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ageregatis, bracteis oblongis alabastra involventibus, floribus pollicaribus, petalis longiuscule 
unguiculatis, ovario longiuscule stipitato dorso superne leviter piloso 6-ovulato. 
Frutex vel suffrutex, novellis dense fusco-sericeo-tomentosis ; ramis crassiusculis, demum glaberrimis 
flavescentibus nitidis. Folia breviter petiolata, imparipinnata, usque semipedalia ; foliola 138-19, 
longiuscule petiolulata, crebriuscula, ovato-oblonga, 1-1} poll. longa, infra medium 6-8 ln. 
lata, basi rotundata, apice obtusissima et apiculata, utrinque demum subglabrescentia, venis 
minute reticulatis ; stipule oblique oblong, acute, semipollicares persistentes. Flores polli- 
cares et ultra, graciliter pedunculati, axillares, solitaru vel 2-4 ageregati; pedunculi 1}—2-pol- 
licares ; bracteze oblongz, acutz, circiter 10 lin. longe et 3 lin. late, alabastra involventes, 
per anthesin deciduz ; calyx atro-fusco-sericeus, lobis angustis acuminatis, antico cum tubo 
- usque 10 lin. longo; petala longiuscule (3-4 lin.) unguiculata, vexillo orbiculari ; ovarium sti- 
pitatum (stipite circiter 3 lin. longo), dorso superne leviter pilosum, sepe 6-ovulatum, stylo 
elongato, arcuato, gracili. Legumen ignotum.—Peraltea lupinoides, H. B. K.?, Benth. PI. 
Hartw. p. 10. 
Sourn Mextco, Leon (Hartweg). Hb. Kew. 
- This differs from Peraltea lupinoides, H. B. K., Brongniartia thermoides, Spr., in its 
apiculate leaves, longer flowers, clawed petals, and distinctly stalked ovary, &e. 
2. Brongniartia foliolosa, Benth. in Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 1, p. 7. 
Frutescens, glabrescens, foliolis cito glaberrimis usque ad 20-jugis brevissime petiolulatis coriaceis 
parvis oblongis mucronulatis, stipulis amplis persistentibus, floribus axillaribus solitariis 
geminisve, bracteolis 2 amplis ovato-ellipticis alabastra amplectentibus, legumine stipitato. 
Frutex, ut videtur, novellis parce hirsutis, ramulis deciduis. Folia crebra, angusta, ad. 3-pollicaria, 
breviter petiolata ; foliola 35-45, contigua, breviter petiolulata, coriacea, cito glaberrima, integer- 
rima, ovato-oblonga, ad 3 lin. longa, mucronata, utrinque rotundata, infra costa elevata, venis 
reticulatis, petiolo 8-4 lin. longo; stipule oblique ovate, acute acuminate, ad 3 lin. longe, 
persistentes. Flores 8-9 lin. longi, graciliter pedicellati, axillares, solitarii vel gemini, basi 
bibracteolati, pedicellis pollicaribus ; bracteolz ovato-elliptice, alabastra amplectentes, deci- 
duze ; calyx persistens, glaber, lobis angustis, acutis ; vexillum orbiculatum; ale oblonge ; 
carina cymbiformis; ovarium stipitatum, ad 6-ovulatum. Legumen stipitatum, valde com- 
pressum, oblongum, anguste alatum, ad sesquipollicare, stylo indurato terminale. 
Souta Mexico, Zimapan (Coulter, 555). Hb. Kew. 
8. Brongniartia galegoides, Presl, Symb. Bot. ii. p. 21, t. 67. 
Foliolis late ellipticis sesquipollicaribus, stipulis semicordatis rotundatis usque 24-pollicaribus. 
Mexico, without locality (Parkinson). Hb. Kew. , 
Although the stipules of Parkinson’s plant are enormously larger than those figured 
and described by Presl, we think it must be the same species, as it agrees in all other 
essential particulars. Presl’s figure is not well drawn ; and he does not give a more pre- 
cise habitat than “Tropical America.” 
4. Brongniartia glabrata, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 238. 
Mexico, without locality (Beechey). Hb. Kew. 
5. Brongniartia gracilis, n. sp. 
Fruticosa, ramosa, fulvo-sericeo-tomentosa, ramis graciliusculis, foliis elongatis, foliolis 17-25 mem- 
