388 BF.N-TllAIVr ON MnrvOSF.y-E. 



tosis lepidotis, stipulis obsoletis, piiini.s 5— 7-jugis, foliolis 

 sub-30-jiigis parvis oblongo-liuearibus obtusis utrinque iiica- 

 nis, capitulis globosis, legumine piano coriaceo verrucoso- 

 toinentoso. — Habit a et tomento M. incancB affinis seel piniijie 

 pkirijugte. r]oressaepius5-meri,interduni (utin plerisquelnijus 

 sectionis) tetrameri, rarissime liexameros vidi. — Brazil, Se/h. 

 104.. M. onrivillus (Mart. Herb. Fl. Bras. 132.), ramulis 

 petiolisque setis basi plumosis tomentoque floccoso ferriigineo 

 dense obteclis, stipulis subiilatis, pinnis bijugis foliolis 4 — 8- 

 jugis ovali-ellipticis oblongisve obtusis crassis utrinque dense 

 stellato-tomentosis, pedunciilis folia subsiiperantibus, capi- 

 tulis ovoideo-globosis, bracteolis corollas superantibiis, legu- 

 mine pauciarticulato dense fioccoso-et subpkirnoso-lanato. — 

 Brazil, SeliO; Minas Geraes, Martins. I have not seen Mar- 

 tius's specimen, but his character answers well to Sello's. 



105. M. peduncular is (Bongard, MS.), ramis petiolisque 

 communibus longe et dense setosis inter setas glabris glaucis, 

 stipulis lanceolatis ciliatis glaucis, pinnis 2 — 4-jugis, petiolis 

 partialibus floccoso-lanatis, foliolis G — 8-jugis ovali-ellipiicis 

 oblongisve utrinque lepidoto-tomentosis subfloccosisve, pe- 

 dunculis folio longioribus, capitulis parvis subglobosis, brac- 

 teolis corollas snperantibus, legumine pauciarticulato rufo- 

 tomentoso et plumoso-setoso. — Rami purpurascentes. Foliola 

 fere 31. aurivilli sed minora. — Brazil, Sello; " Cachoeira," 

 Z.angsdorff'. 



/3. ? rvfescens, petiolo communi abbreviato, foliolis majori- 

 bus, setis caulitiis hinc inde basi subplumosis, tomento raro 

 stellato inter setas et crebriore in stipulis.— Serra da Lapa, 

 Langsdorff'. Possibly a distinct species, b*t the flowers and 

 pod are the same. 1 received it under the MS. name of M. 

 rvfescens, Bongard. 



106. M. calothammis (Mart.! Herb. Fl. Bras. exs. n. 1089), 

 ramulis petiolisque lepidoto-v. floccoso-tomentosis, pinnis 

 2 — 3-jugis, foliolis 12 — IG-jugis ovato-oblongis obtusis supra 

 glabris nitidis subtus albo-tomentosis, stipulis lineari-setaceis, 

 capitulis parvis subglobosis, legumine lepidoto-tomentoso. — 

 Minus Geraes, Claussen, Sello, Marlins. 



