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Report on the Dried Plants collected by Mn. Spruce in the neighbour- 
hood of Para in the months of July, August, and September, 
1849; dy GEORGE BENTHAM, Esa. 
(Continued from p. 212.) 
The Zeguminose: amount to forty-nine species. The herbaceous 
ones are not of much interest, except the curious and rare Sæmme- 
ringia semperflorens, Mart., of which, unfortunately, there were but 
very few specimens. The frutescent and arboreous kinds contain 
several new species. ; 
Lonchocarpus? glabrescens, sp. n., scandens, foliolis 9 ovali-oblongis 
vix coriaceis supra glabris subtus pallidis minute puberulis, racemis 
folio longioribus, floribus pedicellatis fasciculatis, calycibus petalisque 
omnibus puberulis, staminibus monadelphis, alis carinam valde 
arcuatam  rostratam zequantibus.— Frutex alte scandens, ramulis 
ultimis tenuibus teretibus glabriuseulis. Stipulasnon vidi. Stipellze 
minutissime caducissimz v. omnino desunt. - Foliorum petiolus 
communis 3—4-pollicaris, fere glaber.  Foliola 23-3 poll. longa, 
1-11 poll. lata, breviter acuminata, basi acuta v. rotundata, supra 
glabra at non nitentia, subtus pube adpressa conspersa, costa media 
venisque utrinque 5-7 parallelis subtus prominulis, venulis reticu- 
latis pellucidis, ezeterum haud punctata, petiolulo sesquilineari. 
Racemus 9—18-polliearis, fere a basi florifer, ramulis more Phaseo- 
learum nodiformibus, infimis linea paulo longioribus, superioribus 
brevissimis plurifloris. Pedicelli circa 2 lin. longi. Bractec parve, 
oblongz, caduce. Calyx late campanulatus, truncatus, minute 
4-dentatus, dente summo latiore vix conspicuo. Vexillum semi- 
pollicare, late orbiculatum, recurvum, extus pube tenui subsericeum, 
intus supra unguem minute bieallosum. Alæ vexillum subzequantes, 
anguste, valde arcuate, extus sparse pilosule. Petala carinalia 
dorso carinata, alis latiora, extus puberula, rostro obtuso glabro. 
Staminum tubus fere a basi integer, ima tantum basi filamentum 
vexillare breviter liberum est. Discus perigynus annularis. Ova- 
rium sessile, tomentellum, ovulis cirea 10. Stylus parce hirtellus, 
summo vertice capitato-stigmatosus. 
From the neighbourhood of Parà. This species is nearly allied to 
L. rufescens, L. densiflorus, and several other tropical American species, 
in none of which is the fruit known so as absolutely to fix their genus. 
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