340 T FLORA OF BRAZIL. 
carinz petala libera, obtusa, alis paulo breviora. Stamina 10, 
in phalanges duas, pentandras, coalita; anthere conformes, 
ellipticee. Ovarium sessile, 9-ovulatum. Stylus filiformis; 
stigma obtusum. Legumen sessile, integrum, lineare, com- 
pressum, apiculatum, 6-9 articulatum, articulis utrinque trun- 
catis, monospermis, secedentibus. Semina compressa, sub- 
reniformia.—Frutex Brasiliensis, scandens, villoso-tomen- 
tosus ; foliis imparipinnatis, foliolis 7-jugis,'impunctatis, pe- 
dunculis axillaribus, solitariis, 2-3-floris, floribus flavis, pe- 
dicellatis, pedicellis basi bracteatis. 
350 Isodesmia tomentosa. i 
Has. In woods and bushy places at Imbuhy. FI. Jan.— 
March. 
Suffrutex scandens, villoso-fulvo-tomentosus. Rami te- 
retes. Folia alterna, 4-5-poll. longa, imparipinnata : foliolis 
7-jugis, impunctatis, breve petiolatis, lineari-oblongis, ob- 
tusis, apiculatis supra pubescentibus, subtus dense fulvo- 
tomentosis, 10-15 lin. longis, 21-3 lin. latis. Stipule parve, 
reflexee, lineari-subulate, circiter 3 lin. longe. Pedunculi 
axillares, subtriflori, pollicares et ultra. Pedicelli 3 lin. long), 
basi bracteati, bracteis brevibus, acutis. Flores flavi, sub- 
pollicares. Ovarium minutissime piloso-tomentosum. Le- 
gumen immaturum 3-4 poll. longum, 4-6 lin. latum. 
Named from wos equal, and òsspos a bond, from the 
stamens being in two equal bundles. 
The equally diadelphous stamens of this genus, and its 
articulated legume, approach it to ZEscAynomyne, but is 
well distinguished by its more deeply campanulate calyx, 
the petals of the carina being free, the legume sessile, and 
not sinuated at its carinal suture. 
351. Desmodium uncinatum, Vogel, in Linnea, 12. p. A07. 
viz D.C. Prodr. 2. p. 331. 
Has. Bushy places, Imbuhy, | F7. Feb. 
352. Rhynchosia phaseoloides, D.C. Prodr. 2. p. 385. 
Has. At Magé, foot of the Organ Mountains. FI. March. — 
353. Cleobulia multiflora, Mart. in Benth. Comm. Leg. p- 
67. 
