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Shrub, 1 to 2.5 meters high ; leaflets about 17, oblong or oval, 2 to 4 cm. long, 

 densely sericeous, at least when young ; flowers purple, 2.5 cm. long, very showy ; 

 fruit 5 to 7 cm. long, 2 to 3 cm. wide. "Jauaeahuate " (Jalisco, Urbina) ; 

 " jaboncillo " ( Guanajuato ) . 



The fruit is nearly sessile in this species. A specimen from Guerrero differs 

 in having stipitate fruit, but it is doubtful whether this is a specific character. 



15. Brongniartia parvifolia Rose. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 2G8. 1909. 

 Known only from the type locality, between San GJeronimo and La Venta, 



Oaxaca. 



Low shrub, about 30 cm. high ; leaflets about 35, oblong or elliptic, 5 to 10 mm. 

 long, pilose ; flowers small, dark red ; fruit 3.5 cm. long, nearly 1.5 cm. wide. 



16. Brongniartia discolor T. S. Brandeg. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 4: 272. 1912. 

 San Luis Potosi and Veracruz to Puebla ; type from Bagre, San Luis Potosl. 

 Leaflets 11 to 27, 1 to 1.7 cm. long ; flowers 1.5 cm. long. 



17. Brongniartia luisana T. S. Brandeg. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 3: 381. 1909. 

 Known only from the type locality, San Luis Tultitlanapa, Puebla. 



Slender shrub ; leaflets oval, 2 to 3 cm. long, thin, bright green, sericeous 

 beneath. 



18. Brongniartia peninsularis Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 268. 1909. 

 Known only from the type locality, southwest of El Potrero, Baja California, 



altitude 450 meters. 



Shrub, 2 to 3 meters high, with pale crooked branches ; leaflets 11 to 15, ovate 

 to oval, 1.5 to 2.2 cm, long ; flowers 1.7 cm. long. 



19. Brongniartia parryi Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Amer. Bot. 1: 254. 1880. 

 San Luis Potosi (type locality), Guanajuato, and Quer^taro. 



Shrub ; leaflets about 15, oblong or ovate-oblong, 1.5 to 4.5 cm. long, pale 

 green, pubescent ; fruit 3.5 to 7 cm. long, 2 to 3 cm. wide. " Garbancillo " 

 (Quer^taro). 



20. Brongniartia goldmanli Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 269. 1909. 

 Known only from the type locality, between Las Flechas and La Rastra, 



Sinaloa. 



Shrub, 2 to 3 meters high ; leaflets about 7, oval, 1 to 2.5 cm. long, bright 

 green ; flowers 2 to 2.5 cm. long. 



21. Brongniartia benthamiana Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Amer. Bot. 1: 252. 1880. 

 Guanajuato, Hidalgo, and Mexico; type from Le6n, Guanajuato. 



Shrub a meter high or less ; leaflets about 19, oval or oblong, 1.5 to 2.5 cm. 

 long; fruit 4 to 6 cm. long, 1.7 to 2.5 cm. wide. 



22. Brongniartia vicioides Mart. & Gal. Bull. Acad. Binix. 10': 49. 1843. 

 Puebla and Oaxaca ; type from Misteca Alta and Cerro de San Felipe, 



Oaxaca. 



Low shrub; leaflets 13 to 21. oval or broadly oblong, bright green on the 

 upper surface, densely sericeous beneath. 



23. Brongniartia intermedia Moric. Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve 7: 

 253. pi 10. 1836. 



Brongniartia sericea Schlecht. Linnaea 12: 337. 1838. 

 Brongniartia reroluta Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 269. 1909. 

 San Luis Potosi to Jalisco and Oaxaca. 



Shrub 1 meter high or less ; leaflets 11 to 37, oblong or oval, densely sericeous 

 when young ; fruit 4 to 6 cm. long, 1.5 to 2.2 cm. wude, often glaucescent. 



