C CA eniBH OF ERGUMINORÉ. 7: "Bb 
leviter faleatis, ovülis 9, legtithine tomentello, sütüra vexillar carinato- 
subalata nec dilatata.—Foliola 3—4-pollicaria v. maxima semipedalia. 
Racemi 1-1}-pedales. Flores 6 lin. longi. 
Hab. North Brazil and Venezuela, on the Rio Negro and Üaupés (Sprice, 
n. 1671, 2347 and 2537). 
. 89. L. Barren, sp. n., foliolis 5-7 ovalibus oblongisve acuminatis 
glabris, racemis elongatis basi subramosis fusco-tomentellis, floribus 
fasciculatis, vexillo tenuiter sericeo ecalloso, alis carinaque rectiusculis, 
ovulis 5—6.—Frutex alte scandens, primo intuitu L. rufescenti et L. 
nitidulo similis, distinguitur imprimis foliolis subtus glaberrimis v. 
rarius ad costam subtilissime puberulis. Foliola 5-6 poll. longa, fere 
3 poll. lata, inferiora cujusve folii multo minora, chartacea, ütrinque 
viridia, . Racemi ultrapedales, fasciculis inferioribus interdum in ra- 
miulos breves abeuntibus; superioribus nodiformibus. Flores rosei, 
demum purpurascentes, 6-7 lin. longi, Vexillum late obovatum v. 
suborbiculatum, basi in unguem angustatum, ecallosum. 
| Hab. West Tropical Africa, at Nupe on the Niger, Barter. 
` 40, 1, nufkRSGENS (Benth. in Tayl. Ann: Nat. Hist, iii, p. 439), foliolis 
9 amplis oblorigo-ellipticis acuminatis supra glabris subtusrufo-sericeis, 
racemis elongatis, floribus fasciculatis, vexillo leviter sericeo ecalloso, 
alis earinaque leviter incurvis, ovulis circa 6, legumine plano tenui 
puberulo suturis tenuibus nudis.—Foliola 4—5-pollicaria v. maxima 
usque ad 7-8 poll. longa, acumine longiuseulo. Racemi 1—14-pedales, 
rigiduli, fasciculis dissitis. Flores penduli, rosei; 6 lin. longi. Legu- 
men monosperium 24 poll. longum 1j poll. latum, pleiospermum 
(quod non vidi) verosimiliter elongatum. 
Hab. British Guiana, Parker, Schomburgk, lst coll. n. 745. 
~The single leaf of Aublet’s Robinia Nicou preserved in the Banksian 
Herbarium resembles this more than any other species. 
.4l. 1, Spruceanus (Benth. in Mart. Fl. Bras. Leg. ined.), foliolis 
9-13 ovali- v. oblongo-ellipticis acuminatis subtus caneseentibus 
tenuissime sericeis, racemis infrafoliaceis folio sublongieribus, floribus 
fasciculatis, vexillo sericeo, alis carinaque valde arcuatis, ovulis 8-10. 
«Differt a L. densifloro imprimis floribus subdimidio minoribus. 
Foliola 14-2-pollicaria. ^ Racemi 6-10-pollicares, florum fasciculis 
approximatis. Flores circa 5 lin. longi, violaceo-purpurei. Legumen 
ignotum. 
-Hab. North Brazil, near Santarem, Spruce, 
42. L. peNsirLoRvus (Benth. in Tayl. Ann. Nat. Hist. ii. p. 433), 
foliolis 7-9 ovali- v. oblongo-ellipticis acuminatis supra glabris subtus 
pallidis tenuissime sericeis, racemis infrafoliaceis folio vix longioribus, 
flotibus fasciculatis, vexillo tenuiter sericeo, alis carinaque valde at- 
tuatis, ovulis cirea 8, legtimine plano tenui, sututa vexillari anguste 
catitiata.—Foliola bipollicaria. Raceini semipedales. por flotum 
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