— 416 — 

 abortivo; stipulis acutis, basi hinc decurrentibus. Flores axillares 

 niajusculi (ad 2 cent.); pedunculo gracili longiu?culo (2, 3 cent.). 

 Calyx membranaceus ; labio anteriore integro. Legumen rectum 

 v. vix sinuatum (5, 6 cent, longum); articulis marginatis 6-8 ; su- 

 perioribus angustis effoetis. — Species ob legumina subrecta genus, 

 ut videtur, cum JEschynomene connectens ; flos autem oranino 

 Smithiarum genuinarum. 

 Bemier, 2 e env., n. 165. 



DlPHACA (ORMOCARPUM). 



1. D. Bernîeriana, spec. nov. 



Frutex (7-10-metralis) glabrescens ; foliis pinnatis; folie-lis 

 parvis (1,1$ cent.) elliptico-obovatîs, basi inasquali-atlenuatis ; 

 stipulis lineari-aculatis (1 cent.) post folium delapsum persistenti- 

 bus. Racemi graciles ad folia saepius deiapsa axillares ; axi pedi- 

 cellisque filiformibus.Pedicelli subapice 2-bracteolati. Calycis late 

 campanulati lobi parum inœquales recurvi. Slamina 9 alte con- 

 nata; parte libéra insequali; decimo autem libero. Germen pauci- 

 ovulatum; stylo valde reflexo, apice haud incrassato. Fructus 

 (immaturus) inaequi-oblongus compressus venosus; articulis paucis 

 (in specimine 2) 1-spermis ; seminibus descendentibus. Flores in 

 aprili albi. 



Bemier, 2 e env., n. 252, Diego-Suarês. — Boîvin, n. 2718. 



2. D ? Pervilleana, spec. nov. 



Frutex (3-metralis) glaber ; cortice pallide fuscato ; foliolis cre- 

 bris majusculis (2, 3 cent.) oblongo-obovatis, apice obtusis v. 

 emarginalis, basi subaequali sub-cuneatis subcoriaceis; costula pal- 

 Hda subtus prominula. Flores ignoti. Leguminis articulum unicum 

 visum inœqui-ovato-acutum subrhombeum compressiusculum gla- 

 brura tenuiter venosum, ad apiceni attenuatum ibique incomplète 

 rimosum(2 \ cent, longum, 1 cent, latum) ; semine subgloboso 



