52 pee ICONES PLANTARUM. 
PLATE 1065. 
COURSETIA ORBICULARIS, Benth. 
LeGuMINoSsaA, Tribe GALEGER. 
orbicularis, Benth. n. sp.; fruticosa, foliis unifoliolatis, foliolo sub- 
orbiculari subtus albo- tomentoso, ‘pedicellis axillaribus 1—3-nis, pedunculo 
communi subnullo, calycis laciniis lanceolatis, vexillo glabro. 
Has. Pampas (of Bolivia?) at an elevation of 8-9000 ft., Pearce. 
Frutex 4—6-pedalis, ramosissimus, ramulis inflorescentia foliolorumque 
pagina inferiore tomento denso molli albidis. Foliola ad apicem petioli 
2—3-linearis articulata, solitaria, suborbicularia, supra glabra ee 
subtus albo-tomentosa, tenuiter pennivenia, ae oll. diametro. 
parvee, setaceze, molles. Racemi in axillis superiori ribus, ad flores 1- 4 re- 
ducti, rhachi_ communi ida pe pedicellis 2-4 lin. longis: Bractee 
minime, setacee. Calyx n. longus, extus albido- v. subfusco-tomentosus, 
usque ad medium v. ali “diva divisus, dentibus seu lobis acuminatis, 2 
apicem versus circumcirea barbatus, pilis tamen 
dorso quam antice brevioribus, stigmate aoe Legumen sessile, glabrum, 
1-1j poll. longum, 3-4 lin. latum, 3-6-sperm 
A second species, closely allied to ©. orbicularis, but differing in co many 
particulars to be considered as a variety only, was gathered by Pearce at La 
Roneca at an elevation of 9-10,000 feet, and may be thus ssiactortbed oe 
C. eriantha, B ; fruticosa, foliis unifoliolatis, apne late 
ovato v. orbiculart basi late abt subtus albo-tomentoso, racem ari- 
bus laxe 2-4-floris, — laciniis e basi lata woheiatiag vexillo ‘adel — 
Foliola 1-2-pollicaria. Flores quam in ©. orbiculari majores, violacei. 
Stylus superne leviter complanatng latere interiore solo ut in Coursetiis nor- 
ibus barbato, nec ut in ©. orbiculari circumcirca pilosus. Legumen 
rum. 
iostets, but species with the leaflets srs seth on sed ced to a single broad 
one, occur in Tephrosia and other genera w re they are normally numerous, 
fruit of the two present species differ in no essential 
point from the normal Coursetia.—G. Ben 
Fig. 1. ee ee 3. Vexillum. 4, Wing. 5. Keel. 5*. Stamen. 
6. Andrecium. 7. Ovary es oe — Vertical section of the ovary :—all magnified. 
