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asquantibus, calvce minuto subciliato v. obsoleto, leLTuminis 

 margitie setosissimo — Prascedentibus lobustior et pilis longis 

 ferrugineis hispidissima. Foliola 3 — 4-lin. longa. Capitula 

 majora ac in prsecedentibus, bracteolarum setis rufo-bispida. 

 Leguniiiiis nil nisi margines vetustos persistentes vidi. — lii-a- 

 zil, I'ohL 



3G? M. tomenfosa (Kuntb. Mini. 11. t. 4.), fiuticosa, in- 

 ermis, ramis petiolis pedunculisque sericeo-villosis, pinnis 2- 

 jugis subdigitatis petiolo multo longioribus, foliolis 16 — 18- 

 jugis oblongis acutis utrinque villoso-sericeis cano-argenteis, 

 pedunculis petiolo longioribus, capitulis eliipticis, bracteoli^ 

 corolla brevioribus, calyce diaphano laciniato-ciliato. — On 

 tbe Orinoco, Ilnmholdt and Bonpland. — Tiie above charac- 

 ter, taken from Kinith's description, sliows it to be a veiy 

 distinct species, perhaps not belonging to this group. The 

 pod is unknown. 



** Pinnce rcmotiores. Peduncul'i longlores. 



37. ISI. vesilta (sp. n.), suffruticosa. inermis, caule petiolis 

 pedunculisque patentim hirsutissimis et pubentibus, pinnis 

 subappvoximatis, petiolo brevissinio, foliolis 8 — 12-jugis late 

 oblongis obliquis obtusis subbinerviis utrinque hirsutis, pedun- 

 culis infimis axiliaribus folio longioribus supeviorlbus race- 

 mosis, capitulis globosis, bracteolis corolla brevioribus, calyce 

 obsoleto. — Habitus fere Melicnlosannn; sed pinnaj constanler 

 bijugae. Pili longi, patenles, rufescentes. Stipulse setacea^, 

 bispidse. Foliola pleraque 3-lin. longa, ^-lin. lata. — Brazil, 

 Pohl. 



38. M. elongata (sp. ii.), suffruticosa, inermis, ramis 

 petiolis pedunculisque piloso-birtis, pinnis 3 — 4-jugis distan- 

 tibus, foliolis 20 — 30-jugis falcato-lanceolatis linearibusve 

 dimidiatis acutis ciliatis supra gkabris subtus adpresse pilosis, 

 pedunculis folio brevioribus supremis racemosis, capitulis 

 subglobosis, bracteolis corolla subbrevioribus, calyce minuto. 

 —Laxior et multo minus hirsuta quam M. vestita, capitulis 

 dimidio minoribus. Slipulae lanceolatse — Brazil, Fold. 



39. M. dispersa (sp. n.), sufTruticosaj decumbens, inermis, 

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