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Arbor ramis alteniis. Folia in planta novella siniplicia, sub- 

 opposita. breviler petiolata, elliptica, utrinqiie rotiiiidata, iu adaltiore 

 alteriia, impari-pinnala, fiuatlri — .sexjuga; foliola pedicellaCa, elliptica 

 vel oblonj^o-elIi|)iica, ba^i roliiiulata, afuininata vel ciispidata, iule- 

 geriiina, peiininervia, iitiiii(|ue glabia ^^ublus pallidiora et subglauces- 

 centia, oienibranacea, decidua, diios et quod exccdit poUices longa, 

 nnuni lata; peHolul! foliolorum lateialiuni 3, — 4 lineas longi, teretes, 

 siiporne canaliciilati, b.a.si ar(icnlati. folioli (eiiiiinalis paiuni loiigiores ; 

 petioli communes basi incrasisato-articnlati, teretes vel sursum inter 

 folioia canaliculati, glabri, stricti, oclo ad decera pollices longi. Sti- 

 pulae caducae. Racemi axillares, solilarii, erecti, cylindrici, mnltiflori, 

 ^«ubL'onlpositi, sex ad octo pollices longi ; peduiicithis coniinanis erec- 

 tus, (eres, glaber, basi nudns; partiales siibveiticillati vel solitarii 

 alterhi, brnctea minima sfjnaniaefoiiiii deltoidea acuta membianacea 

 suffniti, patentes, uni- bi- vel triflori, teretes, glabri, 3'" longi ; pedi- 

 cfUi uniflori, basi bracteola mimita snffulti et articulati, teretes, glabri, 

 in media longiludine bracteolis duabns snbopposilis vel alternis mi- 

 niilissiinis deltoideis obsiti. 3'" longi. Vah/x liypogynus, breviter cn- 

 pularis, truncatus absque dentinm nidimento indeqiie inlegerrimns, utrin- 

 qne glaber, ^'ix duas lineas lougiis, persistens. Corolla hypogyna, 

 papilionacea, decidna, pulcbre cjaneo-violacea. Vexillum erecto-sub- 

 reflcxiim, breviler ungiiiculatum ungiic lineari snbcanalicnlato, orbicn- 

 lare. apice emarginatum, basi utrinqne ad uirgiiem anricula seu deute 

 brevi recto auctam, ceteram integerrimum, radiatiui venosnm, glabrom, 

 5 — ^ß'" longum; alae vexilli lougiUidiiie, rectae, carinac incumbentes, 

 angniculatae , inaequilateres, obovato-oblongae, obtnsae, integerrimae, 

 sopra unguem binc auriculatac, anricula rotuudata; curina alas aequaus, 

 recta. obovato-oblonga, gcnitalia incliidens; p^/«fo ejusdem nngniculata, 

 obovafo-spatbiilata. obtusa, inaeqnilatera, integerrima, sursum in margine 

 inferiore cohaercutia, glabra. Stamina definifa, decem, In'pogyna, 

 filamenta alternatim parum breviora, noven» inferiora ultra medium inter 

 se conuata, snperne libera, subulata glabra; superum vexillare liberum 



