LEGUMINOSE, 269 
32. POIRETIA. 
Poiretia, Vent. Choix, t. 42, non Sm. nec Cav. ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 513. 
About five herbaceous and shrubby species, all South-American, and chiefly Brazilian, 
one reaching Mexico :— 
1. Poiretia scandens, Vent. Choix, t. 42. 
Poiretia multiflora, Mart. et Gal. 
South Muxxico, Mirador (Linden, 697), savannas at 3000 feet, Vera Cruz (Galeotti, 
3270); Costa Rica, Pacaca (@rsted).—Southward to Sourn Brazit and Perv. Hb. 
Kew. | 
33. AMICIA. 
Amicia, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 511; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i, p. 514. 
Four shrubby species, inhabiting the Andes of America from Bolivia to Mexico. 
1. Amicia zygomeris, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 315; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 275 ; 
Bot. Mag. t. 4008. 
Sour Mexico, in woods near Jalacingo (Schiede & Deppe), rivers near the Pacific 
Ocean, at 5500 to 8000 feet, Oaxaca (Galeotti, 3180; Ghiesbreght, 235), Zimapan 
(Coulter, 537). Hb. Kew. | 
34, PICTETIA. 
Pictetia, DC. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 1, ix. p. 93; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 514. 
Six shrubby species, natives of Tropical America and the West Indies, one occurring 
in North Mexico :— 
1. Pictetia microphylla, Benth. in Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 1, p. 8. 
Fruticosa, glandulosa, foliis parvissimis, foliolis 4—5-jugis pilosis lanceolatis pungentibus, stipulis 
spinescentibus, floribus ad axillas fasciculato-racemosis, calyce persistente, legumine stipitato 
3-4-spermo inter semina constricto. _ 
Frutex vamulis, calycibus leguminibusque glandulosis, glandulis stipitatis. Folia petiolata, 4-5 lin. 
longa; foliola 4-5-juga, brevissime petiolulata, subtus sericeo-hirsuta, lanceolata, pungentia, 
vix sesquilineam longa; stipulz spinescentes, ad 3 lineas longe. ‘Flores ad 9 lin. longi, pedicel- 
lati, racemosi; racemi tripollicares, ad axillos fasciculati; calyx persistens, 5-lobatus, lobis 
lanceolatis acutis, inter se subzequalibus, tubum equantibus; petala subeequilonga, vexillo 
orbiculari ; ovarium stipitatum, pluriovulatum, stylo hirsuto deorsum arcuato, stipite crasso. 
Legumen ad. 3-4-spermum, inter semina constrictum. | 
Nort Mexico, Sonora Alta (Coulter), without locality (Parkinson). Wb. Kew. | 
Easily recognized by its minute leaves and large racemose flowers. 
. 35. BRYA. 
Brya, P. Br. Hist. Jam. p. 299; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i, p. 514. 
Shrubs or small trees. Three species—one inhabiting Jamaica, one San Domingo, 
and the other Central America :— 
