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PLANTS 



foliolis 11-21 oblongo-ellipticis utrinque prsesertim subtus ra- 



misque molliter subsericeo-pubescentibus villosisve, racemis folio 

 multo loDgioribus laxis, pedunculo pedicellis calycibiisque glan- 

 duloso-pubescentibus, calycis laciniis subulatis tubo subtriplo 

 longioribus carinamsubsequantibusjleguminetenuiter pubescente. 

 — Habitus et folia fere T. caribeese cuiut et T. ochroleucse affinis^ 

 Foliola 4-5 lin. v. in umbrosis 8-10 lin. longa, basi obliqua, 

 parum angustata v. rotundata, apice obtusa cum mucrone, 

 Stipulse subulato-setacese, 2-3 lin. longse. Stipellee minutse, 

 rarius obsoletae. Kacemi cum pedunculo 4-8-pollicares, pube 

 moUi cum pilis gland uliferis plus minus intermixta. Flores in 

 racemo 6-10, maj ores quam in T. ocbroleuca, minores quam in 

 T. caribsea. Pedicelli circa 2 lin, longi. Bractese setaceae deciduse. 

 Legumen sessile, leviter incurvum, undique sequilatum v. basi 

 parum angustatum, uti in affinibus obtusum, corapressum, 

 lineis transversis depressis inter semina torulosum, intus septa- 

 tum- Semina quadrata. — In sylvis prope Guayaquil. 



649- ^scHYNOMENEntrf?.?, sp. n., cauleperenni, petiolis race- 

 misque hispidis, foliolis 8-15-jugis oblongo-linearibus obtusi& 

 uninerviis glabris ciliatisve, racemis 1-3-floris, bracteis ciliato- 

 serratis, legumine sub-8-avticulato, sutura postica recta, antica 

 leviter sinuata, faciebus tuberculato-hirtis. — Affinis JE, ciliatae, 

 sed omnibus partibus multo minor. Foliola vix 2 lin. longa. 

 Legumen submembranaceum — In uliginosis prope Guayaquil. 

 Eaudem legit Cuming prope Lima et comm. sub n. 1088. . 



* ^SCHYNOMENE AmeHcana, DC. Prod. 2. p, 320. — lu 

 sylvis prope Guayaquil. 



650, DESMoniuM sj/halicmn, sp. n., annuum, erectum, pube 

 subbamato cane^c^ns, basi glabratum, stipulis lanceolato-subulatis 

 fecurvo-patentibus deciduis, foliolis lato-ovatis subrhombeisve 

 "^acutis utrinque adpresse pubescentibus, panicula laxa gracilis 

 floribus minimis, calycis 4-fidi laciniis tubo sequilougis, legu- 

 mine moniliformi tortuoso uncinato-birto, — Affine D. tortuoso, 

 D- spirali et D. tenello,at ab omnibus distinctum videtur. Caules 

 tenues sulcati (bipedales ?) Stipulae 2-3 lin. longoe, membranacese, 

 striatse, pilosse. StipeUse consimiles, minores, Foliola majora 

 bipollicaria, sesquipollicem lata, basi rotundata, pilis sparsis 

 adpressis in pagina auperiore numerosia, in inferiore raris ad 

 marginem densioribus, lateralia terminali breviora. Petiolus 

 communis 1-2 j)oll. longus, petiolulivix 1 lin. Folia floralia sub 

 racemis inferioribus caulinis similia nisi multo minora foliolis 

 angustioribus acutioribus, suprema minima v. obsoleta. Racemi 

 2-3 poll, longi, subsimplices, graciles, in paniculam temiinalem 

 basi paucifoliatam dispositi. Bracteee stipulis subconformea at 

 multo minores, supremce minutse. Pedicelli filiform es 2-4 lin- 

 longi, solitarii v. ssepius gemini v. terni. Calyx vix | lin. longus, 

 eampanulatus, Mrtellus, laciniis lato-lanceolatis acutis, suprema 

 (ex duabus coalitis constante) pauUo latiore, infima angustiore. 



