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Suhoido 11. C^ESALPINIE.E. 



TrihiiM XIII. l^luosBsalpiniese. 



Peltophorum VoGiîLUNUM, Beiilli. (1). Nom. vern. Uira-pila. ('iu;ua|ii, in sylvis, 

 Dec. n. 3082. 



HoFFMANSEGGiA PARViFLURA, 11. i-p. Herbacea vel suffruticosa, rhizomatc repente, 

 caulibus erectis, foliis bipinnatis, tloribus racemosis, paniili.>!. pelalis ereclis, summo 

 dissiinili. 



Tabula noslra XXV : 1, ramiis noriferiis: '2. ranins fiiiL-liferus ; 3, foliola: 4, tlos 

 siib anthe.<i: T), calyx expansiis; (i. pelalum iiilerum: 7, pelalum su|)en]m difforme; 

 S. slamen ; 9, ovarium ; Kl, lei;umen apertum. 



(Milles erecli, herbacei vel sublignosi, 30-'i() cent, alli, cylindrici, striati, pilis brevi- 

 biis, |iatenlibiis puberuli. Folia bipinnata. iiinnis œqualibus, iini-jngis cum impari ad 

 apicem pelioii digilatis ; petioli graciles, ereclo-patentes, 4 cent, longi, parce giandii- 

 loso-piiberuli ; pinnse 3 cent, longœ, 3-5 jugse, foiioiis abrupte pinnatis, rachi seloso; 

 fnliola sessilia, ovata, basi inoB(|iiilalera, rotnndata, apice obtusa, miicronnlata, 

 superne puberula, ciliata, subtus pubenila et glandulis iiigris copiose notala, pcnni- 

 nervia, 1 cent, longa, 4-5 mill. lata. Stipules cito deciduse, lineares, puberulse, 3-4 mill. 

 longa). Pcdunciili oppositifniii, l'oiia superantes, po.^t antbesim 12-14 cent, longi. Flo- 

 res ad dimidiam partem pedunculi racemosi, pedicelii 4-5 mill. longi, graciles, erecti ; 

 hracleœ cilo deciduœ, anle anlhesim alabastra superantes, comosœ, lineari-lanceolatœ, 

 acutissim;c, pnberulœ, glandnlosœ, 1-1,5 cent, loiigie. Flores parvuli, petaiis sup.alis 

 brevioribus; calijcis tubus brevissimus, segmenta 5 fere valvata, inferius ovatum, obtu- 

 sum, cetera lanceolala, acuta, S-d mill. longa, copiose glandulosa; petala 5 lutea, 

 erecta nec patenlia, 4 inferiora late ovata, vel fere rotnndata, breviter unguiculata, 

 3-4 mill. longa, summum intimum, dissimile, 7 mill. longum, vi.\ expansum, rotun- 

 dato-plicatum, glandulis nigris copiose notatura. Stamina 10 declinata, (ilaraentis basi 

 complanatis pubesceiitibus, vix glandulosis, antheris parvis, nutantibus. Ocdràm ses- 

 silc, glandnloso-puberulum, pluri-ovidatinn, stylo brevi, stigmate parvo. Legiimen 



