126 LEGUMINOSAi:. DIMOMOM, 



suli r.iceniis inferlorfbas caulinis similia nisi multo minora, foliolis angustioribus 

 aeulioribus, aoprema miniaia vei obsoleta. Raceml B-3 poll. longi, aobslmpltees 

 graciles, in panlonlam lerminalem i>.im paooifoliatam <i i ^ [><> s i t i . Braoteae itipolii 

 sabconformea at mulio minores, Bapremae minulae. Pedicelli filiformes 2-4 lin. 

 longl solitarii vel saepias gemini vcl terni. Calyx vix '/ f lin. longni oampanalalas 

 hirlellas, laciniis late lanceolatis acalis, Baprema (ei daaboa coaliti- oonstante] 

 paullo latiore, infima angustiore. Corolla linca paullo longlor. Petala Bnbaequi- 

 longa, vcxillum obovatum, basi anpustat uni non appendiculatam, alae oblongae 

 non plicatae, carinae pctala inler sc vix cohacrenlia, alis leviter adhaercnli.i. Le- 

 gumen semipollicare sessile, articulis 4-6 ovalo-orbiculalis, marginibaB aller- 

 nalim involutis revolutisque sic diclum s[»irale, pilis uncinalis undique liispidulum. 



— Crescil in sylvis ad Guayaquil. 



5. D. [Ileleroloma) GRACILE Marl. el Galeolli, Rullct. dc Bruxclles X. II. 182. — 

 Caule herbaceo gracili elongalo glabriusculo ramoso paucifoliato; foliolis ternis 

 ovatis Bnbrotundis pilosalis; stipulis lineari-subulalis; racemis lerminalibus laxia 

 gracillimis paucifloris; bracteis ovaio-lanceolatis deciduis; pedicellis geminis; 

 leguminis pubescentis articulis 3-4 semiorbicularibus. 2J. — Flores parvi purpurei 

 remoti. — Cresit in Mexico in Cordillera orienlali Oaxaca. 



6. *D. STROBILACEUM var. ACUTIFOLIUM Marl. et Galeotti I. c. 183. — Caule erecto 

 sulcato adpresse villoso; peliolis scriceo-villosis trifoliolatis, foliolis ovalo-ob- 

 longis aculis, supra adpresse pilosulis, subtus pubcscenli-sericcis glaucesceniibus, 

 basi stipellatis; racemis axillaribus el lerminalibus elongatis; braclcis magnis 

 ovato-acuminatis scariosis ciliatis imbiicatis; floribus densis reflexis violaccis. ,') 



— Distinguitur a speciei typo foliis aculis minusque villosis. — Crescil in Mcxico 

 in Cordillera occidentali Oaxaca. 



7. D. (Heleroloma) GLAUCESCENS Miquel, Linnaea XVIII. 569. t — Caulibus c basi 

 radicante asccndenti-ereclis subsimplicibus subherbaccis leretibus adpressissime 

 hirtellis, dein glabralis slrialis; foliolis membranaceis, supra nilidis el minute pu— 

 berulis, sublus glaucis strigoso-pubescentibus mucronulatis, foliorum infcriorum 

 obovatis vel obovalo-rotundalis, superiorum obovato-elliplicis ellipticisve acutis; 

 slipulis scariosis c basi obliqua lanceolato-linearibus filiformi-attenualis, pracser- 

 tim versus basin ciliatis, persistcnlibus; racemis lerminalibus; bracteis deciduis; 

 pedicellis solitariis rhachique pubescenlibus et parce selulosis; calycis dcntibus 

 longe acuminato-filiformibus ciliatis; legumine pauciarliculato hinc recto, illinc 

 sinuato, pilis uncinatis puberulo. 2J- — Affine D. racemifero et ancistrocarpo. — 

 Crcscit in Surinam prope Zwarigheid. 



8. D. (Heleroloma?) SPECTABILE Miquel I. c. 570. f — Caule lereli vel tetragono- 

 tereli, pilis hamalis scabro-pubescenle hirtove; foliis tri— vel quandoque unifo- 

 llolalis, foliolis coriaceis, supra subscabro-puberulis, subtus incano-hirlis mu- 

 cronalis, summo ovato obtnso vel acutiusculo, laleralibus mullo minoribus ob- 

 longis; slipulis c basi dilalata ovato-lanccolatis inac([uilatcris acuminalis slrialis 

 coriaceis marcescentibus, stipellis lanceolalis; inflorescenlia ampla paniculala; 

 racemis rufesccnlibus; bracteis lanceolalis acuminalis viridulis hirtis deciduis; 

 floribus plerumque geminis brcviter pedicellalis; legumine 5-6-articulato byalino 

 spiraliler torlo mucronato, inferne uncinato-puberulo, superne glabro. i>1 — 

 Crescit in Surinam ad Onoribo in savanna arcnosa intcr gramina alta. 



9. D. (Heteroloma) SINCLAIRI Blh. Bot. of Belch. voy. of the Sulphur82. — Elatum 

 decumbens? uncinalo-hirsutum: stipulis late lanceolalis acuminatis fusco-mem- 

 branaceis deciduis, slipellis elongatis; foliolis ovalo-lanceolatis subrhombcis 

 acuminalis, utrinque pilis adpressis, supra raris pubesccnlibus; bracleis basi 

 lalis longe acuminalis, ante anthesin comosis; calycis laciniis lanceolatis acu- 

 minalis; legurainis arliculis 5-8 hirsuto-scabris. ^? — Spccies D. Limensi valde 

 aflinis, at planta subscandens videtur, foliola majora (2-4-pollicaria), stipulae et 

 bracteac multo majores, longius acuminatae, cl pili caulis ul in D. uncinato ha- 

 mato-prehcnsiles nec ut in D. Limenti molles. — Crcscit in Columbia. 



