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ovatis obtusissimis supra parce hispidulis, subtus dense appresse pilosis, floribus racemoso-pani- 
- eulatis, ovario triovulato, legumine glabrescente 2-articulato 3-articulato vel interdum haud 
articulato, articulis fere disjunctis planis tenuibus subreniformibus. | 
Suffrutex vel frutex, ramis graciliusculis, striatulis, junioribus tantum albo- vel fulvo-hirsutis, inter- 
nodiis brevibus. Folia petiolata, pinnatim trifoliolata ; foliola longiuscule petiolulata, mem- 
branacea, ovata vel fere oblonga, 2-3-pollicaria, basi leviter obliqua, apice obtusissima, fere 
rotundata, supra precipue in venis parce hispidula, subtus dense appresse pilosa ; petiolus totus 
14~2-pollicaris, parte sub foliolis 9-15 lin. longa ; stipule deciduz a nobis non vise ; stipelle 
parvee, subulate. Flores parvi, numerosissimi, densiuscule racemoso-paniculati, breviter graci- 
literque pedicellati, singuli, gemini vel terni, bracteati; bracteze minute, lanceolate, acuminate, 
valde decidue; calyx hirsutus, lobis fere zqualibus, vix acutis, dorsalibus fere ad apicem connatis; 
ovarium pubescens, triovulatum. Legumen primum hirsutum, demum glabrescens (maturum 
non visum), planum, stylo indurato filiformi longiusculo coronatum, sepissime 2- vel 3-arti- 
culatum, rarissime haud articulatum, articulis fere disjunctis, subreniformibus, semimaturis 
circiter sesquipollicaribus. 
GUATEMALA, without locality (Skinner, 37). Hb. Kew. 
‘This plant was confounded (Bot. Mag. t. 5452) with the flowering state of our D. scu- 
tatum, from which it differs in its very obtuse leaflets, and especially in the size and 
shape of the legume. 
71. Desmodium sonore, A. Gray, Pl. Wright. ii. p. 47. 
- Norra Mexico, low valley on the Sonoito, near the deserted rancho (Wright). 
Hb. Kew. 
72. Desmodium spirale, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 333. 
Norra Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 181) ; 
Sourn Mexico, Orizaba (Botteri, 739), Zimapan (Coulter), common about Tacubaya 
(Schaffner), valley of Mexico (Bourgeau, 769 and 934); Nicaraeva, Volcan el Viejo 
(Girsted) ; Costa Rica, Agua Caliente (@rsted); Panama (S. Hayes, 552 ).—Common in the 
WEsT INDIES and Tropical Soura America, and in Tropical Asia and Arrica. Hb. Kew. 
73. Desmodium stipulaceum, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 330; Calques des Dess. FI. 
Mex. 269. 
Mexico (Mogino & Sessé); Curran America (Grsted). Hb. Kew. 
74. Desmodium strictum, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 329. 
New Jersry southward to Fioripa and Texas, and collected by the botanists of the 
Mexican Boundary Expedition; but whether in Mexico or not is uncertain. 
75. Desmodium strobilaceum, Schl. in Linnea, xii. p. 316. 
Sout Mexico, Zacuapan, at 3000 feet (Galeotti, 3262), Mirador (Linden, 704), Ori- 
zaba (Bottert, 735; Miller, 604). Hb. Kew. | 
76. Desmodium subsessile, Schl. in Linnea, xii. p. 319. 
Soutn Mexico, Regla (Ehrenberg). | | 
BIOL. CENT.-AMER., Bot. Vol. 1, Apri? 1880. op 
