LEGUMINOSAE. 513 



Subtri&us III. GALEGEAE DC. — Endl. 1. c. p. 1270. 



6523. DALEA Linn. 

 (DC. Prodr. II. 244. - Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. I. 652. II. 855.) 



1. D. AGASTACHYA Moric. Plant. nouv. ou rar. d'Amer. 65. t. 44. — Tota cioereo- 

 rufescens villosa eglandulosa: caule basi suffruticoso erecto ramoso; foliis sub- 

 quadri.jugis, foliolis obovatis obtusis; spicis lerminalibus cylindricis maximis den- 

 sissimis; floribus minimis ; bracleis lalis ovatis longe cuspidalis calyce duplo 

 longioribus. 2f — Habitat in Texas. 



2. D. PENICILLATA Moric. 1. c. 66. t. 45. — Ramosissima glabra: foliolis 9 lineari- 

 bus obtusis, subtus glandulis nigris tuberculatis; spicis terminalibus laxiusculis; 

 bracteis late ovalis mucronatis complicatis, glandulis nigris crebris tuberculato- 

 punctalis; calycibus villosissimis, dentibus subulalis plumosis, bracteis longiori- 

 bus, inter coslas pellucido-punctalis. ^ — Habitat in Texas, inter Rio della Tri- 

 nidad el Rexar. 



3. D. RAMOSISSIMA Rlli. Rot. of Sulphur 11. t. 10. — Fruticulosa ramosissima dif- 

 fusa glabra: foliolis 11-13 parvis cunealis glaucis, subtus ramulisque insigniler 

 nigro- punctalis; spicis terminalibus pedunculatis ovatis villosis; bracleis ovalis 

 acuminaiis calyce subbrevioribus; calycis villosi denlibus subulalis lubo aequi— 

 longis. 6 — Crescit in California „Bay of Magdalena". 



4. D. DIVARICATA filh. 1. c. 12. f - Herbacea diffusa lenuis glabra: foliolis 15-21 

 parvis obovato-oblongis obcordalisve, glandulis paucis marginalibus; racemis 

 opposilifoliis dissite paucifloris; calycibus glabris 10-costalis pauciglandulosis, 

 dentibus 4 brevibus oblusis, infimo longiore acuto. 2f, — Crescil in California 

 „Bay of Magdalena". 



5. D. CANESCENS Bth. I. c. f — Herbacea diffusa pusilla, tota canescenti-hirtella: 

 foliolis 11-15 cuneato- vel obovato-oblongis obtusis vel retusis; spicis densis 

 ovatis pedunculalis oppositifoliis; calycis hirsuti dentibus lanceolalis aculis, in- 

 fimo paullo longiore. 2(, — Crescit in California „Ray of Magdalena". 



6. D ? Rlh. 1. c. — Suffruticosa divaricato-ramosa: ramulis dense niveo- 



tomentosis et punctis elevalis glandulosis conspersis; slipulis parvis subulatis 

 acutis; foliolis 5-11 orbiculatis (V/t—3 lin. longis latisque), lerminali saepius ma- 

 jori, ulrinque cum petiolis niveo-lomentosis, supra venosis impunctatis, margine 

 recurvis; pedunculis oppositifoliis 2-4-pollicaribus niveo-tomentosis punclatis- 

 que. 2J, — Crescit cum praecedentibus. 



7. D. HUMIFUSA Blh. Plant. Hartweg. p. 170. no. 954. — Suffruticosa prostrata ra- 

 mosissima sericeo-pubescens: foliolis 7-9 cuneato-oblongis linearibusve, pleris- 

 que acutis, subtus punclatis; spicis numerosis ovatis oblongisve; bracteis ovatis 

 acuminatis; calycis undique sericeo— villosi dentibus lubo mullo brevioribus. % — 

 Partes juniores pube sericea incanae. Foliola 2 vel rarius 3 lin. longa. Spieae 

 breviler pedunculatae 6-9 lin. longae iis D. elegantis subsimiles. Rracteae in 

 sicco fuscescentes, extus pubescenles, margine anguste membranaceae. Corolla 

 coerulea? — Crescit in planitie Rumibamba prope Quilo. 



0520. PSORALEA Linn. 

 (DC. Prodr. II. 262. — Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. I. 655. II. 856.) 

 1. PS. JAUBERTIANA Fnzl. Flora (R. Z.) XXVI. I. 392. f - Annua(?) erecta ramosa, 

 molliter pubescens: caules teretes striali crassi, glandulis nullis vel sparsis basi 

 punctali; folia longe peliolata, pinnatim trifoliolata, foliolis amplis ovalibus sub- 

 orbicularibus vel obovalis repando- dentalis, villo inter venas medio confluente, 

 adpresse primum sericeo-incanis, serius viridibus; flores terni, rarissime quini, 

 in racemis folio 2-4-plo longioribus interruple spicali plurimi; bracteae mem- 

 branaccae lanceolatae , calyce breviores; calyces brevissime pedicellati cum rha- 

 chi incano- vel fuliginoso-villosissimi impunctati; corolla calyce (2'/ 2 lin. longa) 

 triente exserla, primum albida, demum dilule miniala, carina apice atropurpurea, 

 alis supra ungues carinae adnalis. O? — In Mesopotamia inter Aleppo et Orfa. 

 V. 65 



