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arcuata sæpius rostrata, pctalorum lamina hine basi angulata v. 

 auriculala. Staraina diadelpha, stamine vcxillari basi a coetcris 

 distante mox intra lubum postice fissum incluso. Antheræ ovato- 

 oblongæ subuniformes. OvaHum stipitatum pluriovulatum . stylo 

 valde areuato glaberrimo acuto stigmate punctiformi. Legumen 

 stipitatum, endocarpio lineari compresso-subplano coriacco, val- 

 vulis intcr semina arcte appressis (an demum dehiscentibus?), 

 pericarpio membranaceo virescente reticulato ad utramque faciem 

 in vesiculam amplam v. compresso- carinatam inflalo, suturis 

 nudis V. carinato-subalatis. Semina transverse oblonga v, ovata, 

 luniculo parvo, radicula incurva* 



Frutices v. arbores Americæ centralis, inflorescentia sæpe 

 plus minus glandulifera. Stipulæ parvæ caducæ. Folia alterna, 

 impari-pinnata, foliolis alternis v. vix oppositis exstipellatis. Ra- 

 cemi axillares breves laxiflori. Pedicelli solitarii, sub calycem 

 articulati, ibidem bracteolis 2 cadusissimis instructi. Calyces 

 virentes superne subfoliacei. Flores (an in omnibus) lutei. 



Genus quoad affinitatem adhuc dubium. Habitus, inflores- 

 centia, indumentum dum adest et florura slructura summam in- 

 dicant affinitatem cum Ormocarpo aliisque generibus Hedysaroi- 

 deis ei proximis, scd legumen haud articulatum, etsi more He- 

 dysarearum reticulatum. Inter Galegeas ubi a Candolleo collo- 

 catum, affinitatem quandam cernere cum Robinia, Sabinæa etc, 

 sed legumen indehiscens videtur, et hoc charactere genus inter 

 Dalbergieas artificialiter militaret, a quibus tamen habitu aliisque 

 notis longius recedit. Benth. 



26. Diphysa robinioides Benth. sp. n., foliolis IJ — 15 

 ovali-ellipticis obtusis subretusisve, racemis abbreviatis 3 — 6 

 floris, pedicellis calycc vix longioribus, leguminis stipite calyce 

 breviore, vesicis amplis ecostatis. 



Arbor 12 — 15 pedalis. Specimina undique ^labra eglandu- 

 losa, V. glandulæ pilique pauci in florescentiam. Stipulas brac- 

 teasque caducissimas haud vidi. Foliorum rachis 3 — 4 pollicaris. 

 Foliola alterna pleraque poUicaria v. paullo majora basi rotun- 



