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y *, bracteolis parvis. 
Hab: In Tropical America, Surinam, Hostmann, n. 234 ; Cuba, Linden, 
n. 2138. | 
| Not having seen the pod of this plant, I have some doubts of its spe- 
cific identity, for the foliage, although closely resembling that of the 
moderately pubescent forms of L. sericeus, is also very nearly that of 
L. macrocarpus, of which I have not seen the flowers. The bracteoles 
are very small and deciduous, whereas in L. sericeus they are usually 
orbicular, and half a line or more in diameter. 
3. L. Neuroscapua, foliolis 7-11 ovatis oblongisve glabris v. subtus 
petiolisque rufo-pubescentibus, racemis dense rufo-tomentosis, floribus 
parvis plerisque geminis, vexillo sericeo, legumine coriaceo glabres- 
cente sutura vexillari latissime concavo-dilatato.— Neuroscapha Guil- 
leminiana, Tul. Ann. Sc. Nat. Par. sér. 2. xx. p. 137, et Arch. Mus. 
Par. iv. p. 76. t.6; Neuroscapha pubigera et N. Martiana, Tul. Ann. 
Sc. Nat. Par. sér. 2. xx. p. 138, et Arch. Mus. Par. iv. pp. 78, 79.— 
Folia fere L. sericei. Flores 4-5 lin. longi. Leguminis maturi dila- 
tatio suture vexillaris usque ad 5 lin. lata. 
Hab. Brazil, abundant about Rio Janeiro, extending to Minas Geraes 
and Bahia (Blanchet, 3254, 3554 ; Mart. Herb. Bras. 1159). 
The peculiar dilatation of the upper margin of the pod, on which 
Tulasne founded his generic character, common to all this group, is more 
marked in this than in any other species, and may be traced in a slighter 
degree in several others belonging to different groups of the genus. 
4. L. PARVIFLORUS, sp. n., foliolis 5-7 ovatis oblongisve acuminatis 
cano-sericeis v. demum glabratis, pedicellis abbreviatis subgeminis, 
floribus parvis sericeis, legumine glabro tenuiter coriaceo sutura vex- 
illari ad semina dilatato.— Frutex videtur, ramis demum glabratis len- 
ticellis albis verrucosis. Partes novelli pube sericea canescentes 
v. rufescentes. Folia adulta nunc glaberrima, nunc tenuiter cano- 
sericea, Foliola fere semper 5, pallide virentia, 1-2-pollicaria, plera- 
` que longiuscule acuminata v. acutata, membranacea v. vix coriacea. 
Racemi conferti, pollicares, densiflori. Pedicelli 4 lin. longi, pedicellis 
propriis brevissimis. Bracteols ovate, subpersistentes. Flores 3 lin. 
longi. Petala sericea. Vexillum auriculis inflexis in unguem decur- 
rentibus appendiculatum. Оуша 6-8. Legumen 1-2-spermum, 1-2j- 
pollicare, glabratum, teuuius quam in precedentibus speciebus, ad 
semen 6—7 lin. latum, sutura vexillari insigniter concavo-dilatata. 
Hab. Central America, South Mexico, Jurgensen, n. 219; in the Vulcan 
El Viejo, and in the province of Segovia, Grsted ; in “ New Spain," 
Herb. Pavon. 
In the size of the flowers, inflorescence, and foliage, it is near L, atro- 
purpureus, but readily known by its more silky petals and very different 
pod. ' 
