242 LEGUMINOSZ. 
A very remarkable and distinct species in its large stipules and bracts; but there 
appears to be no floral character to separate it from this genus, 
EXPLANATION OF TAB. XV. 
Portion of plant, natural size. Fig. 1, a flower enclosed in the bract; 2, standard; 3, wing ; 4, keel, 
the claw represented too long ; 5, andreecium, more enlarged and showing the scar where the 
petals were attached; 6, ovary and calyx; 7, bract. 
35. Dalea lachnantha, Schauer in Linnea, xx. p. 743. 
Sout Mexico, in grassy places, mountains of Oaxaca (Aschenborn, 274). 
36. Dalea lachnostachys, A. Gray, Pl. Wright. i. p. 46. 
Texas ; New Mexico.—Nortr Mexico, Chihuahua (Potts), Sierra Madre (Seemann, 
2182). Hb. Kew. oe 
37. Dalea levigata, A. Gray, Pl. Wright. i. p. 39. 
Texas; New Mexico.—Norrn Mexico, between Janos and Santa Maria river (Bigelow), 
Santa Cruz, Sonora (Smith), on the Chiricahui mountains and on the Barbacomori 
(Wright). 
38. Dalea lagopus, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. p. 1340. 
Psoralea lagopus, Cav. Ic. t. 86. 
Mexico, without locality (Aschendorn, 459). 
39. Dalea lanuginosa, Nutt. in Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. i. p. 307. 
Texas ; New Mexico.—Norta Mexico, Coahuila and Chihuahua (Torrey). 
40. Dalea lasiostachya, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 11. 
? Dalea argyrostachys, Hook. et Arn. 
Norra Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 149, 
150, and 155) ; Soura Mexico, without locality (Graham), Chiapas (Ghiesbreght), Tepic | 
(Lay & Collie). Wb. Kew. | 
41. Dalea laxiflora, Schl. in Linnea, xii. p. 293. 
Mexico, without any precise locality (Hegewisch). 
42. Dalea leptoclados, Benth. MSS. in hb. Kew. 
SourH Mzxico, Zimapan (Coulter, 534). Hb. Kew. 
43. Dalea leucostachys, A. Gray, Pl. Fendl. i. p. 32, adnot. 
Nortu Mexico, Cosiquiriachi, Sierra Madre (Wislizenus). 
44. Dalea leucostoma, Schl. in Linnea, xii. p. 294. 
_ Norra Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 153) ; 
Souta Mexico, Real del Monte (Coulter, 546 ; Hartweg, 282), Chiapas (Linden, 744), 
Oaxaca (Aschenborn), Montezuma, near Cuantepec (Bourgeau, 1055). Hb. Kew. 
