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nulata, venis subtus prominenter elevato-reticulatis ; stipulee deciduz a nobis non vise. Flores 
ignoti; pedunculi axillares, solitarii, gemini vel terni, 6-15 lin. longi. Legumen valde coria- 
ceum, longiuscule stipitatum, 2-3-pollicare, apice mucronatum, primum glaucum, opacum, 
dein nitidum, angustissime alatum; semina sepe 6, compressa, nitida, circiter 5 lin. dia- 
metro. 
Norra Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 205). 
Hb. Kew. | 
A very distinct species, having its young parts covered with a dense silvery velvety 
tomentum, and very thick leaves, prominently reticulated below. In one of the two 
specimens before us the leaflets scarcely exceed an inch in length, whilst they are from 
two to three and a half inches long in the other. | 
12. Brongniartia podalyrioides, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 468, t. 588. 
Sour Mexico, between Tasco and Cuernavaca, near La Puerta de Istla, at 3000 feet 
(Humboldt & Bonpland). 
13. Brongniartia retusa, Benth. in Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 1, p. 8. 
Fruticosa, foliolis 4-5-jugis exstipulatis amplis petiolulatis orbiculari-ellipticis retusis subtus pube- 
rulis et glanduloso-punctatis, glandulis luteis, legumine sessili coriaceo compresso 2—24}-pol- 
licari. 
Frutex vel arbor, parva, ramis curvatis. Folia petiolata, exstipulata, 4-5-pollicaria ; foliola 9-11, 
membranacea, longiuscule petiolulata, orbiculari-elliptica, 9-15 lin. diametro, basi rotundata vel 
subcuneata, apice retusa, supra glabra, subtus puberula et glandulis minutis luteis conspersa, 
rhachi gracili, petiolo 6-12 lin. longo. Flores . . . Legumen sessile, coriaceum, oblongum, 
compressum, exalatum, 2-24-pollicare ad 6-spermum. 
Sourn Mexico, Tula (Berlandier, 759, 2179). Hb. Kew. 
The broad leaflets, thickly studded beneath with small yellow glands, distinguish this 
species, which may prove to be a Harpalyce when flowers come to light. 
14. Brongniartia sericea, Schl. in Linnea, xii. p. 337. 
Soura Mxx1o, volcano of Ayotla, near Mexico (Galeott?, 3358), Cerro de Guadalupe, 
Pefion Grande, Regla, and Barranca near San Bartolo (Ehrenberg), near Mexico (Bour- 
geau, 83). Hb. Kew. 7 
15. Brongniartia stipitata, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 1, p. 8. 
Fruticosa, ramulis teretibus gracilibus furfuraceo-strigillosis, foliis petiolatis stipulatis angustis, 
foliolis 8-12-jugis parvis oblongis vix coriaceis petiolulatis, floribus solitariis axillaribus 
pedicellatis bibracteolatis, bracteolis amplis glabris alabastra amplectentibus, legumine longe 
stipitato. 
Frutex novellis strigilloso-furfuraceis, ramulis teretibus dense foliosis. Folia petiolata, 3-4-polli- 
caria; foliola 17-25, petiolulata, submembranacea, oblonga, 6-9 lineas longa, utrinque rotundata, 
mucronulata, subtus secus costam elevatam hispidula, ceteris cito glabrescentia, rhachi gracili, 
dense strigilloso, petiolulis ad 1 lin. longis ; stipulz ovato-lanceolatz, acute, 3—4 lineas longe. 
Flores 8-9 lin. longi, pedicellati, axillares, solitarii, basi bibracteolati, pedicellis 6-9 lin. longis ; 
bracteole glabre, elliptic, alabastra amplectentes ; calyx persistens, glaber, lobis angustis 
acutis; vexillum oblongum. Legumen longe stipitatum (4-5 lin.), glabrum, oblique oblongum, 
