Leguminosae novae vel minus cognitae. I. 317 



0,4 mm. longo, alis carinam vix v. non superantibus et parum angusti- 

 oribiis, 10 mm. longis, 2,5 mm. latis, carina siibrecta 9,5 mm. longa, 

 vix 3 mm lata; stamine postico libero, omnibus superne subincurvis, 

 antheris unguste ovatis; ovario sessili, ca. 18-ovulato, in stylum siib- 

 aequilongiim paullo incurvum attenuato; leguminibus 7 — 8 cm. longis, 

 5 mm. latis, brevissime et parce adpresseque pilosiüis, superne sub- 

 incurvis. 



Hab. in Guadeloupe, in montibus calcareis siccis ad Petit-Canal 

 rara, m. Sept. flor.: Duss n. 3925. 



10. Oalactia dubia DC. caulibus in ferne lignescentibus, superne 

 herbaceis volubilibus, pilis brevibus v. brevissimis reflexis et adpressis 

 parce v. densius obsitis; stipulis lanceolatis v. anguste lanceolatis, saepius 

 subulato-acuminatis, 2 — 3 mm. longis; foliis 4 — 1 cm. longe petiolatis, 

 subaequalibus, foliolis 3, terminali 10 — 4 mm. longe petiolulato, ovali- 

 elliptico V. obovato, utrinque aequaliter v. inferne paullo magis an- 

 gustato, apice rotundato et plus minus emarginato breviterque v. brevis- 

 sime apiculato, basi obtusissimo v. rotundato, 4 — 2 cm. longo, 2 — 1,5 cm. 

 lato, lateralibus triente v. fere duplo brevioribus, ovalibus v. breviter 

 ovalibus inferne subobliquis, omnibus chartaceis v. cliartaceo-coriaceis, 

 supra glabris in sicco bruneis v. bruneo-nigrescentibus uitidis anasto- 

 mosanti-reticulatis, subtus breviter et adpresse pilosis pallide viridi- 

 bus; inflorescentiis pedunculo 0,5^ — 4 cm. longo, 0,4 — 0,5 mm. crasso, 



1 — 5 cm. longis, superne v. ad apicem paucifloris, pedicellis 3 — 4 mm., 

 fructiferis usque 6 mm. longis; calyce subglabro v. laxissime et adpresse 

 piloso, 7 — 8 mm. longo, deute antico tubo 2Y2 — 3-plo, lateralibus 



2 — 2^2 -plo longioribus lanceolatis sensim acuminatis, postico triangu- 

 lari-lanceolato, longitudine intermedio; corolla rosea (ex Duch.) v. pur- 

 purea (ex Duss), in sicco sordide lutea, vexillo obovato v. orbiculari- 

 obovato 12 — 15 mm. longo, 9 — 10 mm. lato, unguiculo 1 — 1,5 mm. 

 longo, alis carina paullo brevioribus et dimidio angustioribus, carina 

 dorso arcuata intus subrecta, 12 — 14 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata; stamine 

 postico soluto, omnibus superne incurvis, antheris oblongis; ovario sub- 

 sessili, stylo arcuato aequilongo, 12 — 14-ovulato; leguminibus 4 — 5 cm. 

 longis, 5 — 5,5 mm. latis, subrectis v. superne plus minus incurvis, brevis- 

 sime et adpresse pilosis; seminibus anguste ovato-reniformibus 3,5 — 5 mm. 

 longis, 2 — 3,5 mm. latis, bruneo-nigrescentibus, hilo ad v. supra me- 

 dium sito. 



Oalactia dubia P. DC. Prodr. II (1825) p. 238; Wikstr. Gimd. 

 p. 70. 



Qalega dubia Berterof (s. Balbis) Msc. ap. DC. l c. 



Oalactia tenuiflora Benth. in Mart. Fl. Bras. XV. I (1859 p. 143 



(p-P-)} — 'fiOii WigJit et Arn. 



