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State of Oaxaca, Tomellin Canon, altitude 3,500 feet, C. G. Pringle, July 17, 



1897 (No. 7467). 

 State of Guanajuato, Prof. A. Dugh, 1891. 

 State of Chihuahua, San Jose, southwestern part «.f State, Dr. Edward Palmer, 



August to November, 1885 (No. 42). 



gg. Flower* lar;/er (calyx 2 mm. or more long; corolla much laraer than in the last). 



h. Calyx and pod setose; pod aim very pubescent. 



Nissolia dodgei Rose, sp. nov, Figure 23. 



Sterna climbing, finely canescent ; leaflets elliptical, oblong, or nearly orbicular, 



somewhat apicnlate, pubescent on both sur- 

 faces, 1 to 2 cm. loug; flowers numerous on 

 slender pedicels, yellowish, 5 to 10 mm. long; 

 calyx sparsely setose, its teeth filiform, more 

 than half the length of the tube; legume 



e f 



Fw. 22. — Nissolia hirvuta 



somewhat falcate, 2 cm. long, strongly f, 

 pubescent, 2 or 3 seeded, the basal 

 portion bearing scattered yellow set;e, 

 the broad expanded wing obtuse at 

 apex. 



Specimens examined — 



Fra. 23.— Nissolia dodgei. 



Mexico: 



State of Coahnila, mountains east of Saltillo, Dr. Edward Palmer, 1880 (No. 

 248, in part); near Monterey, Charles K.Dodge, May, 1891 (No. 131). 



hh. Calyx and pods not setose. 



i. Leaflets small; sepals mostly shorter than the tube. 



5, orhicnlar or shortly oblong 



Figure 24. 

 rounded or 



Nissolia multiflora Rose, sp. nov. 



Stems climbing, pubescent, leaflets 

 slightly cordate at base, rounded at 

 apex and with a slender apiculation, 

 10 to 18 mm. long, somewhat pubes- 

 cent; flowers numerous in the axilB 

 of the leaves, yellow or purplish; 

 calyx nearly glabrous, 3 mm, long, not 

 setose, truncate between the lobes; 

 calyx teeth filiform nearly equal to 

 the length of the calyx tube; outer 

 petals pubescent and ciliate on the 

 margins, rose-colored; ovary pubes- 

 cent, 2 or 3 ovuled; legume 2.5 mm. 

 long including the broad obtuse 

 wing. 



Collected by C. G. Pringle (No. 6064) on Mount Alban, near Oaxaca, altitude 5,800 

 feet, November 23, 1894. 



FlO. 24.— Nissolia multiflora. 



