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15. Parosela anthonyi (T. S. Brande;,'.) Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12:272. 

 1909. 



Dalea anthonyi T. S. Brandeg. Erythea 7: 2. 1899. 



Southern Baja California ; type from San Jos6 del Cabo. 



Shrub, about 1 meter high ; branches glabrous or nearly so ; leaflets 13 to 

 21, oblong, obtuse, 3 to 5. mm. long, sparsely pilose ; racemes lax, 2 to 7 cm. 

 long ; calyx glabrous ; petals bluish purple, variegated with yellow ; fruit 

 glabrous. 



16. Parosela radicans (S. Wats.) Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 8: 305. 1905. 

 Dalca radicans S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 17: 341. 1882. 



Coahuila ; type from the Sierra Madre, south of Saltillo. 



Stems suffruticose, erect or procumbent, 10 to 40 cm. long, glabrous; leaflets 

 13 to 19, linear, 2 to 4 mm. long, glabrous; racemes 1 to 2 cm. long, lax; 

 calyx glabrous ; petals purple. 



17. Parosela variegata Rydb. N. Amer. Fl. 24: 55. 1919. 

 Southern Baja California ; type from San Jos6 del Cabo. 



Slender shrub, .50 cm. high or more ; branches purplish, glabrous ; leaflets 

 19 to 25, elliptic, 3 to 4 mm. long, refuse, glabrous; racemes 3 to 6 cm. long; 

 calyx glabrous ; petals blue, white, and yellowish ; fruit glabrous. 



18. Parosela divaricata (Benth.) Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 8: 305. 1905. 

 Dalea divaricata Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulph. 12. 1844. 



Baja California ; type from Magdalena Bay. 



Stems suffruticose, diffusely branched, broAvnish, glabrous ; leaflets 15 to 

 21, oblong or obovate, 2 to 4 mm. long, obtuse or emarginate, glabrous ; racemes 

 2 to 3 cm. long ; calyx glabrous ; petals purplish ; fruit glabrous. 



19. Parosela schaffneri (Hemsl.) Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 273. 1909. 

 Dalea schaffneri Hemsl. Diag. PI. Mex. 7. 1878. 



Known only from the type locality, Chapultepec, Distrito Federal. 

 Stems suffruticose, glabrous ; leaflets 15 to 41, oblong or elliptic, 4 mm. 

 long, pilose above ; racemes lax ; calyx glabrous ; petals purple and yellowi-sh. 



20. Parosela hegewischiana (Steud.) Rydb. N. Amer. Fl. 24: 57. 1919. 

 Dalea laxiflora Schlecht. Linnaea 12: 293. 1838. Not D. {axi flora Pursh, 



1814. 



Dalea hcgewiscMana Steud. Nom. Bot. ed. 2. 1: 480. 1840. 



? Trichopodiiim glandulosuni Presl, Bot. Bemerk. 52. 1844. 



Dalea rosea D. Dietr. Syn. PI. 4: 1017. 1847. 



Parosela lasiostoma Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 8: 305. 1905. 



Parosela campylostochya Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 272. 1909. 



Hidalgo to Oaxaca. 



Stems slender, suffruticose. decumbent, glabrous ; leaflets 13 to 35, oval or 

 obovate, 2 to 5 mm. long, glabrous; racemes dense, 2 to 4 cm. long; calyx glab- 

 rous ; petals rose-purple, the banner yellowish ; fruit glabrous. 



21. Parosela viridiflora (S. Wats.) Rose. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 8: 305. 1905. 

 Dalea viridiflora S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 21: 448. 1886. 



Chihuahua to Hidalgo; type from Santa Eulalia Mountains, Chihuahua. 



Stems slender, decumbent, suffrutescent, 20 to 30 cm. long, yellowish, glabrous ; 

 leaflets 9 to 17 oblong-obovate, 3 to 7 mm. long, obtuse or refuse, glabrous; 

 racemes dense, 2 to 5 cm. long ; petals greenish yellow ; fruit glabrous. 



22. Parosela oculata Rydb. N. Amer. Fl. 24: 60. 1919. 

 Known only from the type locality, Cerralvo, Baja California. 



Low shrub ; branches strigose ; leaflets 25 to 37. oblong. 5 mm. long, glabrous ; 

 racemes 3 to 8 cm. long, dense ; petals purplish blue, with a cream-colored spot 

 on the banner. 



