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dunciiJis foiio longionbii.s', capiUilis moUiter viWosissiinis, 

 bracteolii corolla longioril)us, calyce miiuito, legumiais val- 



vulis sti-igoso-setulosis, niargiue aspero-hirto Prsecedeiui 



affinis, specimen uniciiin non radical. Capitula (bracteola- 

 rum cilii.s) canescenti-villosissima. — Brazil, Sella. 



* FiLi PEDES, (jlabra\ di fusee, caule petiolis pcdunculisqiie 

 fJiformihus, 



51. M. multiplex (sp. n.), ramosissima, diffusa, tenuis, 

 piiuiis petiolo filiformi brevioribus, foliolisS — 8-jugis oblique 

 oblongis ellipticisve obtusiusculis teruii-ssime ciliatis glabris 

 V. subtus raro adpresse pilosiilis, pedunculo tenui petioluni 

 aequante, bracteolis corollam sequantibus, calyce niinuto. — 

 Siccitate nigricat. Petioli sesquipollicares ; pinnae pollicares ; 

 foliola 2 — 3-lin. longa, nunc glaucescentia. — Brazil, Sella. 



52? M. fdipes (Mart. Herb. Fl. Bras. 132.), annua, 

 tenella, glabra, pinnis petiolo fdiformi duplo brevioribus, 

 foliolis 4 — 5-jugis anguste obovatis cuneatisve, pedunculis 

 petiolo brevioribus, legumine 7 — 8-articulato. — Prov. Piauby, 

 Martius, from whose character I have extracted the above, 

 not having seen the plant myself. 



53. M. diffusa (sp. n.), glaberrima, diffusa, tenuissima, 

 pinnis petiolo filiformi vix longioribus, foliolis '20 — 30-jugis 

 oblique linearibus subfalcatis, pedunculis filiformibus petiolo 

 subfEquilongis, bracteolis brevissimis, calyce parvo cupulifor- 

 nii. — Petioli 7 — 9-lin. longi ; pinnae poilicares; foliola crebra 

 I — 2 lin. longa, non ciliata; nee in capitulo setas ullaj obvia; 

 sunt.— Brazil, Sello. 



§ 7. PolycephalcB. Frutices ? inermes. Folia Meticulosarum. 

 Capitula parva, numerosa, sccus ramos paniculffi amplas 

 aphyllas subsessilia. Legumen ignotuni. 



54. M. taxifolia (Bongard MS.), ramis petiolis panicula- 

 que adpresse sursum strigosis. pinnis unijugis, petiolo commu- 

 ni subnullo, foliolis 15— 20-jugis oblique oblongo-linearibus 

 falcatis acutiusculis multinerviis coriaceis glaucis glabris cili- 

 iitis, bracteolis corolla brevioribus, calyce paleaceo laciniato- 



