106 CONTRIBUTIONS B^ROM THE NATIONAL HERRAKIUM. 



somewhat ^uiequal, about the length of the tube; petals yellow or the keel and wings 

 somewhat reddi>=]i; fruit pubescent. 



^j^_.^ ^. ... .,^..,« 10. 453017, collected by J. N. Rose and Jos. PL 



Painter on a stony hillside near San Juan del Rio, Queretaro, August 18, 1905 

 (no. 9526). Resembling P.phunom, hut leaflets smaller and glabrous above, stems 

 darker-colored, spikes shorter, etc. 



Parosela pauciflora Rose, sp. nov. 



"Woody at base, much branched, about 00 cm. high, tlie young branches finely 

 pubescent; leaflets 7- to 9 pairs, sometimes reduced to 8 ])airs, small, 4 to 7 mm. 

 long, oblong, acute or mucronate, hairy on both sides, glandular beneath; bracts 

 lanceolate, acuminate, rather conspicuous, hairy; calyx tube short, hairy, the teeth 

 ovate at base tapering into long subulate tips longer than the tlie calyx tube; petals 

 small, white; keel and wings borne on the stamen tube a little below the top; 



ovary hairy. 



Type U. S, National Flerbarium no. 310752, collected by C. G. Rringle in shaded 

 places on hills near Guadalajara, Jalisco, December 12, 1888 (no. 1825). 



Parosela watsoni Rose, sp. nov. 



Perennial, with at least upper branches herbaceous, very villous; leaflets 9 to 11 

 pairs, hairy on both sides, linear-oblong, obtuse, 3 to 5 mm. long; spikes narrow, 

 very densely flowered; bracts linear to filiform, hairy; calyx hairy, the teeth longer 

 than the tube; petals small, white. 



Type U, S. National Herbarium no. 24472, collected by Dr. Jv Palmer at Frayles, 

 Chihuahua, 1885 (no. 252), and briefly described but not named by Dr. S. Watson. « 



Parosela albiflora (A. Gray) Vaih 



Parosela eriophylla (S. Wats.) Rose. 



Daka eriophylla S. Wats. Proc. Am. A(^ad. 17: 340. 1882. 



Parosela seemani (S. Wats.) Pose. 



Daka seernani S, Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 22: 470, 1887. 



Parosela gregg^ii (A. Gray) Heller. 

 Parosela wislizeni (A. Gray) Vail. 



Parosela argyrostacliys (Hook. & Arti.) Rose. 



Daka argyro^Uichtjs Hook, k Arn. Pot. r>oech. Voy. 285. 1841. 



Parosela plumosa (S. Wats.) Rose. 



Dalea plumom 'S>, Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 21:448. 1886. 



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Parosela leucostoma (Sehlecht. ) Rose, 



Daka kwostoma Sehlecht. Linnaea 12: 21)4. 1838. 



Parosela domingensis (DC.) Heller. 



Parosela formosa (Torr. ) Vail. 



Parosela purpusi (Brandegee) Rose. 



Dakapurpttd Prandegee, Erytliea 9: 2. 1899. 



Parosela berlandieri (A. Gray) Rose. 



Daka herlandieri A. Gray, Proc, Am. Acad. 5: 177. 1861. 



Parosela microphylla (H. B. K.) llo&e. 



Daka microphi/lla H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp, 6: 482. 1823. 



Parosela brandegei Rose. 



Dalea ramos!ssima ?>enth. PI. Hartw. 1844, not />. ramo^'iismna Marl. & Gal. 1843 



Named for Mr. Brandegee, who lias called attention to the fact that two species 



«Proc. Am. Acad. 21:424. 1886, 



