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Has. Extat ex ins. Cap. Vir. in herb. Mus. reg. Par. 
71. Seemmeringia psittacorhyncha, Webb; ramis robustis 
striatis glaberrimis fulvis, stipulis amplis coriaceis oblongis 
latioribus rotundatis sessilibus amplexicaulibus integerrimis 
striato-venosis glabris, folis abrupte pinnatis 5-jugis, 
foliolis brevissime petiolulatis, petiolulis crassis stipellatis, 
stipellis cadueis ovato-flabellatis obliquis obtusis e basi 
8-nerviis reticulato-nervosis pellucido-puncticulatis co- 
Tiaceis margine membranaceis integerrimis, spicis dicho- 
tomis basi stipulatis imbricatim bracteatis, bracteis am- 
plissimis membranaceis sessilibus connatis nervoso-reti- 
culatis glaberrimis integerrimis imbricatis obcordatis florem 
foventibus, floribus in axillis bractearum solitariis pedun- 
culatis, pedunculo parce piloso bistipulato, stipulis seariosis 
Ovatis sessilibus apice ciliolatis persistentibus, calyce 
bilabiatim bipartito corolla vix breviore chartaceo striato, 
labio inferiore compresso carinato 3-dentato dentibus 
acutis pilosulis, superne 2-dentato basi ad unguem vexilli 
gibbo, corolle papilionaceee vexillo oblongo apice assur- 
gente medio incumbente basi utrinque auriculato ungui- 
culato, ungue reflexo plicato, alis vexillo incumbente invo- 
lutis rectis oblongis ab apice ad basin plicaturis deorsum 
Spectantibus corrugatis unguiculatis per auriculas con- 
natis carinze petalis liberis deflexis recurvis psittaci rostrum 
aduncum referentibus duplo longioribus, staminibus 10 
im phalanges 2-5 andras intra carine petala recurvas 
Connatis, ovario breviter stipitato elliptico recurvo 2- 
Ovulato hirto, stylo ascendente glabro, stigmate apicillari, 
legumine * * * *, seminibus * * * *. 
Han. In herb. ins. Cap. Vir. (Mus. reg. Par.) 
Though this plant differs in many particulars from the 
original Swmmeringia, in the absence of fruit it is not 
Possible to separate them. The corolla appears to be tawney 
or yellow, with the tip of the keel purple. p 
72. Phaca Vogelii, Webb ; cinereo-villosa, ramis gracilibus 
elongatis foliosis decumbentibus, foliis subsexjugis, foliolis 
