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resembles in foliage, but is very different in flowers and in- 
florescence. 
B. parvifolia, foliolis 5-6-jugis minoribus, legumine majore 
latiore hirsutimo.— Rio Janeiro, Lord Colchester, Sello. 
$5. VunPiN. Folia et ramuli pilosa-hirta. Petiolus - 
alatus v. rarius apterus. Glandule stipitatæ, anguste turbi- | 
nate v. subulatæ. Spice ovate, dense, pedunculate, axil- — 
lares v. superiores subpaniculate. Bracteæ caducissimæ, 
sepius parvæ.—Series a Gymnopodis et Pilosiusculis im- 
primis glandulis dignoscenda, a Leptanthis bracteis et inflo- 
rescentia. 
79. I. vestita, ramulis petiolisque dense rufo-villosis, petiolo — 
aptero, glandulis subulato-stipitatis, foliolis 3-4-jugis elliptico _ 
oblongis acutis basi cuneatis utrinque villosis, spicis ovatis, : 
bracteis parvis, calyce tubuloso strigoso dimidium corolle | 
birsutissimæ subæquante, legumine plano rufo-villosissimo.— _ 
Foliola ultima 2-24-pollicaria, cœtera multo minora, iis L — 
Guilleminiane similia. Glandule fere lineam longe. Pe- - 
dunculi pollicares, rufo-villosi. Calyx 94 lin., corolla 5 lin. — 
longa. Legumen pollicem latum, densissime velutino-villo- - 
sum.— Brasil, Sello. There is also in the same collection a — 
specimen of what appears a very distinct species, with subu- . 
late glands and the petiols not winged, but there are neither — 
flowers nor fruit. A 
80. I. vulpina (Mart. Herb. Bras. n. 1097), ramulis pe- - 
tiolis pedunculisque rufo-villosissimis, petiolo alato, glandulis - 
subulato-stipitatis, foliolis 2-3-jugis ovatis oblongisve acutis — 
basi oblique rotundatis demum bullato-rugosis supra plo- | 
siusculis subtus villosis, spicis ovatis, calyce hirsuto coroll — 
villosæ dimidium superante, legumine plano hirsutissimO.— — 
Foliola ultima 3-4-pollicaria, demum sæpe nitidula. Glandule | 
tenuissimæ, fere 2 lin. longe. Pedunculi 2-3-pollicares, rufo- | 
villosi. Spice dense, speciosæ. Bractez lanceolato-lineares, - s 
caducæ. Calyx 24 lin. longus, laxiusculus. Corolla fere 5 - 
lin. longa. Legumen 8-10 lin. latum, marginibus incrassatis. - 
— Province of Minas Geraes, Claussen, Sello, Martius. — 
81. I, barbata, pilis longis rufis in caule petiolis pedunt 
