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This differs from all the biflorous Rostrate in its numerous small leaflets, which give it, at first sight, 
the aspect of some of the smaller-leaved states of C. multijuga; but they are still smaller and more com- 
pact, and the inflorescence and flowers are those of C. biflora. 
** Flores in pedunculo plurimi racemosi v. conferti. 
T Foliola 6-12-juga, inflorescentia pube eglandulosa. 
115. C. INCARNATA, Pav. ! in herb. Lamb. nunc Mus. Brit. Foliola 7-10-juga, anguste 
oblonga, obtusa, subtus puberula; glandula inter inferiora. Stipulæ falcatæ, lineares v. 
lanceolate, aristatæ, subpersistentes. Pedunculi apice confertim pluriflori. Legumen 
rectum. 
C. versicolor, Benth. ! Pl. Hartw. 128, non Meyen. 
Hab. Tropical America: Peru and Bolivia. 
Frutex 6-8-pedalis, pluribus notis C. biflore affinis, petiolis angustis et inflorescentia diversus. Ramuli 
petioli inflorescentiaque tenuiter puberula subcanescentia. Foliola breviter petiolulata, obtusa v. obtusi- 
uscula, 6-9 lin. longa, basi parum inzquilatera, utrinque concoloria, venis tenuibus. Pedunculi axillares, 
pollicares, 5-7-flori; bracteæ minute, caducæ; pedicelli subpollicares. Sepala tenuia, interiora orbicu- 
lata, 3-4 lin. diametro, exteriora dimidio minora. Petala majora 3-pollicaria. Antheræ majores tenuiter 
longeque rostrate. Legumen rectum, planum, marginatum, 3-4 poll. longum, 24 lin. latum. 
116. C. ROBINIRFOLIA, Benth., sp.n. Foliola 6-10-juga, elliptico-oblonga, acuta, mol- 
liter pubescentia; glandulæ inter omnia v. pleraque paria. 
C. biflora, Griseb. ! Cat. Pl. Cub. 79, non Linn. 
Hab. Tropical America: Columbia, Ocaña, Schlim, n. 2; Cuba, Wright, n. 2370. 
Frutex ramulis petiolisque brevissime tomentoso-pubescentibus. Foliola longiuscula, petiolulata, 
oblongo-elliptiea, acuta v. acutiuscula, mucronata, basi inæquilatera v. subzequalia, 1-2-pollicaria, inferiora 
decrescentia, supra venosa pube minuta conspersa, subtus pallida densius pubescentia. Petiolus com- 
munis 3-5-pollicaris. Glandule tenues, stipitatæ. Stipule setaceæ, incurvæ, longiuscule, caducæ. 
Pedunculi axillares, racemoso- 4-10-flori inferiores folio multo breviores, floribus paucis subconfertis, 
superiores floribus numerosioribus folia sæpe superant. Pedicelli subpollicares. Bracteæ minutæ, caducis- 
simæ, Sepala interiora orbiculata, 3 lin. longa, exteriora minora, angusta. Petala majora pollicaria. An- 
there 3 majores longe angusteque rostratæ. Staminodiorum laminæ late oblongæ. Legumen planum, 
marginatum, 3-5 poll. longum, 3-3} lin. latum. 
The Cuban specimens were referred by Grisebach to C. biflora, to which they certainly beat consider- 
able affinity ; but they appear to me to be sufficiently distinct in foliage and inflorescence to justify the 
establishing them as a distinct species. The Columbian specimens closely resemble the Cuban ones. — — 
117. C. Rırpeun, Benth.! in Mart. Fl. Bras. Cesalp. 122. Foliola 10-12-juga, oblonga, 
subglabra; glandule inter omnia paria. 
Hab. Tropical America: Brazil, prov. Minas Geraes. 
118. C. sprxEscENs, Hoffm. ex Vog. Syn. Cass. 27, et in Linnea, xi. 675. Folia 
spinis 2 stipularibus recurvis stipata; foliola 5-6-juga, ovata v. ovato-oblonga, acuta v. 
acuminata, glabra, subtus pallida, 1-3 poll. longa; glandule inter omnia paria. In- 
florescentia puberula. ; 
Hab. Tropical America : Brazil near Para, Hoffmannsegg in herb. Willd. E | 
I have not seen this species, which is evidently a very distinct one, remarkable for its spinescent 
stipules, the only other prickly species being the C. aculeata, in which, however, the aculei are numerous 
and scattered. In the latter species, also, the habit and characters are those of the Picte, whilst C. spi- 
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