38 LINDMAN, LEGUMINOS^ AUSTRO-AMERICAN^. 



Rio Pilcomayo; in anthesi atque leguminibus matnris decidiiis 

 mens. SejDt.-Oct. (A. 2213). — Nom. vernacuhim (guaranitice) 

 »Y virå-né». 



Auctor primus hiijus speciei, cni flös plantfe incognitus 

 erat, eam generi PifhecoloMo attribnit et quidem in sectione 

 Unguis-cati ob habitum et formam foliorum collocavit. Nunc 

 vero ex fabrica floris perspicunm est, banc speciem Viptadeniam 

 sectionis Pityrocarpce esse: stamina 10 sunt, apice glanduloso- 

 appendiculata; folia, legumen, semina etc. eodem speetant. De- 

 scriptione accuratiore plantfe imperfecte cognitai opus est (fig. 9): 



Arbuscula bnmilis valde dilatata ramosissima vel frutex 

 arborescens, habita ramulorum et foliolorum Pithecolobium 

 Unguem-eati (Willd.) revocans, inermis, glaber. Folia bipin- 

 nata, et pinnis et foliolis 1-jugis. Foliola membranacea, glabra, 

 vix nitidula, subtus pallida subglauca, obli(|ue obovata apice 

 late rotundata; glandula parva cupulata cum in apice petioli 

 communis, tum in apice utriusqne pinniB adest. Inflorescentia 

 (a) spicata in ramulis terminalis vel axillaris. Spica elongata 

 densiflora, hracteis minimis albo-sericeis, floribus sessilibus, 

 polygamis, andromonoicis. Calyx minutus cupulatus 5-dentatus, 

 dentibus distantibus, subsericcus. Corolla (b) Piptadeniaä, sub- 

 tubulosa, ad medium vel ultra 5-partita, lobis obtusiusculis, 

 vix 3 mm. longa, virescenti-flavida. Stamina 10 sequalia, 

 corolla 2 — 3-plo longiora, anfheris (c) late oblongis appendi- 

 eulatis ritu Piptadenise. Ovarium stipitatum albo-villosum. 

 Mefridium purpureo-tomentosum. Legimien (d) rectum vel 

 paullo curvatum, non marginatum, intus continnum, coriaceo- 

 lignosum, demum atrobadium, glabrum sed opacum subscrobi- 

 culatum, margine suturali dehiscens. Semina (e) exalbuminosa 

 compressa, crassiuscula, quadrato-orbicularia, testa ossea vel 

 cretacea, Itevi, durissima, funiculo filiformi, embryone recto, 

 cotyledonibus planis parnm crassis (f). 



P. macrocarpa Benth. 



Paraguay: Asuncion, in silvis apertis (legumina mense 

 Aug.); Rio Ypané-tuyå prope oppidum Villa Concepcion, in 

 silva riparia, in anthesi mens. Sept. (A. 2057) — Nom. verna- 

 cuhim (guaranitice) Curupai». — Flor. parag. no v. nom. 



Eadem planta est Balansa 1419, secundum specimen 

 Herbarii Stockbolmiensis, a Michelio (.Contributions>, pag. 49) 

 pro Pipt. Cebil. Griseb.» babita. 



