2 lin. longo, medio 
10 lin. latum, apice basique angustatum. 
Hab. Eastern Peru, near Tarapoto, Spruce, n. 4228. 
Readily distinguished by its small flowers from all except the P. par- 
viflorum, which has only three leaflets. 
7. P. riLiPES, sp. n., foliolis 5 ovatis acuminatis, stipulis lanceolatis, 
racemis glaberrimis, pedicellis calyce longioribus, bracteolis linearibus, 
calyce brevi, vexillo alis subbreviore.—Stipule 2-3 lin. longe. Foliola 
adulta non vidi, juniora longe acuminata. Racemi 92-—3-pollicares, 
floribundi. Bractesz et bracteole 4-1 lin. longi, angustiores quam in 
ceteris speciebus. Pedicelli filiformes, per anthesin 2-3 lin. longi. 
Flores nutantes, 5 lin., calyx vix 1} lin. Ovarium longe stipitatum. 
Hab. Cayenne, Martin. 
Although the specimens are not good, the long slender spikes and 
narrow bracts prevent my uniting this species with the P. precoz, to 
which it is the most nearly allied. 
8. P. pracox (Mart., Benth. in Ann. Mus. Vind., ii. p. 104 et in Mart. 
Fl. Bras. Leg. ined.), foliolis 5-9 ovatis v. ovali-oblongis subacumi- 
natis stipulis oblongis obtusis, racemis glabris, pedicellis calycem 
brevem subsequantibus, bracteolis parvis orbiculatis, vexillo orbiculato 
alas, subsequante.—Stipule 3 lin. longe. Foliola sub 3-pollicaria. 
Flores conferti, 5 lin. longi, pedicello 1-14 lin. Legumen non visum. 
Hab. Brazil, prov. Rio Janeiro and Bahia (Blanchet, n. 2455 bis.?) 
9. P. PoLysTACHYUM (Benth. in Seem. Bot. Her. p. 121. t. 21), foliolis 
subquinis ovatis acuminatis, stipulis orbiculatis obtusis, racemis gla- 
bris, pedicellis calycem subzquantibus, bracteolis ovatis, vexillo orbi- 
culato alas subeequante.—Foliola 2-3-pollicaria. Racemi 3-4-polli- 
cares. Flores 6 lin., pedicello 2-3-lineari. Calyx 2 lin. longus, basi 
vix attenuatus. Stamina monadelpha. Legumen (in varietate Fend- 
leriana) 23 poll. longum, 1} poll. latum, apice rotundatum, insigniter 
reticulatum, stipite 3 lin. longo superne dilatato. 
Hab. Venezuela, near Santa Martha, Bertero ; in Veraguas, Seemann. 
B, Fendleri, foliolis septenis. 
Hab. Venezuela, Fendler, coll. 2. n. 1862. 
10. P. Buancueti (Benth. in Mart. Fl. Bras. Leg. ined.), foliolis 
7 oblongis acuminatis, racemis glabris, pedicellis calyce turbinato- 
campanulato subbrevioribus, bracteolis parvis, vexillo orbiculato alis 
subbreviore.—Flores circa 6 lin. longi. 
Hab. Brazil, prov. Bahia (Blanchet, n. 3452 & 3671). 
Near P. precoz and P. floribundum, the calyx shaped as in the latter, 
but much smaller, the leaflets narrow, usually seven. 
ll. P. rLonIBUNDUM (Vog. Linnea, xi. р. 199), foliolis 5-7 ovali-ob- 
longis acuminatis, stipulis ovali-oblongis sublanceolatisve obtusis, 
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