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rufo-villosi labio superiore bidentato, vexillo calyce dimidio longiore, legumine adpresse piloso.— 
Teramnus volubilis, Sw — DC. Prod. 2. p, 382.—Guayaquil. 
Species G. molli, W. et Arn. (Bujaciw gampsonychiw, E. Mey) arcte affinis, sed foliis angustioribus, 
calycis labio superiore brevius fisso et corolla majore distincta. Folia valde variabilia, nunc vix pollicaria, 
tenuia, pilis raris, nunc bipollicaria, pilis preesertim in pagina inferiore copiosis ferrugineis. Racemi nune vix 
semipollicares, petiolo communi breviores, nunc semipedales, Flores solitarii, gemini vel subfascicnlati, remoti. 
Bractere minute. Pedicelli 3-13 lin. longi. Bracteole lanceolate, nervoso-striate, ealyce subtriplo breviores. 
Calyx vix 2 lin. longus, rufo-villosus, laciniis anguste lanceolatis tubo vix equilongis, 2 supremis alte connatis. 
Vexillum 3 lin. longum, obovatum, basi longiuscule in unguem angustatum, inappendiculatum, ecallosum. Ale 
vexillum subzquantes, falcato-oblonge, basi supra unguem obtuse unidentate, foveolis transversis nullis, caring 
coheerentes. Carina calycem vix equans, obtusa, biceps, petalis dorso superne connatis. Ovarium sessile, 
villosissimum, stylo brevissimo apice capitato-stigmatoso. Legumen sesquipollicare vel paullo longius, forma iis 
G. parviflore et mollis simillimum. 
184. Gaxactia brevistyla, Schlecht. Linnea, 12. p. 288.—Habitu G. Berteriane, DC. simil- 
lima, sed villosior, flores paullo majores. Legumen undique velutino-villosum.— Central America. 
185. Dioctra Guianensis B, villosior, Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 2. p. 60.—Panama.— 
Ejusdem var. y velutina, major, foliolis seepe semipedalibus, subtus ramis calycibusque rufo-villosis. 
—Guayaquil. 
186. Canavatta obtusifolia, DC. Prod. 2. p. 404.—Columbia. 
A sea-coast plant within the tropics of both the New and the Old World. 
187. Cawavaxia ensiformis, DC. Prod. 2. p. 404.—C. gladiata, DC. 1. e.—C. brasiliensis, Mart. 
—Gulf of Fonseca, 
This plant is also frequently sent from Tropical Asia and Africa, but 
perhaps not always really indigenous. 
188. Canavatta multiflora, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 416.—Tepic. 
189, 190. Fragments of an Enyrartna from Nicoya, and of a Mucuna from the Isle of 
Gorgona. 
191, Puasrowvs gracilis, Benth. in Ann. Mus. Vind. 2. p. 141.—Realejo. 
192. Puasrouus vulgaris, Linn.—DC. Prod. 2. p. 392.—Columbia. 
193. Puasrowus truzillensis, Humb. et Kunth.—DC. Prod. 2. p. 391.—Guayaquil. 
Varies with the leaves smooth or pubescent. 
194. Puasgotus (Leptospron) amplus, sp. n., caule volubili petiolisque pilosulis demum gla- 
bratis, foliolis late ovato-rhombeis acuminatis membranaceis glabris vel ad venas pilosulis, pedanealis 
petiolo longioribus apice breviter racemiferis, bracteolis parvis ovatis obtusis, caly cis glabri late a-fidi 
laciniis ciliatis, superiore brevissima emarginata, inferioribus tubo paullo brevioribus ovatis acutis.— 
Central America. 
Habitus P. membranacei. Foliola 2-3-pollicaria vel etiam majora, margine subsinuste. a ee 
ovato-oblongee. Stipellee minute, oblonge, nervose. Pedunculi nunc vix 3 poll. longi, nunc pedales. Flores 
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