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three, which comes also from the same part of Peru. The 

 only specimen I possess is apparently herbaceous ; in which 

 respect it differs from Cavanilles' plant, which is called 

 ^^fruticose " : there, too, the leaves are simply obtuse ; here, 

 mostly bidentate, as in the A. bidentatus of Humb. The 

 present is a much more straggling plant than L'Heritier's and 

 Humboldt's, judging from the figures. It is not unlikely, 

 however, that all might with propriety be united with the 

 Garbancillo. The specific appellation is derived from the 

 provincial name of the plant; and it is stated to be injurious 

 to cattle. 



5. ^schynomene Americana. Linn. — Lam. III. t. 729. f. 2. 

 Hab. Lurin, near Lima. 



6. Desmodium Limense; caule erecto sulcato hirsuto, foliis 

 longe petiolatis ternatis, foliolis oblongo-ovatis supra 

 glabriusculis subtus appresso-hirsutis, racemis terminali- 

 bus axillaribusque longis, bracteis ovatis acuminatis 

 sericeis, leguminibus flexuosis, articulis 5-8 ovalibus hir- 

 suto-scabris. 



Hab, Near Lima. 



In a genus so extensive as the present, it is not easy to 

 say to which species this is the most nearly allied, or whether 

 it be indeed distinct from some already described. In many 

 respects, however, it accords with Hedysarum cajanifolium^ 

 Humb. ISlov. Gen. t. 598; but that is remarkable for the 

 paniculated racemes, which in our plant are remote and 

 solitary, mostly arising from the axils of the leaves. The 

 general shape and size of the leaflets, and the flowers and 

 fruit, appear to be the same in both. 



7. Vicia hidentata; glaberrima, foliolis bi-tri-jugis oppositis 

 alternisve oblongis basi cuneatis apice bidentatis cum 

 mucrone intermedio, cirrho simplici, stipulis lato-semi- 

 sagittatis subdentatis, pedunculo folium eequante bi-tri- 

 floro, leguminibus oblongis glabris. 



Hab. Lurin, near Lima. 



This has the habit of V. humilis, Humb. et Kunth, Nov. 

 Gen. t. 581, but it is taller, a foot or more high, glabrous in 



