208 Ex herbario Hassleriano: Novitates paraguarienses. VII. 
148. Caesalpinia microphylla Mart. Reise, II, 611. 
Subspec. Fiebrigii Hassler, nov. subspec. 
Arbor ex collectore 8—10 m alta vel arbor parva fruticiformis 4 m 
alta; ramuli teretes, novelli striatuli, cortice isabellino lenticelloso obtecti, 
breviter et sparse puberuli et in formam brachythyrsam nob. glandulis 
stipitatis sparsis inspersi; internodia 2,5—8 cm, stipulas non vidimus; 
gemmae in axilis foliorum perulatae, perula viscoso-nitens, castanea, 
breviter hispidulo puberula; folia impari pinnata cum impari vulgo 8—10 
rarius in foliis supremis 6—7 juga; petiolus 15—25 mm longus, rhachi 
8—15 cm longa, teres, basi crassiuscule pulvinato-dilatatus, ut rhachis 
.pilis albis rigidulis hirsutulo-pubescens, glandulis stipitatis conspicue 
inspersus; pinnae 10—17-jugae, rarissime in foliis supremis ad 7—8 
reductae, rhachi hispidulo-puberula, stipitato-glandulosa 5—8 cm longa 
basi more petioli communi pulvinulato-incrassata; foliola oblonga, ovali 
oblonga vel elliptico-oblonga, obliqua, apice obtusiuscule-rotundata basi 
manifeste inaequilatera, 7/,,,-—?/, mm subcoriacea, supra nitidula, costa 
immersa, nervis parum conspicuis, pilis albidis rigidulis sparse puberula 
vel glabrescentia, subtus paullo palidiora, margine revoluta, ciliata, costa 
prominente, nervis utroque latere cc. 7, reticulato-prominentibus, ante 
marginem arcuatim anastomosantibus, pilis rigidulis sparse puberula. 
Racemi ad apices ramorum. in paniculam thyrsoideam angustam vel 
latiusculam conjuncti vel rarius simplici vel bini, racemi ferrugineo- vel 
flavescenti-tomeritosi, conspicue glandulosi, 4—14 cm longi, densiflori, ad 
insertionem pedicelli incrassato-articulati, pedicelli in anthesi 10—20 mm 
longi, ut racemi induti, bracteae cito caducae, gemmis longiores, ovato- 
laneeolatae vel lanceolatae, acutae, 2,5—3 mm longae, intus et extus 
tomentosulae; calyx ample campanulatus, intus cano, extus ferrugineo- 
aureo tomentosus, tubo discifero 3,5—4 mm alto, lobis supremis et 
lateralibus + aequalibus, ovali-oblongis 7 mm longis et 4—5 mm latis, 
fimbriato-ciliolatis, infimo elongato-oblongo, apice obtuso-rotundato, cu- 
cullato, marginibus apice lacinulato-ciliolatis, lateribus fimbriato-ciliolatis, 
9 mm longo et 4 mm lato; petala 4 superiora et lateralia late obo- 
vato-subquadrata, lamina ?/, mm ungue 3 mm flava vel aurantiaca, fla- 
bellatim multistriata, basi intus albo pilosa, ungue extus glandulis stipi- 
tatis numerosis praedito, petalum infimum subquadratum 3/, mm lamina 
fornicato-conduplicato-subcucullata ungue apice dilatato 3 mm longo; 
filamenta basi applanata crassiuscula, apicem versus attenuata, 18 mm 
longa, ultra medium longiuscule albo pilosa et fere ad apicem glandulis 
stipitatis inspersa, antherae apiculatae 2 mm longae; ovarium sessile, 
lineari-oblongum, complanatum, 5 mm longum, in stylum 8—10 mm 
longum attenuatum, dense albo-pilosum, stylo fere ad apicem albo-pu- 
berulo, stipitato-glanduloso. 
Legumen immaturum incompletum tantum vidimus, lineari-oblongum, 
*/, cm sessile, basi acutum, apice deficiente, anguste marginatum, valvis 
verruculosis, sparse puberulis. 
