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obtuse at the apex. The hairs are .0-6-1.mm, long with axes 
either nearly parallel to the midrib or diverging at an angle 
not exceeding 45°. It is difficult to understand how the confusion 
between the two species arose. 
I. salmoniflora Rose in CNH. v. 140 (1897); ONH., xxiii: 441, 
Ymala, Palmer 1695. 
I. suffruticosa Mill. ; CNH. xxiii. 440.—J. Anil L. 
Occurring nearly throughout Mexico (Standley). 
Vernacular name “ Afiil.”’ 
I. truxillensis 7.B.K.; Rydb. in N. Am. Fl. xxiv. 149. Sinaloa 
(fide comet 
rongni glabrata Hook. et Arn.; CNH. xxiii. 468, 
saabe. (fle Standley). 
Vernacular name ‘‘ Hierba de Vibora.” 
_. The bark and leaves are used as a remedy for rattlesnake 
bites. 
B. Goldmanii Baie; in CNH. xii. 269 (1909) : CNH, ix 469. 
Between Las Flechas and La Rastra. Goldman 322. 
Gonzalez 143 from San Ignacio, R. de los de Ponce, 290 m., 
may be referred here, judging from Rose’s description. The 
leaflets, however, are mucronate from an acute or obtuse apex, 
and the peduncles are 1-5-2 cm. long. 
Tephrosia pees eae Riley, comb. nov.—Cracca 
Brandegei mendes SX, 21741919); CNH. xxiii. 474, 
Altata, é. 
- foliolosa (yi ) Riley, comb. nov.—Cracca foliolosa Rydb. in. 
N.. Am. FL. xxiv. 162 (1923). 
_ Cerro Colorado, Er ee fi S. Nat. Herb. 572117). 
Tephrosia. hypoleuca Riley; sp. .; affinis 7. nitenti Benth., 
foliolis paucioribus Splaseaine nec oblongis saepius acutis 
rarius la subtus indumento breviori, floribus multo majoribus 
distin 
cE erecti sulcati, 3 mm. diametro 3 dm. infra apicem, 
puis albis ascendentibus satis induti; internodia 7-12 cm. longa. 
Folia 3-7-foliolata, foliola coriacea, vpn ape acuta vel 
obtusa, raro retusa, mucronulata, 4-9-5 cm. longa, 1 -2-2-7 ¢ 
lata, terminalia semper majora, juniora supra sericea, vata 
mox enor ete subtus albido-sericea ; petioluli 2-4 mm. 
longi, 1 mm. diametro. Racemi terminales vel axillares, 5-7-5 
em. longi, floribus fasciculatis. Bracteae lanceolatae, acuminatae, 
0-7-1:3 cm. Jongae, 1-5-2 mm. latae, albido-pilosae. Pedicelli 
6-7 mm. longi, sub fructu 1-1-3 em. longi. Calyx campanulatus, 
1 cm. longus, dentibus posterioribus e basi triangulari subulatis, 
sinu 4mm. alto, dentibus -anterioribus triangulari-acuminatis, 
sinibus 7 mm. altis. Vexillum 3-3 em. longum, 2-8 cm. latum, 
gradatim in unguem angustatum, apice emarginatum, extra 
appresse pilosum; alae lamina 2-5 cm. longa 1-4 ‘cm. lata ‘basi 
truncata, ungue 4 mm. longo; carina acinaciformis, 2-9 cm. 
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