HARTWEGIAN^, 117 



Corolla linea paullo longior. Petala subaequilonga ; vexillum obo- 



vatuirij basi angustatum, iuappendiculatum ; alse oblongae, non 

 plicatee ; carinee petala inter se vix cohserentia, alis leviter adhae- 

 rentia. Legumen (D. tortuosi) semipoUicare, sessile, articulis 4-6 

 oyato-orbiculatis, marginibus alternatim involutis revolutisque 

 sic dictum spirale, pilis uncinatis undique Wspidulum.— In sylvis 



prope Guayaquil. 



651. C^SALPiNiA (Libidibia) corymbosa^ sp. n., inermis, 

 glabra v. petiolis superioribus inflorescentiaque puberulis, pinnia 

 6-8-jugis, foliolis 6-10-jugis OYato-v. oblongo-ellipticis obtusis, 

 panicula deusa subcorymbosa, calycislimbi laciniis subpetaloideis, 

 staminibus corollam vix excedentibus, filamentis pilosulis, seriei 

 interioris glanduliferisjlegumine recto crassocompresso spongioso- 

 coriaceo sub-8-spermo. — Arbor 15-20-pedalis, dense foliosa. 

 Folia 4-6-pollicaria ; foliola pleraque S-4 liu. longa, utrinque 

 obtusa, margine subrecurva, venulosa. Stipnlse inconspicuse (v. 

 in specimine delapsse ?) Paniculse ad apices ramorum foliis supe- 

 rioribus breviores, corymbosee, multiflorse- Bractese minutse, 

 membranacese, cito deciduse. Pedicelli 2-3 lin, longi, in ramis 

 paniculse dense racemosi, puberuli, ebracteati. Calyx 3^ lin. 

 longns, glaber, tube turbinate, limbo 5-partito tubo sue subduplo 

 longiore, laciniis per anthesin reflexis, 4 superioribus lanceolatis 

 acutis, iniima paullo longiore late oblonga obtusa concava. 

 Stamina inter se subsequilonga. Ovarium glabrum. Stylus sta- 

 mina sequans, apice clavato-incrassatus, stigmata terminale trun- 

 cato perforate. Legumeu bre\issirae^stipitatum 3-4 poll, longum, 

 ^-1 lin- latum, crasse carnoso-coriaceum, intus spongiosum, circa 

 semina induratum. Semina oblonga, transversa, in loculis 

 leguminis solitarie nidulantia, — Prope Guayaquil. 



652. CASSIA(ChamGefistula)£^a?'^^i7eg'^,sp n., fruticcsa.ramulis 

 flexuosis teretibus moUiter pubescentibus, foliolis bijugis obliqin^ 

 inferioribus ovato-rliombeis superioribus ovali-ellipticis acumi- 

 natis supra tenuiter subtus dense et moUiter pubescentibus, 

 glandula conica acuta inter inferiora, panicula floribunda. — Frutex 

 4-5-pedalig, ramulis ad quemquam nodum inflexis. Foliorum 

 forma fere C. bacillaris, at minora ct pube distincta. Stipulas 

 non vidi. Racemi breves, ad axillas foliorum floralium multo 

 minorum paniculam eflFormant latam foliosam, ramis flexuosis. 

 Pedicelli pollicares, rubescentes, liirtelli. Corolla pollicem dia- 



metro, puberula- Ovarium dense tomentosum. — Prope Guaya- 

 quil. 



iS^Z. PiPTADENXA viridijlora, Bentb, in Hook. Journ. Bot. 

 4. p. 337- — Acacia viridiflora. Humb. et Kunth. Nov. Gen. et 

 Sp. Amer. 6. p. 269. — In sylvis prope Guayaquil. 



C54. Neptunia oleraceay Lour. — Benth. 1. c. p- 354. — In 

 uliginosis prope Guayaquil rarius. 



655. Leuc^na canescensy sp. n., pube brevi canescens, 

 piunis 1-2-jugis, foliolis 2-3-jugis oblique ovatis obtusis amplis, 

 pedunculis confertis axillaribus racemosisve capitulo longioribus. 



