288 LEGUMINOS 2. 
breviter petiolulata, membranacea, ovata vel lanceolata, 1-5-pollicaria (lateralia sepissime tri- 
ente, interdum fere dimidio minora), basi rotundata, apice aristata, utrinque dense molliterque 
strigillosa vel fere sericea, juniora subtus inter nervos argentea, secus costam nervos margi- 
nemque fulva, supra secus costam szepissime albo-lineata, petiolo gracili subtereti $-24-pollicari; 
stipulz lanceolate, acute, striate, circiter 5lin. longe, valde decidua; stipelle subulatz, 2-3 lin. 
long, persistentes. Flores: mediocres (4-5 lineas longi), purpureo-violacei vel fere coccinei, 
numerosissimi, racemoso-paniculati; racemi laxi, ramulis gracillimis; pedicelli 2-3 lin. longi, 
filiformes, solitarii, gemini vel interdum terni; calyx fulvo-pilosus, lobis acuminatis ; ovarium 
hirsutum, biovulatum. Legumen subsessile, latissimum, puberulum, subplanum, reticulato- 
venosum, s#pe biarticulatum, articulis fere disjunctis, suborbicularibus vel orbiculari-reni- 
formibus, 1-1} poll. diametro, basi subcordatis, margine dense fulvo ciliatis.—Rhynchosia? 
albo-nitens, Lemaire, Ill. Hort. 1861, t. 290; Desmodium skinneri var. albo-lineatum et D. 
skinneri var. B. albo-nitens, Hook. Bot: Mag. t. 5452, nec D. skinneri, Benth., infra descriptum. 
SoutH Mexico, introduced into European gardens (Ghiesbreght). Hb. Kew. 
A very distinct species, easily distinguished by its very broad, two-jointed pod, the 
joints of which are fringed on the margin and exceed an inch in diameter. We have 
seen no wild specimens. 
67. Desmodium sericocarpum, Hemsl. Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 3, p. 47. 
Fruticosum, ramosum, ramis junioribus tomentosis, foliis majusculis trifoliolatis, foliolis oblongis 
ellipticisve utrinque molliter tomentosis, supra flavescentibus, subtus albidis, floribus medio- 
cribus densiuscule racemosis, racemis brevibus lateralibus, bracteis lineari-subulatis, calycis 
hirsuti lobis latis obtusiusculis, ovario puberulo 5—6-ovulato, legumine juniore valde sericeo- 
tomentoso. 
Frutex vel suffrutex ramosus, ramis teretibus, junioribus albo- vel flavo-tomentosis. Folia petiolata, 
pinnatim trifoliolata; foliola petiolulata, crassiuscula, oblonga vel elliptica (lateralia basi sub- 
obliqua), 1-2 poll. longa, maxima 1} poll. lata, apice apiculata, utrinque dense molliterque 
tomentosa, supra flavescentia, subtus albida; petiolus crassiusculus, usque pollicaris; stipule 
lineari-acuminate, circiter 3 lin. long; stipellz subulate, 2-8 lin. longe. Flores mediocres, 
' Yacemosi, racemis densiusculis, breviter pedunculatis, axillaribus, 3-5 poll. longis; pedicelli 
13-3 lin. longi; bractez lineari-subulatz, alabastro longiores, ante anthesin decidue; calyx 
hirsutus, lobis latis obtusiusculis ; ovarium pubernlum, 5-6-ovulatum. Legumen immaturum 
valde sericeo-tomentosum. 
Souta Mexico, Wartenberg, near 'Tantoyuca, Huasteca (Ervendberg, 299). Hb. Kew. 
68. Desmodium sericophyllum, Schl. in Linnea, xii. p. 317. 
_ Mexico, t Vera Cruz to Orizaba (Miller, 1658), San Andres and Hacienda de la Laguna 
(Schiede) ; Nicaragua, Segovia (@rsted).—VENEZUELA. Hb. Kew. 
69. Desmodium serotinum, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 338. 
Soutn Mexico, Jalapa (Schiede). 
_ The native country of the typical plant was unknown-to De Candolle. 
70. Desmodium (§ Heteroloma) skinneri, Benth. MSS. in Hb. Kew, et in 
Hemsl. Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 3, p. 47, nec Bot. Mag. t. 5452. 
Suffruticosum, ramis junioribus hirsutis, foliis trifoliolatis longiuscule petiolatis, foliolis oblique 
