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striglllosis, pediinciilis folio multo longioribiis, bracteolis 

 corolla brevioribas, calycibus brevissimis longiuscule ciliatis, 

 Ifgiiinine uiulique setoso-hispidissimo. — M.prostrata) Ilorlul. 

 — Brazil, Sello. 



46. M. Jlagcllaris (sp. n.), parce pllosa, pinnis petiolo 

 pluries longioribiis, foliolis 4 — T-jugis oblique obovatis oblon- 

 gisve utrinque glabris, pednnciilis folio 2 — 3-plo longiori- 

 biis, bracteolis corollas sequantibus, calyce obsoleto, leguminis 

 valvulis glabris nudis, margine setoso. — Stipulse lanceolatae. 

 Petioliis vix semipollicaris. Foliola ssepius seniipollicaria, 

 quani in affiiiibus latiora. Pedunculi 4' — 5-poll. longi. Co- 

 rollse globosaj. — Near Porto Alegre, Tweedie; Brazil, Sello. 



47. ]M. honesta (Mart. Herb. Fl. Bras. 137.), appears 

 from INIartius's character to be near M. jfar/ellarls, but more 

 hair\', with longer petioles, and shorter peduncles. — From 

 the province of Baliia. 



48. IM. paupera (sp. n.), prostrata, tenuis, pills paucis 

 subpatentibus, pinnis petiolo subbrevioribus, foliolis 4 — S- 

 jugis falcato-oblongis obtusiusculis supra glabris subtus 

 sparse setosis, pedunculis folio longioribus, bracteolis corolla 

 brevioribus, calyce niinuto subciliato, legumine undique 

 breviter strigoso. — Caules vix pedales, basi scabri, sursum 

 pilis subappressis hirti. Siipula? angusta?, ciliatse. Petioli 

 6 — 9-lin. longi. Foliola 2 — 3-lin. Pedunculi li poll., tenues, 

 rigidi, patentim pilosi. CoroUae strigosge. — Brazil, Sello. 



49. M. re/dans, (sp. n.), reptans, parce pilosa et subpu- 

 bens, petiolo brevissimo, foliolis 12 — 20-jugis parvis oblique 

 oblongo-linearibus glabris v. subtus pilosulis, pedunculis folio 

 duplo longioribus, bracteolis corolla multo brevioribus, calyce 

 minuto, leguminis valvulis strigoso-setulosis, margine aspero- 

 hirto. — Caules tenues bine inde radicantes. Stipulse angus- 

 ta. Pinnae ^ — 1-poll. longie; foliola 1— 2-lin. Peduncu- 

 li H — 2-poll. — Near Maldonado, Tweedie; Brazil, ScUo. 



50. M.lasiocephala (sp. n.), procumbens, molliter piloso- 

 pubescens, petiolo subnullo, foliolis 10— 15-jugis oblongo- 

 linearibus ciliolatis supra glabriiisculis subtus pilosulis, pe- 



