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Arbor ramis alternis. Folia in planta novella simplicia, sub- 
opposita, breviter petiolata, elliptica, utrinque rotundata, in adultiore 
alierna, impari-pinnata, quadri — sexjuga; foliola pedicellata, elliptica 
vel oblongo-elliptica, basi rotundata, acuminata vel cuspidata, inte- 
gerrima, penninervia, utrinque glabra subtus pallidiora et subglauces- 
centia, membranacea, decidua, duos et quod excedit pollices longa, 
unum lata; petioluli foliolorum lateralium 3— 4 lineas longi, teretes, 
superne canalieulati, basi articulati, folioli terminalis parum longiores ; 
petioli communes basi incrassato- -arti i, teretes vel sursum inter 
foliola canalicalati, glabri, stricti, octo ad decem pollices longi. Sti- 
pulae caducae, Racemi axillares, solitarii, erecti, cylindrici, maltiflori, 
subcompositi, sex ad octo pollices longi; pedunculus communis eree- 
tus, teres, glaber, basi nudus; partiales subverticillati vel solitarii 
alterni, bractea minima squamaeformi deltoidea acuta membranacea 
suffulti, patentes, uni- bi- vel triflori, teretes, glabri, 3“ longi; pedi- 
celli uniflori, basi bracteola minuta suffulti et articulati, teretes, glabri, 
in media longitudine braeteolis duabus suboppositis vel alternis mi- 
uutissimis deltoideis obsiti, 3“ longi. Calyx hypogynus, breviter eu- 
pularis, truncatus absque dentium rudimento indeque integerrimus, utrin- 
que glaber, vix duas lineas longas, persistens. Corolla hypogyna, 
papilionacea, decidua, pulchre cyaneo-violacea. -Vexillum erecto-sub- 
reflexum, breviter unguiculatum ungue lineari subcanaliculato, orbicu- 
lare, apice emarginatum, basi utrinque ad unguem auricula seu dente 
brévi recto auctum, ceterum integerrimum, radiatim venosum, glabrum, 
5—6” longum; alae vexilli longitudine, rectae, carinae incumbentes, 
unguiculatae, inaequilateres, obovato-oblongae, obtusae, integerrimae, 
supra unguem bine auriculatae, auricula rotundata; carina alas aequans, 
recta, obovato-oblonga, genitalia includens; petala ejusdem unguiculata, 
obovato-spathulata, obtusa, inaequilatera, integerrima, sursum in margine 
inferiore cohaerentia, glabra. Stamina definita, decem, hypogyna, 
filamenta alternatim. parum breviora, novem inferiora ultra medium inter 
se connata, superne libera, subulata glabra; superum vexillare liberum 
