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floris, bracteolis ovatis obliquis acuminatis calyce sublongi- 
oribus, calycis dentibus superioribus tubo parum brevioribus, - 
infimo longissimo.) 
154. C. macrocarpum; caule juniore petiolisque pilosis 
demum glabrato, foliolis ovatis breviter acuminatis vix cori- 
aceis supra vel utrinque glabris, pedunculis petiolum subæ- 
quantibus apice dense plurifloris, bracteolis dentibus caly- 
cinis subbrevioribus, calycibus latissimis 4-fidis, laciniis tubo 
longioribus divaricatis, suprema bidentata, inferioribus ap- 
proximatis.— British Guiana. Schomburgk.— Different from 
C. grandiflorum, by its thinner and nearly glabrous leaves. 
The beans are eaten by the Indians, according to Schomburgk, 
and called Commawissi. He adds that the pods are uncom- 
monly large; in the single specimen sent by him, the young 
ones are nine inches long.—Gardner’s n. 173, from Rio 
Janeiro, is Centrosema decumbens, Mart.; his n. 356, from 
the Organ Mountains, is a new species belonging to the same 
division, and characterized in pesce ir of Nat. History, 
v. II. p. 436. 
155. C. pascuorum, Mart, — Benth. Ann. Mus. Vind. I. p: 
120.—8. brevipes, pedunculis petiolo dimidio brevioribus, 
stipulis majoribus.— Dry savannahs. British Guiana. Schom- 
burgk, n. 821.—Gardner’s n. 1553, from Ceará, and Blan- 
chet's n. 2721, from the Serra Jacobina, are a slight variety 
of Periandra dulcis, Mart., and+the latter's No. 2555, from 
the same chain, is P. coccinea, Benth. . 
156. Stenolobium ceruleum, Benth, in Ann. Mni Vind. II. 
. p. 125.— British Guiana. Schomburgk, n. 218.—4 widely - 
diffused and apparently common plant ; besides being found - 
in various parts of Brazil, it is a native of St Vincent's, and 
of central America. «It is Cuming's n. 1097, from Panama, 
and Gardner’s n. 1564, from Ceará. A fourth species of 
~ Stenolobium (S. velutinum, Benth. in Tayl. Ann. Nat. Hist. p. 
_ 431) was gathered at Bahia by Saltzmann. Ec 
= - 151. Galactia velutina; volubilis, mollissime villosa, foliolis 
© 3 ovalibus obtusis basi subcordatis supra velutino subtus 
