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caducous bracts and upper end of the minute pedicel are 

 furnislied with a pair of the singular fusiform stipular 

 glands described by Dr. Gray. — Cardon Grande. 



Dalea vetula. Annual, erect, less than a foot high, gla- 

 brous except the ovate, dense inflorescence: leaves 20-30 

 mm. long: leaflets 21-25, 2 mm. long, stipitate, oval, retuse 

 except the ovate-lanceolate terminal one: calyx 3-4 mm. 

 long, the teeth linear-lanceolate, three or four times as long- 

 as the tube, long-villous with spreading silvery hairs, glands 

 between the ribs long-linear : bracts ovate, long-acuminate: 

 peduncles somewhat exceeding the leaves: keel, wings and 

 standard nearly equal in length, 2 mm. long, dark purple, 

 included in the calyx: anthers short, with large gland: 

 ovary glandular, sparsely pubescent, 2-ovuled: pod not 

 filled by the solitary compressed seed. — Comondu, San 

 Gregorio. 



Dalea evanescens. Annual, silky pubescent, spreading : 

 stems 3-8 inches long: heads 12 mm. long, terminating the 

 slender branches, or rarely with one or two lateral: leaves 

 less than an inch long: leaflets three or four pairs, minutely 

 glandular dotted, 2 mm. long, cuneate-obovate, retuse: stip- 

 ules small, reddish, subulate: calyx less than 2 mm. long, 

 with large glands, teeth purplish, acuminate, shorter than 

 the somewhat scarious tube, slightly unequal : corolla light 

 rose color, 2 mm. long, slightly exceeding the calyx: anthers 

 broader than long, furnished with a very large gland : bracts 

 purplish, ovate-lanceolate, shorter than the calyx: ovary 

 broad, covered with very large glands, sparingly pubescent, 

 the second ovule very soon aborted: pod filled by the 

 seed. — A small annual species, nearly prostrate, having few 

 stems and heads and scattered leaves, collected near San 

 Ignacio. 



Dalea ramosissima Benth. Vexillum cordate-ovate, with 

 rather broad claw: corolla deep violet. — Magdalena Island. 



Dalea Seemanni Watson. — San Esteban. 



