432 Mr. G. Bentham's Enumeration of the 



proximatur. Stipulas llneari-subulatae. Stipellse nullje. Foliola pollicaria, 

 alterna v. opposita, terminali latiore et longiore. Racemus semipedalis v. 

 longior. Flores secus rhacliin fasciculati, fasciculis 2 — 3-floris remotis. Pe- 

 dicelli inferiores calyce sublongiores, superiores breviores. Bracte53e subu- 

 latse. Bracteolee nullse. CoroUae calycem tei* superantes, roseae. Vexillum 

 intensius coloratum, orbiculatum, emarginatum, longe unguiculatum, basi 

 exappendiculatum. Alee vexillo sequilongae, transversim plicatae. Carina 

 parum brevior, vix unguiculata, petalis a basi dorso connatis. Stamina T, 

 toxicaricE. Ovarium sessile, villosum. Stylus subcorneus glaberrimus. Stig- 

 ma terminale. — Near the brook Akalaurie, on the Upper Rupunoony. 

 Schomburgk, n. 678. 



A larger Brazilian species, closely allied to the preceding, was ga- 

 thered by Dr. Pohl in the desert pastures of S. Isabel, and has also 

 been sent to me by the Academy of Petersburgh, gathered in the dry 

 pastures of the Minas Geraes. It may be thus distinguished : 



T. aduncaj caule herbaceo ? decumbente rufo-pubescente, foliolis 7 — 13 ob- 

 longis obtiisis adpresse pubescentibus mucrone recurvo, racemis elongatis 

 oppositifoliis, calycis villosi dentibus e basi latiuscula subulatis tube longio- 

 ribus, vexillo villoso, stylo glabro, stigmate longe penicillato, legumine nifo- 

 villosulo. — Corolla paullo minor, calyx major dentibus multo longioribus 

 quam in T. penicillata, 



91. 2VpAro5ia (Brissonia ?) hrevipes, suffruticosa ?, ramis erectis dense 

 rufo-velutinis, foliolis 1 — 3 brevissime petiolatis anguste oblongis supra gla- 

 bris subtus argenteo-sericeis, pedicellis axillaribus 1 — 3 brevissimis unifloris, 

 calycis velutini dentibus tubo longioribus infima duplo longiore, vexillo aUs- 

 que extus adpresse villosis, legumine rufo-velutino. — Foliola 1^ — 2 polli- 

 caria, intermedio longiore, supra lineata, siccitate nigricantia. Stipulas parvae ; 

 stipellae subnuUse. Calycis dens inferior 3 lin. longus, incurvus, coroUam sub- 

 aequans. Petala ccenilea (teste Schomb.), uti filaraenta maculis oblongis sic- 

 citate nigris crebris notata. Alse oblongas, vexillo et carina parum breviores. 

 Stamina medio monadelpha, filamento vexillari basi et apice libero. Ova- 

 rium sessile villosum. Stylus glaber. Stigma pilis longis penicillatum. Le- 

 gumen fere bipollicare. — Savannahs about Anna-y. Schomburgk, n. 66. 



92. Lonchocarpus} Jlorihundus, foliolis 7 ovatis acuminatis coriaceis supra 

 glabris subtus tenuissime sericeis, racemis folio duplo longioribus nodosis, 

 fioribus fasciculatis, calycibus vexilloque sericeis. — Foliola 2 — 3-pollicaria. 

 Racemi pedales. Flores fere L. sericei, paullo minores, petalis tenuioribus. 

 Calyx evidenter dentatus. Corolla lilachia (teste Schomb.). Stamina mo- 

 nadelpha. Ovarium sessile, villosum, 4-ovulatum. Stylus glaber. Legu- 

 men ignotum. — British Guiana. Schomburgk, n. 238. 



93. Loncliocarpusi riifescenSf foliolis 9 oblongo-ellipticis acuminatis supra 

 glabris subtus rufo-sericeis, racemis folio longioribus nodosis caule petiolis- 

 que rufo-tomentosis, floribus fasciculatis, calycibus rufo-pubescentibus, vex- 

 illo leviter sericeo. — Frutex. Foliola 3 — 5-pollicaria. Racemus 1 — 1^-pe- 

 dalis. Flores L.fioribundi, at glabriores. Legumen ignotum. — British Gui- 

 ana. Schomburgk, n. 745. 



94. Lotichocarpus'i 



