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subineequales, petala fere equantes ; vexillum liberum, longe unguiculatum, limbo orbiculari- 
cucullato; carina et ale oblique oblonge, unguibus tubo stamineo adhzrentibus ; stamima 10, 
filamentis alte coherentibus ; ovarium villosum, biovulatum, stylo filiformi, stigmate acuto. 
Sour Mexico, humid ravines of Mirador and Zacuapan, at 3000 feet (Galeotti, 3409). 
Hb. Kew. 
This species is very near our D. similis, and is here described in full for comparison 
with that species. The original, description is very imperfect and quite insufficient to 
identify the plant; but there are typical specimens at Kew, from which the above 
description was drawn up. 
98. Dalea formosa, Torr. in Ann. Lye. N. York, ii. p.178; Emory, Notes, t. 1. 
Texas; Cattrornia; NEw Mexico.—NortH Mexico, Coahuila, Sonora (Torrey). Hb. 
Kew. 
29. Dalea frutescens, A. Gray, Pl. Lindh. ii. p. 175. | 
Texas; New Mextco.—NortH Mexico, near Monterey (Eaton & Edwards, 16). Hb. 
Kew. 
30. Dalea greggii, A. Gray, Pl. Thurb. -p. 315. 
Nortu Mexico, Sierra del Pajarito, Sonora (Schott), Cerro Gordo, Durango (Thurber, 
827), dry hills near Buena Vista, Coahuila, and Cerro Gordo (Gregg). Hb. Kew. 
31. Dalea guatemalensis, Benth. MSS. in hb. Kew. 
Guaremata (Wendland). Hb. Kew. 
Very near, if not the same as, D. phymatodes, Willd. 
32. Dalea hypoglottidea, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 249. 
MEXIco. 
33 Dalea inconspicua, Schauer in Linnza, xx. p. 744, 
Sourn Muxico, Oaxaca (Aschenborn, 461). 
34. Dalea insignis, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 1, p. 7. (Tab. XV.) 
Herbacea, erecta, robusta, glabra, foliis amplis, foliolis 46-jugis, stipulis semisagittatis amplissimis 
scariosis nigro-venosis aristatis, floribus dense spicatis, bracteis magnis stipulis simillimis flores 
amplectentibus. 
Herba glabra, robusta, erecta. Folia 3-4-pollicaria, rhachi gracili; foliola 9-13, distantia, breviter 
petiolulata, oblongo-elliptica, 6-9 lin. longa, cuspidato-mucronata, subtus dense punctulata ; 
- stipulee scariose, nigro-venose, ad 6 lin. longe, semisagittate, apice aristatw, persistentes, petiolo 
basi adherentes. Flores purpurei, dense spicati, bracteati ; bractee ample, stipulis simillime, 
7-nerve, longe aristate, convolutee, flores amplectentes, arista rigidiuscula, curvata; calyx mem- 
branaceus, 5-dentatus, 5-costatus, dentibus brevibus triangularibus obtusis ; petala fere zqui- 
longa; vexillum liberum, longe graciliterque unguiculatum, suborbiculatum ; ale et carina tubo 
stamineo ad medium adherentes, priores ovato-oblonge, basi leviter oblique, auriculate ; sta- 
mina 10, monadelpha, omnia antherifera ; ovarium glabrum, 2-ovulatum, ovulis collateralibus, 
stylo filiformi, stigmate punctiformi. 
Sourn Mexico, Vera Cruz to Orizaba (Miller, 228). Hb. Kew. 
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