DESMODIUM. 



LEGUMINOSAE. 527 



10. D. (HEDYSARUM? Vahl, Syrabol. bot. II. 83.) (Nephromeria) MOLLE Bth. BoU 

 of Belch. voy. of the Sulphur 83. — Elalum, undique breviter subadhaerente-pu- 

 bescens: stipulis parvis e basi lata slriata subulato-acuminalis; foliolis ovato- 

 rhombeis subacuminatis obtusis mucronatis, utrinque pubescenlibus; racemis pa- 

 niculatis; floribus minutis; calycis laciniis setaceo-acuminatis, suprema bifida; 

 Jegumine juniore lortuoso pubescente arliculo terminali demum plano reniformi 

 membranaceo glabriusculo islhmo anguslissimo affixo. 2). — In America centrali. 



11. D. [Nephromeria) BARCLAYI Bth. I. c. — Caule flexuoso hirtello; slipulis bre- 

 vibus latis deciduis, foliolis ovato-rhombeis acutiusculis, utrinque praesertim 

 subtus puberulis; racemis paniculatis; leguminis slipilati demum glabri arliculis 

 1-2 orbiculato-reniformibus submembranaceis glabris, sutura seminali intrusa, 

 islhmis anguslissimis. 2J.? — Species ex diagnosi brevissima D.infracto DC. affi- 

 nis, sed hujus leguminis articuli semiorbiculati discrepant. Bamuli crassiusculi 

 virides, obtuse angulali. Slipulae desunt nisi in gemmulis ubi breves sunt, latae, 

 brevissime acuuainalae striatae. Slipellae parvae lanceolatae aculissimae. Pelioli 

 2-3-pollicares. Foliola 2-3-pollicaria, laleralia minora, breviter peliolulata. -— 

 Crescit in Columbia. 



6018. HEDYSARUM Jeavme. 



(DC. Prodr. II. 340. - Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. I. 744. II. 892.) 

 1. H. [Echinolobium) PALAVICUM Hochslell. Flora (B. Z.) XXVIII. I. 32. - Caule, 

 petiolis, pedunculis foliolisque subtus lenuiter sericeo-puberulis; foliis 4-5-jugis, 

 foliolis ovato-elliplicis petiolulatis; stipulis lanceolalis longe acuminatis, fere me- 

 dium usque coalitis; racemis floriferis brevibus; bracteolis subulatis pedicellos 

 subtriplo superantibus ; dentibus calycinis subaequalibus subulalis pilosis tubo 

 paullo longioribus; corolla magna lutescenli-albida, carina obtusa alisque aequi- 

 longis apice azureis. 2}- — Hed. Lydii Boiss. (Wlprs. 1. c. II. 893. no. 5.) forte va- 

 rietas grandiflora. — Crescit in agro Palavico. 



6G22. CAMPYLOTROPIS Bnge. 



(Bnge. Annales des sc. nalur. [2. Ser.] VI. 58.) 

 1. C. CHINENSIS Bnge. 1. c. — Foliis pinnalim trifoliolalis, foliolis inlegerrimis; 

 slipulis caulinis subulatis subpungenlibus persistenlibus; racemis axillaribus; 

 bracteis integris unifloris; pedicellis palentibus cum calyce articulalis; floribus 

 purpureis saepe resupinatis. 6 — Lespedeza macrocarpa Bnge. Memoir. des sav. 

 etrang. II. 92. — (Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. I. 748. no. 2.) — In China boreali. 



6624/,. ERENIDIUM Jaub. et Spach. 

 (Jaub. et Spach, Annales des sc. natur. [2. Ser.] XIX. 162.) 

 Calyx tubulosus subvenlricosus membranaceus persistens, profunde quin- 

 quefidus, laciniis dense plumosis subaequilongis, e dilatata basi filiformi- 

 subulatis, fructifer immutatus. Discus tenuis obliquus postice productior, 

 calycis fundum vestiens, margine stamina et petala excipiens. Corolla papi- 

 lionacea glabra marcescens, calyce brevior, petalis unguiculatis erectis, inter 

 se et a vagina staminea liberis. Vexillum alis carinaeque admotum. Alae 

 exsertae carina sublongiores accumbentes oblique oblongae, latere superiore 

 ad basin callosae et auriculatae, plicis transversis orbatae. Carina cymbae- 

 formis compressa erostris obtusa, unguibus nonnisi basi discrelis, laminis 

 margine infcriore omnino cohaerentibus. Stamina diadelpha (9 et 1) sensim 

 incurva. Filamenta capillaria marcescentia, alterna longiora. Antherae con- 

 formes aequales subrotundae dithecae, dorso affixae versatiles deciduae, 

 aeslivatione introrsae. Ovarium stipitatum compressum lanatum uniloculare 

 6-ovulatum, ovulis campylotropis appcnsis. Slylus filiformis glaber, superne 

 incurvatus. Stigma tcrminale uncinalum incurvum papillosum. Legumen 

 calyce brevius submembranaceum lanuginosum stipitatum lanceolatum com- 

 prcssum indehiscens, aborlu monospermum. Semen Ienticulare subrotun- 



